In addition to the campaign funding and distribution, United Way KFL&A distributes funds through various grants. Below is a full list of programs and agencies funded through United Way KFL&A, and the most recent grants to address the impact of Covid-19.
A list of funded United Way KFL&A partner agencies can be found here.
United Way KFL&A Partner Agency Funding
| Partner Agency | Program | Funding |
| Addictions and Mental Health Services – KFLA | Family Support Worker for the Family Resource Centre | $50,000.00 |
| FUSE Funding | $25,000.00 | |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | 1:1 Community and Site-based Mentoring | $50,000.00 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Kingston | After School Connections | $50,000.00 |
| Youth Program | $25,000.00 | |
| Canadian Hearing Services | General Support Services | $18,220.00 |
| Hearing Care Counselling | $30,340.00 | |
| Employment Services | $10,000.00 | |
| Centre for Abuse and Trauma Therapy | Client Assistance Program | $50,000.00 |
| Canadian National Institute for the Blind | Peer and Home Based Support | $50,000.00 |
| Community Navigation of Eastern Ontario – 211 | 211 Eastern Region | $36,000.00 |
| Dress for Success Kingston | Boutique and Success Centre | $20,000.00 |
| Elizabeth Fry Society Kingston | Women Empowered Hub | $50,000.00 |
| Epilepsy South Eastern Ontario | Epilepsy Support Program | $50,000.00 |
| Food Sharing Project | Student Nutrition Program | $30,000.00 |
| Supplemental Food Support for Students | $50,000.00 | |
| Girls Inc. Limestone | Girls Ed Program | $50,000.00 |
| Independent Living Centre Kingston | Information and Support Service | $30,000.00 |
| Kingston Community Health Centres | EarlyOn | $25,000.00 |
| Good Food Box | $49,994.00 | |
| Seniors Food Box | $49,994.00 | |
| Kingston Home Base Non-Profit Housing | RISE@one4nine Youth Services | $50,000.00 |
| Lily’s Place | $50,000.00 | |
| Kingston Interval House | Emergency Shelter | $40,000.00 |
| Robin’s Hope Transition House | $20,000.00 | |
| Kingston Military Family Resource Centre | Community Resource Connections | $32,000.00 |
| Kingston Youth Shelter | Emergency Shelter | $50,000.00 |
| Transitional Housing Program | $50,000.00 | |
| Lennox & Addington Interval House | Community Outreach Program | $36,500.00 |
| Lionhearts Inc. | COVID-19 Street Project – Rideau Heights | $50,000.00 |
| COVID-19 Street Project – Downtown | $50,000.00 | |
| COVID-19 Street Project – Amherstview | $50,000.00 | |
| Food Reclamation and Redistribution | $50,000.00 | |
| Loving Spoonful | Food Access | $25,000.00 |
| Community Kitchens | $25,000.00 | |
| March of Dimes Canada | Assistive Devices Program | $47,133.00 |
| Martha’s Table | Pandemic Warm up/Cool down Centre | $42,480.00 |
| Outreach St. George’s Kingston | Lunch By George | $30,000.00 |
| Pathways to Education Canada | Pathways to Education Kingston | $50,000.00 |
| Resolve Counselling Services Canada | Individual and Family Counselling | $50,000.00 |
| Children and Youth Counselling | $39,700.00 | |
| Multi-Service Immediate Walk-in | $50,000.00 | |
| Ryandale Transitional Housing | Transition House | $23,600.00 |
| Rural Frontenac Community Services | Family Counselling Program | $46,464.00 |
| Bridgeing the Gap for Rural Youth | $25,023.00 | |
| Seniors Association Kingston Region | Seniors Association Without Walls | $25,000.00 |
| Sexual Assault Centre Kingston | First Response for Youth | $45,000.00 |
| Southern Frontenac Community Services | Hot Meals on Wheels | $48,266.00 |
| Youth Diversion | CHANCE Mentoring Program | $25,000.00 |
| Rebound | $20,000.00 | |
| Kairos – Secondary School | $50,000.00 | |
| Kairos – Elementary School | $50,000.00 | |
| Kairos Addiction Targeted Intervention | $17,000.00 |
United Way KFL&A COVID-19 Response Fund
| Agency | Program | Funding |
| Martha’s Table | Food containers for take-out meals; Personal Protective Equipment | $1,200 |
| Martha’s Table | Meal program | $15,000 |
| Martha’s Table | 2 computers to replace outdated equipment and provide for more efficient operations and stable communications during COVID | $5,764 |
| Martha’s Table | Heated outdoor patio space to continue safely providing meal service to clients to allow for social distance dining through winter | $13,166 |
| Salvation Army | Food bags/baskets to support grocery and meal distribution | $5,500 |
| Kingston Youth Shelter | Food provision and infection control cleaning | $5,500 |
| Kingston Youth Shelter | On-site Technology (Ipads, cell phones) to help youth connect | $3,983 |
| Kingston Youth Shelter | Moving expenses for move to Union Street location – to accommodate isolation | $1,000 |
| Kingston Youth Shelter | Food for youth in Transitional housing | $4,950 |
| St. Vincent de Paul | Laptop computers for staff to be able to work remotely | $2,001 |
| AMHS-KFLA | food and supplies provision for clients that agency houses | $2,110 |
| AMHS-KFLA | Technology (tablets) for Isolation Centre clients | $5,000 |
| Partners in Mission | Food purchase for hampers – meat/protein | $4,500 |
| Resolve Counselling | Counselling fees (to waive for clients) | $11,000 |
| Outreach St. George’s | Food containers for take-out meals and additional staffing | $4,223.88 |
| Morningstar Mission | Purchase of protein for delivery meals | $10,000 |
| Isthmus | Meal hampers for children/families | $7,000 |
| Isthmus | Provision of food for weekend hampers delivered to families | $5,000 |
| Lionhearts | Meal service/delivery | $25,000 |
| Lionhearts | Partial funding to replace their Commercial Refrigerator and bridge funding for meals for the Street Project | $24,638 |
| KCHC | Seniors’ Food Box program | $11,725 |
| KCHC | Seniors’ Food Box program (continuation 5 months) | $25,000 |
| KCHC | Food boxes for St. Lawrence College student | $5,000 |
| KCHC | Food boxes for Queen’s students | $5,000 |
| SFCS | Food Storage Equipment | $2,094.87 |
| Epilepsy | Technology; Personal Protective Equipment to support service delivery | $2,500 |
| Kingston Day Care | PPE, infection control supplies | $1,655 |
| Loving Spoonful | Steer purchase and associated fees | $9,000 |
| Extend-A-Family | Secure web-based software to serve client needs electronically | $5,200 |
Emergency Community Support Fund through the Government of Canada
| Agency | Program/Description | Funding |
| AllSteps Child Care | Training and PPE to allow daycare to open safely | $2,567.50 |
| Bereaved Families of Ontario | Tablets to help serve clients during pandemic | $1,800 |
| Boys & Girls Club | PPEs, cleaning staff to support the safe re-opening of the Robert Meek Centre with a number of agencies | $20,000 |
| Canadian Hearing Services | Mental Health Counselling – “Connect” – virtual counselling for clients and mental health support | $20,000 |
| Family and Children’s Services | PPE kits for individual and families | $2,500 |
| HARS | Healthy meal and basic needs program providing to-go meals | $10,000 |
| Independent Living Centre | Independent Living Support Services – connecting people with supports for food, home care, counseling services | $20,000 |
| Islamic Society of Kingston | Halal meal delivery program – delivering meals daily to newcomers, refugee families, international students | $40,000 |
| KCHC Immigrant Services | Increased support for newcomer volunteers allowing newcomers to maintain social connections | $7,500 |
| KCHC Kingston Immigration Partnership | Kingston Immigration Partnership (Racial discrimination) – technical and other supports for panel discussions | $30,000 |
| KCHC Kingston Immigration Partnership | Kingston Immigration Partnership (Translation of COVID materials) – printed materials, audio recordings and workshops to provide correct information | $28,348 |
| KCHC Seniors’ Food Box | Seniors’ Food Box – continuation of new free Seniors’ Food Box initiative for vulnerable and low-income seniors | $36,625 |
| Martha’s Table | Extended meal service during Covid-19 pandemic | $8,694 |
| New Leaf Link | Tech support for programs serving adults with developmental disabilities in rural areas | $14,856 |
| Outreach St. George | Lunch By George COVID-19 Food Program – increased staffing for meal services and cleaning services | $20,000 |
| RFCS | We Care – activity kits for children in rural Frontenac | $3,000 |
| Salvation Army Kingston | The Salvation Army Kingston Community and Family Services – expansion of food pantry program | $19,153.61 |
| TALK Kingston | Telephone Aid Line Kingston Covid-19 Service Delivery Project – provides listening and emotional support to callers | $10,700 |
| Alzheimer Society KFLA | Virtual programming for people living with dementia -socialization and stimulation virtually and support for caregivers | $25,000 |
| AMHS-KFLA | Street Outreach RN – provides service to homeless with medical needs | $40,000 |
| Canadian Families and Corrections Network | Covid-19 Response Project – outreach and support to children and families affected by incarceration | $15,000 |
| Centre for Abuse & Trauma Therapy | Covid Crisis Counselling for individuals with heightened mental health issues due to pandemic. | $25,000 |
| Dawn House Transitional Housing | Food Security – Meal program for women living in transitional and supportive housing | $20,000 |
| Girls Inc | Curbside visits and virtual check ins | $40,000 |
| H’art Centre of Smiles | Solos from Home – arts-based workshops which participants can complete while at home | $26,200 |
| KCHC | ACEs and Trauma informed care through virtual sessions to help individuals struggling with emotional and financial effects of the pandemic | $10,000 |
| KCHC Good Food Box | COVID-19 – Good Food Boxes – free or low cost food boxes | $22,165 |
| KCHC Virtual Hub L&A | Virtual Youth Hub of Lennox and Addington – allowing marginalized youth and their families to connect with a Youth Outreach Worker | $20,100 |
| KEYS | Employment, Training, Settle – services for vulnerable youth in Kingston between 16-24yrs | $11,446 |
| Kidney Foundation | Grocery store gift cards for dialysis patients with lower incomes | $2,500 |
| Kingston Interval House | Robin’s Hope COVID-19 Relief – gift cards and supplies to women & children in second stage housing | $6,591.64 |
| Kingston Youth Shelter | Employee wages and essential services – cleaning during pandemic and transportation services for youth | $40,000 |
| L&A Seniors Outreach | Seniors Without Walls – virtual, multi-person phone conversations and supports for seniors | $25,000 |
| Lionhearts | Odessa Community Garden – charity garden to provide essential produce to emergency food providers | $32,000 |
| Maltby Centre | Supports for those experiencing new or increased mental health and/or trauma related issues due to pandemic | $10,000 |
| Morningstar Mission | Prepared meal distribution, increase to more days and meals a week | $37,759 |
| Resolve Counselling | Building resiliency | $10,000 |
| Resolve Counselling | COVID counselling | $10,000 |
| Sexual Assault Centre Kingston | Expansion of online services and transition of recruitment and training of volunteers | $26,500 |
| Salvation Army Napanee | Community and Family Services & food Bank – expanded food hamper and delivery program | $16,289.25 |
| Seniors Association | Seniors Centre Without Walls (SCWW) – Low barrier technology program to help seniors facing mental health and isolation | $40,000 |
| St. Lawrence Youth Association | Community Services – providing clients with cell phones and data plans to use for video calling, access to counselling, therapy and other services | $10,000 |
Emergency Community Support Fund through the Government of Canada – Round 2
| Agency | Program Description | Funding |
| Autism Society Ontario | Social 18+ Program to help keep adults with autism engaged through fun, supportive activities | $5,000.00 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Kingston & Area Inc. | COVID Compliant Transportation for After-school programs | $10,000.00 |
| Dawn House Services and Housing for Women | Virtual re-engineering of services and programs | $6,500.00 |
| Epilepsy South Eastern Ontario | UPLIFT program is cognitive behaviour therapy, delivered virtually | $7,500.00 |
| Extend-A-Family Kingston | Purchase of a new iMac to being able to run virtual programs | $2,500.00 |
| Freeing the Human Spirit | Mental heath and wellness yoga and meditation for inmate populations | $10,000.00 |
| HIV/AIDS Regional Services | Indigenous Supports will provide Traditional Healing Circles once a wk to ensure culturally appropriate programming is offered | $7,800.00 |
| HIV/AIDS Regional Services | Community Support Program giving people with lived experience the opportunity to support each other | $12,500.00 |
| Kingston Community Health Centres | Kids Get Stressed Too program | $10,000.00 |
| Kingston Youth Shelter Incorporated, The | Emergency shelter staffing and provision of meals and hygiene items | $20,000.00 |
| Maltby Centre | Transitional Aged Youth Mental Health Clinic | $7,000.00 |
| Maltby Centre – Family Engagement | Family Capacity Building and Support for issues exacerbated by COVID | $2,500.00 |
| Morningstar Mission Relief Inc. | COVID response Countywide Meal Program | $12,000.00 |
| Ontario Society for Crippled Children | Off season virtual camp – Easter Seals | $4,524.00 |
| Outreach St. George’s Kingston | Lunch by George Indoor Service Relaunch | $20,000.00 |
| Special Olympics Ontario | The Health at Home Project | $5,694.00 |
| St. Lawrence Youth Association | Community Services – provison of tablets for virtual engagement | $4,500.00 |
| Start2Finish Canada | Brainworx! Learning Enhancement Program for vulnerable children to address learning gaps amplified by COVID | $10,000.00 |
| The Kidney Foundation of Canada – Kingston Chapter | Provision of grocery store gift cards for dialysis patients | $1,500.00 |
| The Salvation Army | Holiday Support for Families and Children (Gift Cards) | $10,000.00 |
| YMCA of Eastern Ontario | Work Hard Eat Well program | $10,825.00 |
| Youth Diversion | Initiative to support youth 12-17 who are not/cannot engage in regular school settings | $10,000.00 |
Reaching Home funds to address homelessness
| Agency | Program | Funding |
| Home Base Housing (Base) | Youth Housing First | $66,500 |
| Home Base Housing (Base) | Community (Street) Outreach Worker | $66,000 |
| Home Base Housing (Base) | Move to Temporary Shelter location | $45,275 |
| Kingston Community Legal Clinic (Base) | Eviction Prevention | $60,000 |
| Dawn House (Base) | Transitional Housing | $40,850 |
| HARS (Base) | Integrated Care Hub – Artillery Park (see below for brief info) | $50,911 |
| Lionhearts | Meal service/delivery | $25,000 |
| Kingston Interval House | Infection control (cleaning), food provision | $3,400 |
| Kingston Youth Shelter | Staffing, food provision, infection control | $67,091 |
| AMHS-KFLA | Cell phones, plans/calling cards for clients | $7,200 |
| KHSC Detoxification Centre | Phone cards and provision of individually packed food (May-Dec) | $10,178 |
| KCHC Street Health | to staff an RN, provide practical assistance | $39,550 |
| Home Base Housing | Temporary Shelter operation | $120,000 |
| Home Base Housing | Increased staffing at RISE to better support formerly homeless youth, in the event of crisis or with ongoing life skills programming to maintain housing | $40,000 |
| HARS | Integrated Care Hub – a drop-in centre for individuals, many of whom are homeless, living rough or at risk of homelessness, to access basic services and supports including clinical treatment | $193,676 |
New Horizons for Seniors Program funded by the Government of Canada
| Agency | Program | Funding |
| KCHC Seniors’ Food Box | Seniors’ Food Box for low income seniors | $28,000 |
| Victorian Order of Nurses | Food Security: Meal delivery and gift cards for seniors | $7,000 |
| Rural Frontenac Community Services | Meal Delivery program for seniors in Frontenac County | $6,695 |
| Independent Living Centre Kingston | Support for seniors with disabilities | $8,740 |
| Resolve Counselling | Counselling for seniors | $2,800 |
| Seniors Association | Virtual Programming and Check-in Calls for seniors | $4,550 |
| Southern Frontenac Community Services | Hot & Frozen Meal Delivery for seniors | $7,910 |