Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong

$13,532,145.00 CAD

≈ $0.33 for every person in Canada ≈ 175 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Employment and Social Development Canada
Program
IELCC First Nations
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2019-2020
Agreement period
January 23, 2020 – March 31, 2025
Reference
esdc-edsc:141-2019-2020-Q4-00490

Published purpose

This will be accomplished in the following ways: • Through partnership and joint management of distinctions based investments that will enhance and expand Indigenous ELCC, and support the transfer of ELCC to Indigenous organizations; • Strengthening foundational supports for Indigenous ELCC through, for example, Indigenous led quality improvement projects; and • Adapting and improving existing federal programs to be more flexible, adaptable and horizontal across federal departments as a first step prior to transferring control, so that programs cohesively support the goals of the Framework including supporting self determination.

In plain English AI-generated

Funding to Shooniyaa Wa-Biitong under the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) program to support First Nations-led early learning and child care initiatives, including quality improvements and transfer of programs to Indigenous control.

Category: Other Primarily funds activity in Canada

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