Reaching Home

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The Ontario First Nations Reaching Home Funding Initiative (OFNRHFI) empowers First Nation communities by providing funding to First Nations Administrations and/or First Nations organizations to deliver programming that helps prevent and reduce the immediate and lasting effects of homelessness.

The initiative is designed to assist First Nations in their service delivery and social integration projects to support their First Nation members in maintaining safe, stable, and affordable living situations while respecting cultural values and community-led solutions

First Nations homelessness requires culturally appropriate, tailored support and solutions developed and led by First Nations for First Nations. These supports will address community needs while generating insights using innovative, culturally specific approaches. The program is open to all First Nations communities and organizations. 

Capital costs may be limited.

Only submissions from First Nations or First Nations organizations will be considered.

Eligible activities and expenses:
Projects and sub-projects may take place on-reserve, off-reserve or in urban areas.

  • Housing services, including housing placement, emergency housing funding and housing set-up, housing search support
  • Prevention and shelter diversion 
  • Capital investments with limitations
  • Capacity and skills development
  • Client support services including basic needs services, clinical and treatment services, economic integration services, and social and community integration services
  • Coordination of resources and data collection

Examples of eligible programming: 

  • Legal services/eviction advocacy,
  • Emergency Housing Funding 
  • Basic Needs Services 
  • Developing and Implementing Coordinated Service Access, 
  • Social and Community Integration Services 
  • Public Transit Access 
  • Life Skills Development (budgeting, cooking, etc) 
  • And more.

NEW Deadline for submission: March 7, 2025

Deadline for work completion to be determined on a project-by-project basis

For more details, or to apply, contact reachinghome@ofntsc.org

Proposal Guidelines

Frequently Asked Questions