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Climate Health Action Program (CHAP)

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Program Category: Climate Preparedness and Adaptation
Project Type(s): Mapping, Food Security, Risk Assessments, Environmental Stewardship, Economic Development, Monitoring, Natural Asset Inventories and Management

Deadline Details

The program is currently accepting applications and will remain open until all available annual funding has been allocated.

Intake Type

Continuous Intake

Funder

First Nations Health Authority

Funding Organization Type

  • Indigenous Organization

Funding Range

  • Small (up to $50K)

Eligible Community

  • Indigenous Communities
  • Modern Treaty Nations

Eligible Project Activities

  • Capacity Building for the Community
  • Project Planning

Supports First Nations communities in reducing climate change impacts on health. Through this program, communities can strengthen their climate health resilience by working together to improve the environmental, social, cultural and economic factors that affect their health and wellness. CHAP funds climate action projects that are community driven and focus on health and wellness outcomes. Projects can focus on climate health adaptation actions or on developing specific information, strategies, or plans to understand and reduce climate change impacts on community health. Some examples of focus areas are:

  • Food security and food sovereignty

  • Access to the land

  • Mental health

  • Traditional medicine

  • Traditional harvesting

  • Water quality and quantity

  • Extreme heat

 
CHAP funds community-driven projects. The project must be led by a First Nations community or by a sub-regional or regional collaboration or partnership. A Review Committee will review and assess the proposals based on their:

  • Focus on reducing the impacts of climate change on community health and wellness

  • Youth engagement and leadership

  • Centering of Indigenous ways of knowing and doing

  • Potential to strengthen community climate health resilience through new knowledge and skills, and

  • Connection to existing community plans and priorities

Eligible Community

Any First Nations community, Tribal Council, or not-for-profit First Nations organization located in BC may apply for funding. 

Funding Stacking Restrictions

No

Application Limit per Community

1

Professional Input Required

No

Specific Eligibility Requirements

CHAP funds community-driven projects. The project must be led by a First Nations community or by a sub-regional or regional collaboration or partnership. A Review Committee will assess proposals based on their:

  • Focus on reducing the impacts of climate change on community health and wellness
  • Youth engagement and leadership
  • Centering of Indigenous ways of knowing and doing
  • Potential to strengthen community climate health resilience through new knowledge and skills, and
  • Connection to existing community plans and priorities

Other Eligible Communities

Indigenous Organizations
Non-governmental Organizations / Not-for-Profits

Any First Nations community, Tribal Council, or not-for-profit First Nations organization located in BC may apply for funding. For submissions that do not come directly from First Nations communities, the applicant must identify a First Nation community (or communities) as the lead and identify the external organization as a partner

Type of Funding

  • Grant

Range of Funding Available per Project

  • Small (up to $50K)

Description of Funding

Up to $100,000 is available per year per project from CHAP, but a higher amount can be considered for larger sub-regional partnerships.

Eligible Costs

Design
Planning
Operational and Maintenance Costs
Community Engagement
Equipment/Material Purchase
Project Management
Staff Costs
Administration Fees
Capacity Building for the Community
Training
Reporting
Awareness and Education
Research and Development

CHAP funds can be used for:

  • Conducting assessments, or developing strategies and action plans to understand and address climate change impacts on health and wellness

  • Mapping community assets or areas of concern

  • Training and skill building

  • Creating communications and educational materials, and

  • Hiring a sub-regional climate change and health coordinator (requires collaboration of multiple communities).

Ineligible Costs

Any costs incurred prior to signing a funding agreement
Building Purchase Costs
Land Acquisition

Reporting Requirements

Progress reports and final reports