Jennifer Fink, SUMAJennifer Getz, Municipal Affairs

Shelley Kilbride, MCDPBrian Mack, Municipal Affairs

What grants are available & where to look

What funders really want to know Grants available from Municipal Affairs Example Situation 5 most common mistakes on

applications Helpful hints for filling out the

application Barriers Answering your questions

SUMA staff have developed a list of grants municipalities are eligible to apply for

New table format broken down alphabetically

Also offers tables broken down by category (ie. housing, tourism, health, seniors, upgrades, economic development, youth)

Will make it quick and easy to see grants available for your municipal project

Also use government department websites to find available grants

Program Focus Area Funding Available

Application Deadline

Need Help?

AgriSpirit Fund

Community infrastructure improvements

$5,000 - $25,000

Spring 2009

Click Here

Community Initiatives Fund

Improving education, health, and well-being of citizens

Max = $25,000 (annual) & $5,000 (summer)

June 1, Nov. 1, and Feb. 1 (March 1 for summer grants)

Click Here

New Horizons for Seniors

Seniors participation and leadership

Maximum of $25,000

Spring 2009

Click Here

Sustainable Communities Grant

Environmental sustainability

Maximum of $100,000

October 15 and April 15

Click Here

What are you doing? Why are you doing it? What does it cost? How much money do you want? Who is involved? Is the project ready to start

Have you completed the engineering assessment (include with application)

Do you have all the required permits (include with application)

SIGI – Saskatchewan Infrastructure Growth Initiative

BCF – Building Canada Fund, Communities Component

Federal Gas Tax Primary Weight Corridor - Capital

Program (PWC) 11 Others Conditional and Unconditional

Programs - see http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/

Town of Picturesque Opportunity: Potash One is building a

new plant within 5km of the Town of Picturesque. This new opportunity will result in 200 new

permanent positionsThe town and the RM meet to discuss the

potential effects this may have on the municipal infrastructure

They regularly work together to provide infrastructure to their ratepayers

Issues Arising: The Town of Picturesque is already facing

capacity and quality issues (a PDWA as evidence) with their water system as well as capacity issues with their wastewater system given the current demand from the town and surrounding RM

The road leading up to the plant was previously classified as Primary Weight but is in need of an upgrade to retain the standard and improve on some safety issues

The town does not have the available lot space to accommodate such an influx of people and there are very few houses available on the market

Issue Applicable Program

Eligible Costs

Water quality and capacity

-BCF-CC-SIGI

-Federal Gas Tax

-funded up to 2/3 fed/prov-Loan interest on eligible costs on the growth portion of the project-up to per capita allocation

Wastewater Capacity

-BCF-CC-SIGI

-Federal Gas Tax

-funded up to 2/3 fed/prov-Loan interest on eligible costs on the growth portion of the project-up to per capita allocation

Primary Weight Road Upgrades

-BCF-CC-PWC

-Federal Gas Tax

-funded up to 2/3 fed/prov-Capital – must have maintenance agreement-up to the per capita allocation

Lot Development

-SIGI Interest incurred on all eligible costs

Provides funding for construction, renewal, expansion and upgrade of local infrastructure in communities with populations under 100,000

The federal and provincial government each committed $94.5 million over 5 years

Program is cost shared 1/3-1/3-1/3 by the federal/provincial/municipal governments

Qualifying projects fall into 17 priority areas including: drinking water, wastewater management and roads

Grants for environmentally sustainable municipal infrastructure projects that promote long-term growth and community sustainability

Project must create positive environmental outcome: Cleaner airCleaner water and/orReduced GHG emissions

Eligible project categories include: Public Transit Infrastructure (including

Transit for Disabled Related Infrastructure) Water Infrastructure Wastewater Infrastructure Solid Waste Infrastructure Community Energy Systems Local Roads & Bridges Capacity Building

FundingYears 2005-2010 – $147.7M per

capitaYears 2011-2014 - $224.2M per

capitaYears 2015-beyond – Permanent

funding - Details TBD

What’s New2008-09 Installment #2 payments

to be made by March 31, 2009Program Evaluation

Some of you will be contacted in the coming weeks

Environmental Outcomes ReportingWill be contacted for further

information

SIGI provides interest rate subsidies over five years on municipal borrowing for lot development and related offsite infrastructure stemming from growth

Over five years eligible municipalities will receive interest rate subsides on $300 million of municipal borrowing

Lot development projects, related costs and offsite development directly related to increased capacity are eligible

PWC funds construction or material rehabilitation of Saskatchewan rural roads designated as Primary Weight Corridors

Funding is determined annually. In 2008-09 approximately $4 million was allocated to capital construction

Roads that are designated as a Primary Weight Corridor and have an existing maintenance agreement qualify for the program

For information on any of the mentioned programs or any other programs and services offered by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, please contact:

Ministry of Municipal Affairs 410-1855 Victoria Avenue Regina, SK S4P 3T2 Phone: (306) 787-8809 Fax: (306) 787-3641 http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca

Not calling to ask questions – program staff are readily available to answer any questions

Sending in incomplete applications Missing the deadline date Not indicating in the application WHAT

you are doing and WHY Not reading all of the materials provided

to the municipalities regarding the program such as letter and checklists

Call to ask questions – advisors are ready and willing to help!

Remember to refer to program material regarding mandatory requirement

In most cases the application process is competitive, applications will compete for the limited funds available

Funders base their assessments on a rating scale

Refer to the rating guide for information and form your answers around these items

Carefully read all communication sent to the municipality regarding the program, they contain important information

Do not leave it to the last minute. When you become aware of a program and the important dates, begin to prepare

Administrators must communicate information regarding programs to the council members early so planning can begin

What do you see as barriers to the application and

process??

Lack of experience preparing grant applications

Shortage of Administrators Lack of municipal funding for planning

and engineering Administrator workload may not leave

time for preparation of an application

Help is just a phone call away – program advisors are there to

help you!!