We regret to inform you that as of April 1, 2025, we will no longer have funding from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) at Collingwood Neighbourhood House (CNH).

In December 2024, right before the holidays, neighbourhood houses and settlement organizations across BC received their budgets from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). With less than 4 months before our current Contribution Agreement (CA) expires, we learned of substantial funding reductions, impacting IRCC funded organizations such as Vancouver Neighbourhood House Settlement Consortium (VNHSC) partners and many other neighbourhood houses in BC.

The impact on CNH is a significant loss. CNH has been providing settlement services for 30 years. This loss represents our full funding which will end on March 31, 2025. This impact will include our programs, staffing, and community loss.

The decision from IRCC to cut our entire funding without a transition plan has put us in a position to create a plan that will best support all the areas impacted. Which means we ask for your patience and support as we transition with this decision, as we work to provide you with pertinent information as to what the next steps and directions will be.

We are working as a collective across the Association of Neighbourhood Houses BC (ANHBC) , VNHSC, and the BC Neighbourhood House Network to plan for what this means for us as an organization and a wider movement, but we know the impact is widespread, the discontinuation of funding to service provider organizations that have been providing these settlement services for years.

During this time if you have any questions or concerns, please email info@cnh.bc.ca and we will respond as soon as possible.

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