Law360 Canada (September 2, 2026, 5:47 PM EDT) -- Alberta has announced that applications are now open for service providers to access $15 million in grant funding to expand services and supports for those experiencing family violence.

“The funding provided through the renewed Emergency Family Violence Services program is being distributed across three grants streams to support flexible community-based services, modernize facilities and strengthen regional collaboration among service providers,” the province said in a Sept. 2 statement.

One stream is the $4 million Facility Grant Pilot Program to provide capital funding to eligible women's shelters for facility upgrades and maintenance. This includes roofing, heating and ventilation.

Another is the $5.8-million one-time Regional Collaboration and Innovation Grant to support collaborative projects over two years. It will help organizations build partnerships, develop innovative emergency family violence services and improve coordination and.

Finally, the $5.1-million Operational Fund will support requests for new or increased operational funding. This will help enable agencies to adapt to changing community needs and strengthen services.

Minister of Children and Family Services Searle Turton said that the grants help increase access to supports that are responsive to those in the province experiencing family violence regardless of where they live, along with strengthening organizations providing the services.

Applications for the new funding streams have separate closing dates. The Facility Grant closes Sept. 29, the Operational Fund closes Oct. 6, and the Regional Collaboration and Innovation Grant closes Oct. 15.

The province stated that this investment builds on its recent $62-million commitment for family violence initiatives.

“These investments strengthen Alberta’s emergency family violence response and advance Alberta’s 10-year strategy to end gender-based violence, which invests more than $188 million to expand prevention efforts and increase access to supports and services across the province,” it said.

“This includes more than $93 million invested into the prevention of family and sexual violence, supporting women’s shelters and sexual assault centres.”

It noted that Children and Family Services supports 31 women’s emergency shelters, 19 second-stage shelters, five fee-for-service shelters in First Nations communities and the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters, and two alternative service delivery models.

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