Deadline: July 29, 2022.
Nova Scotia Canada Business ACCESS-Ability Grant Program 2022 – 2023
The Nova Scotia Canada Business ACCESS-Ability Grant Program 2022 – 2023 helps businesses make accessibility-related improvements for clients, customers, and employees. Businesses can apply for a cost-shared grant to make accessibility-related improvements. Improvements can be for clients and customers, for employees, or both.
Categories of Funding
- Built Environment: Removing physical barriers for persons to access business services, by installing ramps, accessible washrooms, door openers, and other projects.
- Accessible Communications Services: Ensuring that all customers, clients, and employees can access information related to a business.
- Assistive Devices: Ensuring that employees and consumers who are person with disabilities have the devices they need to effectively do their jobs and access places of business.
- Universal Design Capacity Building: Training in the field of Universal Design, both for technical services professionals and for persons with disabilities wishing to better understand its value.
- Accessible Transportation: Providing support for businesses to improve access to transportation services.
When applying, keep in mind:
- maximum grant amounts available per year is $100,000 over multiple categories, per applicant
features and improvements required by law, legislation or the Nova Scotia Building code are not eligible - only recognized educational institutions or organizations that deliver training and educational services targeted at the business community are eligible for the Universal Design Capacity funding category
- contact Wayne Matheson ([email protected]), Business ACCESS-Ability Grant Coordinator
- funding available for Accessible Transportation projects are limited to up to 2/3 of eligible expenses, to a maximum of $20,000
- please ensure requested documentation is included in your application to prevent delays in processing
