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 | $17,000.00 |
Community Investment Fund Grants
Agency | Program | Funding ($) |
Almost Home | Computer Infrastructure Upgrade | $13,236 |
Battersea United Church | Monthly Food Sharing Program | $9,617 |
Boys and Girls Club of Kingston & Area | Neighbourhood Outdoor and Virtual Blended Child Programs | $9,500 |
Dawn House Services & Housing for Women | Supportive Housing Program | $25,000 |
Dress for Success | Suiting & Client Engagement | $10,000 |
KFLA Public Health | Dental Treatment Assistance | $25,000 |
Kingston 4 Paws Service Dogs | New Puppy Acquisition | $8,000 |
Kingston-Frontenac Public Library | Reminiscing Kits: Supporting Caregivers and Community Members with Dementia | $14,400 |
Loving Spoonful | Urban Agriculture/Community Gardens Expansion | $25,000 |
Martha’s Table | Meal Program | $25,000 |
New Leaf Link | Grow! Connect! Belong! | $18,412 |
Sexual Assault Centre Kingston | Reducing the Waitlist: Part Two | $25,000 |
St. Lawrence Youth Association | Specialized Treatment Program for Youth with Concerning Sexual Behaviour | $25,000 |
Telephone Aid Line Kingston | Digitalization of Volunteer Training | $6,064 |
Well Suited | Suiting Program | $15,000 |
YMCA of Eastern Ontario- Kingston | Total Life Care HVAC Upgrade & Flooring Replacement | $25,000 |
United Way KFL&A COVID-19 Response Fund
Addiction and Mental Health Services – KFLA | Cell phones, plans/calling cards – for clients | $7,200 |
Addiction and Mental Health Services – KFLA | Youth Outreach Worker (July 2020-June 2021) | $81,000 |
HIV/AIDs Regional Services | 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 |
HIV/AIDs Regional Services | Integrated Care Hub – snowsuits | $4,000 |
KCHC Street Health | to staff an RN, provide practical assistance | $39,550 |
Kingston Health Sciences Centre – Detoxification Centre | Phone cards and provision of individually packed food (May-Dec) | $10,178 |
Kingston Health Sciences Centre – Detoxification Centre | Phone cards and provision of individually packed food (Jan-June 2021) | $8,000 |
Kingston Home Base Non-Profit Housing | Temporary Shelter operation | $120,000 |
Kingston Home Base Non-Profit 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 |
Kingston Home Base Non-Profit Housing | Youth Housing First/Rapid Rehousing (Oct 2020-June 2021) | $21,000 |
Kingston Interval House | Infection control (cleaning), food provision | $3,400 |
Kingston Youth Shelter | Staffing, food provision, infection control | $67,091 |
Kingston Youth Shelter | Family Mediation Worker (Oct 2020-June 2021) | $43,500 |
Lionhearts | Meal service/delivery | $25,000 |
Resolve Counselling | Youth Outreach Counselling (Oct 2020-June 2021) | $20,748 |
Agency | Service | $ Amount |
Addiction and Mental Health Services-KFLA | Food and supplies provision for clients that agency houses | $2,110 |
Addiction and Mental Health Services-KFLA | Technology (tablets) for Isolation Centre clients | $5,000 |
Epilepsy Southeast Ontario | Technology; PPE | $2,500 |
Extend-A-Family | Secure web-based software to serve client needs electronically | $5,200 |
HIV/AIDS Regional Services | Phones for clients | $265.56 |
Isthmus | Meal hampers for children/families | $7,000 |
Isthmus | Provision of food for weekend hampers delivered to families | $5,000 |
Kingston Community Health Centres | Seniors’ Food Box program | $11,725 |
Kingston Community Health Centres | Seniors’ Food Box program (continuation 5 months) | $25,000 |
Kingston Community Health Centres | Food boxes for St. Lawrence College students | $5,000 |
Kingston Community Health Centres | Food boxes for Queen’s students | $5,000 |
Kingston Day Care | PPE, infection control supplies | $1,655 |
Kingston Youth Shelter | Food provision and infection control cleaning | $5,500 |
Kingston Youth Shelter | on-site Technology (Ipads, cell phones) | $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 |
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 |
Loving Spoonful | Steer purchase and associated fees | $7,408.34 |
Martha’s Table | Food containers for take-out meals; PPE | $1,200 |
Martha’s Table | Donor-directed | $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 with friends | $13,166 |
Morningstar Mission | Purchase of protein for delivery meals | $10,000 |
Outreach St. George’s | Food containers for take-out meals; staffing | $4,223.88 |
Partners in Mission Kingston Food Bank | Food purchase for hampers – meat/protein | $4,500 |
Resolve Counselling | Counselling fees (to waive for clients) | $11,000 |
Salvation Army | Grocery Food bags/baskets | $5,500 |
Southern Frontenac Community Services | Food Storage Equipment | $2,094.87 |
Southern Frontenac Community Services | Supplement emergency funding for the Winter Boots program | $1,500 |
St. Vincent de Paul | Laptop computers for staff (2- remote work) | $2,001 |
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
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 | $11,500.00 |
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 | $17,500.00 |
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 | $21,600.00 |
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
Dawn House Services and Housing for Women | Transitional Housing | $40,850 |
HIV/AIDs Regional Services | Integrated Care Hub – Artillery Park | $50,911 |
Kingston Community Legal Clinic | Eviction Prevention | $60,000 |
Kingston Home Base Non-Profit Housing | Youth Housing First | $66,500 |
Kingston Home Base Non-Profit Housing | Community (Street) Outreach Worker | $66,000 |
Kingston Home Base Non-Profit Housing | Move to Temporary Shelter location | $45,275 |
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 |