Hastings County council will be asked to approve around $2.6 million in grants to community partner agencies for next year at its meeting Wednesday.
Recommended for the largest grant will be the Grace Inn homeless shelter in Belleville. If approved it will receive just over $1 million in provincial financial support.
The province would also help pay for a daytime drop-in centre with support services at Bridge Street United Church in Belleville serving the vulnerable and homeless population. That grant would total $750,000.
Smaller grants would go to several groups including rural transit organizations, Three Oaks, and the Community Development Council.
Twenty-two applications out of a total of 32 were approved for financial support.
See complete details below.
Community and Human Services annually allocates community partner grants through both the provincially-funded Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP) and the 100% municipally-funded children and family poverty reduction Community Grants (SAR).
In recent years, Hastings County has seen a significant increase in demand from community partners for funding.
| Agency/Organization | Grants (SAR) &
HPP |
Program Summary | Recommended Funding Allocation (2024) |
| Abigail’s Learning Centre | SAR | Learning Centre for Adults and Children, food for families in Belleville | $16,800 |
| Community Partners for Success | SAR | Family & children resource centres that provide information, support groups, homemaking, employment and skills training, Belleville, Quinte West, Frankford | $25,360 |
| North Hastings Children’s Services | SAR | Summer day camp for children ages 4-12 in North Hastings | $33,300 |
| The Children’s Foundation | SAR | Recreation programs for low-income families and children in Hastings County – “Playing for keeps” | $30,000 |
| Committee for Innovative Thinking | SAR | Mentorship for children & youth 10-18, food, meals, bridge to hope program and life skills in Quinte West | $50,000 |
| Hastings County Food to Go | SAR | Summer food programs for Social Housing families | $32,040 |
| Total for SAR $187,500 | |||
| Agency/Organization | Grants (SAR) &
HPP |
Program Summary | Recommended Funding Allocation (2024) |
| Grace Inn | HPP
Emergency Shelter Solutions |
Emergency homeless 21 bed shelter in City of Belleville/Shiloh House/Mobile Medical in Belleville | $1,062,120 |
| Three Oaks | HPP
Emergency Shelter Solutions |
Transitional housing for women & children in Belleville | $40,000 |
| Community Advocacy & Legal Centre (CALC) | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Early intervention and eviction prevention for all of Hastings County | $70,000 |
| Bridge Street United Church (BSUC) | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services |
Daytime drop in for vulnerable & homeless population in Belleville | $750,000 |
| Quinte Access Transportation | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Transportation program in Quinte West | $39,690 |
| Centre Hastings Support Network (CHSN) | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Transportation program in Centre Hastings | $51,300 |
| Bancroft Community Transit | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Transportation program in North Hastings | $35,500 |
| Deseronto Transit | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Transportation Program in Deseronto | $25,200 |
| Salvation Army | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Supper program in Belleville | $35,000 |
| Community Development Council of Quinte (CDC) | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Baby & food box programs, fruit, delivery for all of Hastings County | $75,000 |
| Abigails | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Food for families in Belleville | $15,700 |
| Agency/Organization | Grants (SAR) &
HPP |
Program Summary | Recommended Funding Allocation (2024) |
| St James Kitchen | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Lunch program for the vulnerable population in Quinte West | $3,000 |
| Gateway Community Health Centre | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Food for All food bank program in Tweed | $10,000 |
| Enrichment Centre (ECMH) | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Mobile outreach counselling team specific to social housing in Belleville | $60,000 |
| Hastings Prince Edward Learning Foundation | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
School based nutritional food program in Hastings County | $30,000 |
| Community Partners for Success | HPP
Community Outreach & Support Services
|
Our Place Kitchen Program, meals in Quinte West | $24,640 |
| Total for HPP $2,327,150 | |||
The following agencies were not successful in their funding applications:
1. Gleaners Food Bank
2. Cooked with Love for those that Need Inc.
3. Peer Support Southeast Ontario
4. St. Leonard’s Community Support, Prevention and Residential Services
5. Youth Habilitation Quinte (HHRC)
6. Centre Hastings People helping People
7. Belleville DBIA, Welcoming Streets
8. Belleville Community Trust
9. Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre
10. Victim Services Hastings, Prince Edward, and Lennox & Addington
Any qualifying agencies that did not receive funding will be placed in a priority position
for future funding and staff will continue to monitor funding opportunities.
