New Horizons for Seniors Call for Concepts

October 05, 2023                                                                                    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2023 NHSP Call for Concepts

Medicine Hat, AB – This week, the Call for Concepts (CFC) under the pan-Canadian stream of the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) was launched. The theme of the CFC is increasing the social inclusion of vulnerable populations of seniors.

Through this process, funding is available to organizations that have the capacity to act as a backbone organization and lead a collective impact plan. Backbone organizations are responsible for holding the funding agreement with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and providing leadership and coordination of the collective impact plan. Proposed concepts must be four to five years in duration, and applicants may request $1 million to $5 million.

Organizations have six (6) weeks to submit their applications, from October 4 to November 15, 2023 at 3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Applications will be assessed using the following criteria:

• Organizational Capacity: What is the organization’s capacity to reach vulnerable seniors? Include an explanation describing which group(s) of vulnerable seniors it currently serves; and its capacity to act as a backbone organization including how it has secured or plans to secure the commitment of collaborating organizations.
• Target group: Who are the vulnerable seniors the organization plans to serve with its proposed collective impact plan and why they are vulnerable (supported by evidence if possible)?
• Need: What is the need among vulnerable seniors the organization intends to address (supported by evidence if possible)?
• How: How would the collective impact plan address this need among vulnerable seniors?
• Innovation: The extent to which the collective impact plan includes innovative approaches to address the identified unmet need among vulnerable seniors.
• Results: The intended results and how they would be measured.
• Budget: How the funds would be used; and
• Letters of support: Letters of support to demonstrate the extent of existing community support for the application.

The online Application for Funding Form and the Applicant Guide are now available at  https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/new-horizons-seniors-pan-canadian.html

Glen Motz, Member of Parliament for Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner stated, “There are many creative project ideas within the municipalities of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner that could benefit the vulnerable seniors who live here. I would invite those communities and organizations to develop their plans and apply for this funding.”

The deadline to submit the applications is Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 1:00 pm MST.