WE Charity Foundation

Purpose

This project will include the development of volunteer opportunities in collaboration with other not-for-profit organizations; in-kind and financial supports to not-for-profits; matching, onboarding, training and supports for student participants, including additional supports for students facing technological or other barriers; the vetting of service placements to ensure they meet program eligibility requirements; facilitating the posting of service placements on the I want to Help platform; technological infrastructure and processes to register students; the validation of service hours and other due diligence to ensure eligible students receive the grant; and the disbursement of Canada Student Service Grant (CSSG) cash awards, which recognize the voluntary contributions of students to the community response to COVID-19. Through this project, students will gain valuable skills and experience and be recognized for their volunteer efforts with financial awards to help pay for their post-secondary education. Funding consists of: Management of cash awards - $500,000,000 in cash award funding to be disbursed directly to eligible CSSG students and recent graduates. - $19,500,000 is to be used to support program delivery costs for an initial 20,000 service placements (Cohort 1), including $5,000,000 to be redistributed to not-for-profit partners and $300,000 to project participants to support accessibility to the program. - $13,530,000 may be subsequently used to support program delivery costs for an additional 20,000 (Cohort 2) service placements should there be demand, including $3,750,000 to be redistributed to not-for-profit partners and $300,000 to program participants to support accessibility to the program. - $10,500,000 is to be used to support the disbursement of the cash awards to up to an additional 60,000 eligible students (Supplementary cohort via the I Want to Help platform).