Sean Casey
Sean Casey
Member of Parliament for Charlottetown
Emergency Community Support Fund at Work for PEI
December 11, 2020

In April 2020, the $350 million Emergency Community Support Fund was announced to help charities and non-profit organizations adapt their frontline services to better serve vulnerable Canadians during this pandemic.

Since its launch in May, over 7,000 charitable and non-profit projects across Canada have been supported. The funding has helped organizations to adapt their services to better reach and support vulnerable Canadians who are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

Here in Prince Edward Island, the United Way of PEI has approved funding for the following projects:

 

ECSF  

Round 

Organization  

Project 

Funding 

Voluntary Resource Centre in partnership with Meals on Wheels 

Meals on Wheels COVID-19 Response and Expansion 

$40,000 

Boys Girls Club Charlottetown  

Safe Transportation Project 

$16,000 

PEI Rape and Sexual Assault Centre 

Sexual Assault Support Therapist 

$16,043 

Cooper Institute in partnership with PEI Fight for Affordable Housing  

Improving tenant wellbeing, safety, stability and empowerment during the COVID pandemic 

$24,437 

PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada 

Equipping Newcomers for Mobile Services 

$20,000 

PEI Council of People with Disabilities 

Designated Parking Permit Renewal in COVID 

 

$20,000 

Family Service PEI 

Mental Health Counselling Service Expansion 

$18,534 

Abegweit First Nation Mi’kmaq Wellness Centre 

Greenhouse Project for Food Insecurity 

$25,000 

PEERS Alliance 

Support for PEI’s 2SLGBTQ+ community 

$45,000 

Cooper Institute in partnership with BIPOC USHR 

Responding to Racism in COVID-19 

$67,885 

Boys and Girls Club Summerside 

Project Backpack 

$30,000 

Canadian Mental Health Association, PEI Division  

Tablets & internet access for Isolated and vulnerable clients   

$27,000 

PEI Literacy Alliance  

Ready, Set, Learn Online Program Delivery 

$30,000 

Joyriders Therapeutic Riding Association of PEI  

New Covid Normal 

$25,000 

Special Olympics PEI 

Healthy @ Home 

$25,000 

PEI Association for Community Living 

Support Match Worker 

$31,555 

 

ECSF has been critical to strengthening the capacity of community service organizations and is helping them to adapt frontline services to meet the urgent needs of vulnerable individuals and families affected by COVID-19. This opportunity to address the well-being and inclusion needs of our communities and our more vulnerable populations is a critical piece in providing the support and short-term relief needed in communities during the second wave of this pandemic.

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