The Federation of Community Social Services is now accepting applications for the Community Social Services Training Fund (CSSTF). The intention of the fund is to disburse grants to organizations delivering community-based social services in British Columbia. This funding will support broad and inclusive training and development efforts that address foundational knowledge and core skill needs—including leadership and management—throughout the community social services sector.
A guiding principle of this training fund is that organizations are empowered and supported to assess for themselves the training and development they most need. The CSSTF Advisory Committee have balanced this goal with the reality of managing a large scale training fund in an organized and timely way in the middle of a global pandemic.
There are two funding streams with applications open now: the Support for Certification/Education Individual Grant (with funding of up to $1,500) and the Organizational Training Grant (with funding of up to $10,000). Organizations can only apply for one of the two funding streams and must choose which they will be applying for.
