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Grants and Community Initiatives Program:
Children, Youth & Families

Purpose:

The purpose of the Children, Youth and Families Advisory Committee is to promote initiatives aimed at creating caring, safe and supportive environments that enhance the quality of life for children, youth and families. This includes: supporting social and cultural development; encouraging physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being; and offering equal opportunities for all within a diverse population with emphasis on relationship building.

Goals:

  • promote community initiatives that address basic needs of children, youth and families including adequate food, health care, shelter and social supports
  • promote projects which enhance the self-esteem, leadership skills and life skills of children, youth and families both individually and as a whole
  • support culturally sensitive initiatives within communities and those that promote full access to services for children, youth and families
  • promote activities for children, youth and families that lead to a better understanding of diversity
  • promote development of the innate capacities of individuals and families, as well as their communities, to grow and adapt to change.

Advisory Committee Members:

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Vancouver Foundation Contact:

Tel: 604.688.2204
Email: info@vancouverfoundation.ca

Other funding opportunities for Children, Youth and Families:


Giving in Action: Children and Youth with Special Needs Support Fund

Assists families of children and youth with specials needs to increase their ability to access and participate in home and community life.

Giving in Action: Family Independence Fund

The Family Independence Fund helps families with a child or adult that have a developmental disability living at home; they help fund renovations to homes, or modifications to vehicles.

Vancouver Sun Children's Fund

Provides grants that directly serve to accommodate children and youth with special needs.

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