Supports for Newcomer Integration grants

Overview

Supports for Newcomer Integration (SNI) grants provide settlement and language supports and services for newcomers while they live and work in Alberta, ensuring newcomers have the appropriate supports to reach their full economic potential.

• The current SNI grant agreements will be extended by one year and will expire on March 31, 2025.

This page will contain information on applying for SNI grant funding when future SNI calls for proposals are released.

Grant streams

There are 3 grant streams under SNI:

Stream 1: Settlement and community support services.

This stream funds alternative, flexible and short-term English language learning opportunities. 

• Eligible beneficiaries include:
• Naturalized Canadian Citizens
• Temporary residents who hold a work permit under the:
  • Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program
  • International Mobility Program (IMP)
  • Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) program
• Refugee Claimants

Stream 2: Language assessment and referral services

This stream funds services to provide newcomers with English language assessment and support to identify training options on their pathway to labour market attachment.

• Eligible beneficiaries include:
• Permanent Residents and
• Naturalized Canadian Citizens

Stream 3: English as an Additional Language (EAL) drop-in services

This stream funds alternative, flexible, and short-term English learning language opportunities.

• Eligible beneficiaries include:
• Permanent Residents
• Naturalized Canadian Citizens
• If the program has available seats, and there are no permanent residents or naturalized Canadian citizens on a wait list, refugee claimants and/or temporary residents with a work permit may also be included.
• Due to the potential for conflict of interest, organizations cannot apply to both Language Assessment and Referral Services (stream 2) and EAL Drop-in Services (stream 3) at the same time.

Grants that are funded until March 31, 2025

Settlement and language services

Through the Alberta Settlement and Integration Program, the Government of Alberta provides funding to settlement agencies to deliver ongoing services to eligible newcomers who live and work in Alberta.

Settlement agencies funded by Immigration and Multiculturalism:

• Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (Serving clients in Calgary and surrounding communities in Southern Alberta)
  • https://www.ccisab.ca
  • Phone: 403-262-2006
• Catholic Social Services (serving clients in Edmonton and Red Deer)
  • https://www.cssalberta.ca
  • Edmonton phone: 780-432-1137
  • Red Deer phone: 403-346-8818
• Centre d'accueil pour nouveaux arrivants francophones – Settlement Services for Francophone Newcomers in Calgary and Southern Alberta.
  • https://www.canaf.ca
  • Calgary phone: 403-532-6334
• Centre for Newcomers (CFN) (serving clients in Calgary and surrounding communities)
  • https://www.centrefornewcomers.ca
  • Phone: 403-569-3325
  • Email: info@centrefornewcomers.
• Edmonton Immigrant Services Association (serving clients in Edmonton and surrounding communities)
  • https://www.eisa-edmonton.org/
  • Phone: 780-474-8445
• Francophonie Albertaine Plurielle-FRAP-Society (serving clients in Edmonton region, Fort McMurray and Red Deer)
  • https://www.frap.ca
  • Edmonton Main Office (La Cité Francophone) phone: 780-540-8682
  • Edmonton North Office (Northgate Mall) phone: 825-480-4537
  • Fort McMurray phone: 780-750-8153
  • Red Deer phone: 403-967-1773
• Grande Prairie Centre for Newcomers (serving clients in Grande Prairie and surrounding communities)
  • https://www.gpcn.ca
  • Phone: 780-538-4452
• Kneehill Adult Learning Society (serving clients in Kneehill and surrounding communities)
  • https://www.kals3hills.ca
  • Phone: 403-443-5556
• Taber District Community Adult Learning Association (serving clients in Taber and surrounding communities)
  • http://taberadultlearning.com
  • Phone: 403-223-1169
• YMCA of Northern Alberta (serving clients in the Wood Buffalo region and surrounding communities)
  • https://ymcanab.ca/
  • [email protected]
• For temporary residents from Ukraine under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) visa, visit Support for Ukrainian evacuees for more information on settlement supports.

Through the Alberta Settlement and Integration Program, the Government of Alberta provides funding to immigrant serving agencies to support the language needs of eligible newcomers who live and work in Alberta.

Language services funded by Immigration and Multiculturalism:

• Language assessment services provide assessments and referral information to provincial training options, such as English as an Additional Language, Integrated Training, Immigrant Bridging, and other skills training and post-secondary training.
• Counselling services assist newcomers to identify education or training options related to their language abilities and needs on a pathway to labour market attachment.
• There are two language assessment and referral centres in Alberta.
  • Catholic Social Services’ Language Assessment, Referral and Counselling Centre (LARCC) serves clients in Edmonton and northern communities.
    https://larcc.cssalberta.ca/ 
    Phone: 780-424-3545
  • Immigrant Services Calgary Language Assessment and Referral Centre (CLARC) serves clients in Calgary and southern communities.
    https://www.immigrantservicescalgary.ca/start-here/#english-testing 
    Phone: 403-265-1120

Drop-In English as an Additional Language (EAL) classes:

Immigration and Muliticulturalism provides funding to organizations that offer alternative, flexible and short-term English language learning opportunities to newcomers to improve or maintain their English proficiency.

Drop-In EAL classes are offered through the following organizations:

• Cultural Connections Institute – The Learning Exchange (CCI-LEX):
  • https://cci-lex.ca/
  • Phone: 780-944-0792
• The Immigrant Education Society (TIES):
  • https://www.immigrant-education.ca/
  • Phone: 403-235-3666
• Taber & District Community Adult Learning Association:
  • https://taberadultlearning.com/english-services/
  • Phone: 403-223-1169

Applicants who are interested in applying to future SNI CFPs may consult the 2022-24 SNI application package as a reference.

• Application Guidelines
• Applicants’ Information Call fact sheet
• Application Form
• Service Description Template
• Budget Template
• Sample Grant Agreement Template

Contact

Connect with the Alberta Settlement and Integration Program:
Email: [email protected]