Funding Focus Areas

The CMHC Foundation secures and administers funds for special projects, grantmaking initiatives and financial assistance that address the following focus areas:

• Health & Wellness - to address physical health and health care needs and to foster holistic approaches to mental, physical and spiritual health.
• Community Inclusion -  to increase opportunities for sustained participation in community activities of a person’s choosing, (i.e., in settings not limited to people in recovery).
• Empowerment & Advocacy - to utilize and build on a person’s firsthand experience of recovery, to address discrimination, challenge existing structures/policies, and to promote awareness and community education.
• Arts & Creative Expression - to increase opportunities to develop artistic abilities and interests and to promote creative expression.
• Work & Education - to expand opportunities for sustained participation in career related activities such as competitive employment, micro-enterprise, and post-secondary education, training and certification.