NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES FUND 2024

FUNDING FOR SERVICE RECIPIENTS AND FORMER SERVICE RECIPIENTS AGED 18-30 FOR POST-SECONDARY OR LIFE OPPORTUNITIES.

WHAT IS IT?

The Futures Fund is a charitable program funded by donations and operated by FACSFLA. For years, the Fund only provided post-secondary bursaries for youth in/from care. In more recent years, the Fund has expanded to meet the needs of youth and young adults who have received services through alternate care arrangements (customary care, kinship, foster care, voluntary youth services) and those that may have a variety of needs and/or pathways through the Life Opportunities portion of the Fund.

Current Workers supporting a young person can also apply on behalf of a young person with their consent or send them an application for them to complete independently.

Young people in the community no longer in receipt of services may also submit an application directly through the Application Form above.

WHO DOES IT APPLY TO?

Service recipients and former service recipients of FACSFLA aged 18-30 years (17 years of age, if graduating from high school and applying to post-secondary).

WHAT DOES IT SUPPORT?

Bursaries for college or university programs.
Life Opportunities include:
- Career.
- Health & Wellness.
- Culture, identity, and heritage.
- Transitioning to Adulthood.

• FACSFLA recognizes the overrepresentation of youth who are part of some communities/identities experience as recipients of child welfare services, as well as in the wider socio-economic systems of which they are a part, and the barriers resulting from inequities and disparities that they experience via these systems. As such, there will be several dedicated bursaries available this year to support the goals of youth who are First Nations, Inuit, and Métis (FNIM)/Indigenous, and/or Black/Afro-Caribe, and/or 2SLGBTQ+.

- Kewaywin Circle Bursary
- Futures by Robert Sutherland
- 2SLGBTQ+ (to be named)

• Additionally, there are bursaries specific to trades (Arthur Whilsmith Award) and St. Lawrence College that may be available. This year, a specific named award is in development for a young person who has been supported through Kinship.

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?

Applications must be received by May 16, 2024
Award recipients are decided upon by a Committee made up of employees of FACSFLA and a representative from the Board of Directors.
Funds are limited and awards are based on need with amounts varying by year to support available funding; not all who apply will receive an award.

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

If you are or know of a youth wishing to attend college, trades-based education, or university, please apply (if you are a Worker, apply with the young person) using the Futures Fund application form.
If you are or know of a young person who needs assistance with funding pertaining to a life opportunity (such as identity affirming supports, buying a uniform or other clothing items, tools or other supplies, etc., which will support their intended career or project), please apply (or, if you are a Worker, apply with the young person) by using the Futures Fund application form.

WHERE SHOULD I GO?

Please contact your Worker, your Manager, or Emma Dimock (emma.dimock@facsfla.ca) with questions, feedback, or for further information.

Good luck to everyone!