Emergency Treatment Fund 2024

Current status: Closed

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• Call for Proposals 2024
• Funding priorities
• Eligibility
• Application guidelines
• Application process
• Information sessions
• Contact us

Call for Proposals 2024

Canada is facing a public health crisis that has left no community untouched. This crisis has been driven by a complex set of factors, including a dangerous, illegal synthetic drug supply. The tragic impacts are seen and felt among our friends, our families, and our neighbours.

That is why the Government of Canada is focused on saving lives and connecting people to evidence-based services, including treatment and recovery, as well as other supports like housing.

Building on historic health care investments, including in mental health and substance use, Budget 2024 provided $150 million over 3 years for an Emergency Treatment Fund (ETF) for municipalities and Indigenous communities to help provide rapid responses to emergent, critical needs related to the substance use and overdose crisis.

Through this 2024 national call for proposals, Health Canada's ETF will provide time-limited contribution funding to municipalities and Indigenous communities across Canada.

Funding priorities

The primary priority for the ETF CFP 2024 is to address urgencies related to the overdose crisis, as applied to an individual community's context.

All proposals should include supporting evidence that describes the urgency of the situation in their community and why it is important to carry out the project quickly.

Evidence of urgency could include:

• States of emergency
• Community impact statements
• Local public health data or other community-level data
• Data on substance use trends and impacts (for example, increases in overdose rates)

Projects must demonstrate that they are responding to urgent needs to be considered for funding.

Additionally, Health Canada will further prioritize projects that can demonstrate financial feasibility and project readiness.

Refer to the application guidelines for more details.

Eligibility

Applicants could choose to request funding for activities that would be completed by either of the following completion dates:

• Projects with activities that will be completed by March 31, 2025. These projects will be prioritized for funding for CFP 2024.
• Projects with activities that start in the 2024 to 2025 fiscal year and will be completed by March 31, 2026.

Funding can be provided for a range of activities that may include, but is not limited to:

• harm reduction and overdose prevention supports, including training, drug checking and naloxone distribution
• cultural and community programing (for example, on-the-land healing)
• certain capital costs (for example, the purchase of vehicles and building upgrades)
• outreach activities, including support for mobile response teams, crisis counsellors, knowledge keepers or other Indigenous professionals
• recovery support

The following types of governments and organizations are eligible for ETF funding:

• Canadian municipalities (representative of the political or administrative division defined as a municipality by the laws in its respective province and territory)
• Indigenous communities and entities:
  • First Nations
  • Inuit communities
  • Métis governing bodies
  • Modern Treaty Holders and Self-Governing Nations
  • National and regional Indigenous organizations that are legally registered or incorporated not-for-profits
  • Not-for-profit Indigenous associations, organizations, and health authorities

Those not listed above are not eligible for ETF funding through the 2024 call for proposals.

While non-Indigenous not-for-profit applicants were not eligible to apply directly for funding, they can be included as project partners on the application form of eligible municipalities. Additionally, they may be able to receive funding through third-party agreements with an eligible recipient.

Quebec organizations

For municipalities and organizations located and operating only in Quebec, note that the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux is managing ETF funds for Quebec. These applicants will need to obtain written authorization by the Ministre responsible des Relations canadiennes et de la Francophonie Canadienne. For more information, you can consult:

• Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux

Application guidelines

Application requirements are explained in detail in the guidelines for applicants. Health Canada recommends you download and save a copy to your computer.

• Emergency Treatment Fund Call for Proposals 2024: Guidelines for applicants

Application process

Applications were submitted through Health Canada's new portal: the Funding Application System (FAS).

• Funding Application System

Information sessions

Recorded information sessions were available in English and French to provide additional guidance on how to apply to the ETF.

Contact us

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact the ETF CFP team by email at etf-fut@hc-sc.gc.ca.