Funding for More Remedy Projects

NOTE: The list of funding recipients and projects follows this release.

More community organizations across the province are receiving funding to transform how services are delivered to people with disabilities.

“Service providers are reimagining how they deliver services and, in many cases, creating entirely new ways of supporting people in their communities,” said Scott Armstrong, Minister of Opportunities and Social Development. “We’re seeing real momentum across the sector – especially coming out of the recent Rebuilding HOPE conference. These new projects show how committed service providers are to making this transformational change happen.”

Sixteen more projects aimed at strengthening supports for people with disabilities will receive more than $618,000 total in provincial funding through the Service Evolution Fund, which helps advance the Nova Scotia Human Rights Remedy.

The fund launched in October 2024 to support Disability Support Program service providers to transition from facility-based to community-based service delivery in line with the remedy; the first eight projects under the fund were announced in January.

New projects are funded quarterly. Applications are due on the last business day of February, May, August and November.

Quotes:

“The Service Evolution Fund presents an exciting opportunity for Horizon Achievement Centre to take meaningful steps toward aligning our internal operations with the goals of the remedy. This funding will support and strengthen our capacity in ensuring we are equipped to fully support participant choice and individualized funding. It’s a vital investment in our future and in the people we serve.”
— Amanda Burt, Financial Co-ordinator, Horizon Achievement Centre, Cape Breton Regional Municipality

“Thanks to the Service Evolution Fund, we are able to enhance our supports to participants and better meet their needs in community. This new technology will allow participants to choose when and how their supports are delivered and by whom, putting choice and flexibility in the hands of Nova Scotians with disabilities.”
— Shane Hatt, Regional Manager Technology & Operations, New Vision Care Homes, Kings County

Quick Facts:

• the government has committed $1 million per year for the next three years to the fund
• the Disability Support Program has 131 service providers

Additional Resources:

Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission – Remedy in Disability Rights Coalition vs. Province of Nova Scotia: https://humanrights.novascotia.ca/remedy

Service Evolution Fund: https://dsp-transformation.ca/SEF

Disability support transformation progress and updates: https://www.dsp-transformation.ca/

News release – Service Evolution Fund Supports Remedy Projects: https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/01/29/service-evolution-fund-supports-remedy-projects

News release – New Fund for Disability Support Service Providers: https://news.novascotia.ca/en/2024/10/24/new-fund-disability-support-service-providers

Funding recipients and projects:

• Balsam, Lunenburg County – a new, user-friendly and accessible website to share up-to-date information; opportunities for learning, employment, recreation and community engagement; resources and tools to support community-based living; $17,000

• Colonial Community Services, Halifax Regional Municipality – a technology-based platform for participants, staff and other members of a person’s support network for support planning, scheduling, billing and ongoing training; $26,225

• Colchester Residential Services, Colchester County – branding and website redevelopment with a focus on accessibility, supported decision-making and community inclusion; $25,000

• Directions Council of Nova Scotia, provincewide – provincewide co-ordination and sector support to transition traditional day programs to wage-based social enterprises; $114,387

• Diverse Abilities Nova Scotia, provincewide – a new information management system for member organizations and their staff to support community-based service delivery; $36,000

• Homes for Independent Living Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality – to develop a five-year strategic plan for the organization in line with the remedy; $43,085

• Horizon Achievement Centre, Cape Breton Regional Municipality – tools and training to enable individualized planning and participant-centred service delivery; $23,172

• Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre, Kings County – new technology, tools to reduce administrative burden for staff and improve client service; $32,500

• Liberty Lodge, Kings County – architectural services to redesign existing infrastructure to support independent living, program delivery, community inclusion; $14,676

• Mawita’mk, Inverness County – community engagement, strategic planning with a focus on meeting the unique needs of Mi’kmaw community members with disabilities; $19,100

• Metro Community Living Supports, Halifax Regional Municipality – community outreach and engagement; $37,500

• MusGo Rider Cooperative, Guysborough County and Halifax Regional Municipality – community engagement, strategic planning for disability support services on the Eastern Shore; $37,855

• New Vision Care Homes, Kings County – a new platform to support individualized planning and service delivery; $35,000

• ROC Society, Inverness County and Cape Breton Regional Municipality – planning to evolve existing services, create new ones in line with the needs of members and the requirements of the remedy; $15,955

• South Shore Community Service Association (Bonny Lea Farm), Lunenburg County – strategic planning and financial expertise to support a human rights-based approach to service delivery; $105,750

• Wolfville L’Arche Homefires Society, Kings County – feasibility analysis, strategic planning to establish a new social enterprise in Wolfville; $15,000

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