New And Improved Funding Options For Community Hubs

Co-authored by Anna Côté

One year after the Province of Ontario (the "Province") released its report entitled Community Hubs in Ontario: A Strategic Framework and Action Plan, Premier Wynne's Community Hubs Framework Advisory Group released a progress update highlighting, among other things, expanded and improved funding opportunities for Community Hubs. Following the initial Plan's recognition of a need for increased flexibility and better integration of funding for Community Hub initiatives, the progress report, entitled Enabling & Celebrating Community Hubs, unveils new initiatives and larger funding pools aimed at making funding for Community Hubs more accessible.

This bulletin provides an overview of the new and expanded funding initiatives, in addition to existing ones. It also sets out some of the legal risks and responsibilities that accompany many of the financing agreements attached to these programs.