Community: Where Everyone Belongs
   

Community Capacity Initiative

I. Purpose

  1. To develop, implement and monitor innovative community initiatives designed to enhance a community's capacity to include and support persons with developmental disabilities.
  2. To increase community awareness and understanding of community partnerships and opportunities to build inclusive communities.

II. Overall Criteria

  1. Must focus on community's capacity for inclusion of adults with developmental disabilities.
  2. Must involve a Community Partner PDD does not fund.
  3. PDD funded partners may be included in the partnerships.
  4. Must not replace existing mandate or responsibility/resources of Community Partners.
  5. Can be used to enhance existing community inclusion projects.
  6. These are one-time expenditures that may be extended into a second year.

III. General Guidelines and Accountability

  1. Participating partners will submit a plan including: purpose, timeline of major activities and events, outcomes, evaluation approach and required resources.
  2. Each Board will require information reports and updates on an agreed upon schedule and will provide quarterly reports to the PDD Program.
  3. The PDD Program reports plans and progress to the Minister.