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- The Community Investment Program for Preventing and Reducing Gambling Harms
- The Research Program for Preventing and Reducing Gambling Harms
July 6, 2023 - The Ontario-Focused Community Investment Program for Preventing and Reducing Gambling Harms
Posted 03.08.2023 - Answers to questions received about the Community Investment Program funding call
This Community Investment Program aims to invest in vulnerable and underserved populations to:
- Increase community resilience to gambling-related harms.
- Assess and respond to community needs related to gambling harm prevention, education, and treatment.
- Build the capacity of community organizations to integrate prevention of and support for gambling harms into existing programs, services, and policies.
A total of $200,000 is available for up to three projects carried out by:
- Non-profit organizations and charities;
- Publicly funded entities focused on health and wellbeing (e.g., public health, community health, campus-based health/wellness services, etc.); or
- Academics partnered with organizations that meet the criteria described in 1 and 2.
Community Investment Program funds are available for community needs assessments and/or evidence-based pilot projects that facilitate gambling harm prevention, education, and / or support among the following focus populations (alpha order):
- Communities at increased risk of gambling harms
- Indigenous communities
- Northern/rural communities
- Young and emerging adults (e.g., post-secondary campus-based projects involving domestic and/or international students)
- Youth
For more information, see the application guidelines.
July 6, 2023 - The Ontario-Focused Research Program for Preventing and Reducing Gambling Harms
This Research Program will fund and mobilize research projects that target gambling harm prevention/reduction priorities, address gaps in the existing evidence base, and generate unique insights for supporting the prevention and minimization of gambling harms.
$100,000 is available for up to two projects, and researchers at non-profit organizations, academic institutions, and other private/public entities are eligible for funding.
This call for applications aims to fund research that will have strong practical implications for gambling harm reduction within the Ontario context. Priority focus areas include:
- Programming aimed at preventing/reducing harm among those who gamble at higher risk.
- Tools/interventions aimed at encouraging those who gamble to do so at lower levels of risk.
- Gambling harms by geography / region.
- Assessment of best practices for gambling harm prevention/reduction interventions in land-based gambling.
For more information, see the application guidelines.