History of Funding
  • Funding for the Independent Facilitation Demonstration Project (IFDP) was granted to the Ontario Independent Facilitation Network (OIFN) and seven initial Independent Facilitation Organizations from the Ministry of Community and Social Services - now the Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services - for a two-year demonstration project in 2015 to 2017 to provide Independent Facilitation to 1090 people and their families.
  • Funding was extended for two additional years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, ending March 31st, 2019.
  • 1782 people and their families in total had the opportunity to engage with an Independent Facilitator over the past four years. 
  • 1321 people and their families are continuing to use Independent Facilitation today.

Current Status

  • Members of the Ontario Independent Facilitation Network met with the Senior Staff of MCCSS on November 20th, 2018.
  • The senior ministry staff are very aware of the significant impact and cost benefit of Independent Facilitation and its contribution to assisting people in creating meaningful lives and innovative housing in their neighbourhood/community.
  • The senior ministry staff stated that the current funding contract for Independent Facilitation expires March 31st, 2019.
  • A 2019/2020 budget is not expected to be tabled until February or March 2019.  Decisions will then be made concerning what the Ministry will fund.
  • Without ongoing core/infrastructure funding for Independent Facilitation Organizations, there is a possibility that people and families will be able to access Independent Facilitation only through a fee-for-service model, using Passport or private funds.​
Want to learn more? Check out these in-depth resources from the Ontario Independent Facilitation Network (OIFN).

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