Funding Eligibility

Wetaskiwin Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) is supported by the Province of Alberta and the City of Wetaskiwin. FCSS uses its funds to provide preventative programs and services that enhance the social well-being of families and individuals in our community. The Community Grant Program is one method Wetaskiwin FCSS uses to meet its mandate by providing funding to local organizations that work to enrich the City of Wetaskiwin and the lives of its residents through preventative services. 

“Prevention” is defined as: A proactive process that strengthens the protective factors of individuals, families, and communities to promote well-being, reduce vulnerabilities, enhance the quality of life, and empower them to meet the challenges of life.

The following information is quoted directly from Chapter 5 of the

Family and Community Support Services Program Handbook ​

​​The Eligibility Assessment Tool is a four-stage test or guide to assist local FCSS Programs in determining if a project or funding request fits the FCSS eligibility criteria:

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1. Is the project or service preventive? Does it enhance the social well-being of families and individuals? Does it have preventive social outcomes?

(The answer should be “yes.”)

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2. Does the project or service:

• help people develop independence, strengthen coping skills?

• help people develop an awareness of social needs?

• help people to develop interpersonal and group skills?

• help people and communities to assume responsibility OR

• provide support that helps sustain people as active members of the community?

(The answer should be “yes” to at least one of these questions.)

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3. Is the project or service:

• primarily a recreation, leisure, entertainment or sporting activity or event?

• offering direct assistance, including money, food, clothing or shelter, to sustain an individual or family?

• primarily rehabilitative, therapeutic or crisis management?

• a duplication of services provided by any level of government?

• a capital expenditure such as the purchase, construction or renovation of a building or facility?

(The answer must be “no” to all of these questions.)

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4. Do the proposed expenditures of the project comply with Sections 3 and 4 of the FCSS Regulation?

(The answer should be “yes.”)