Schedule “B”
SSRF Phase 2 Business Case Template
It is anticipated that every Service Manager will be notified of the final decision regarding their business case by early October 2020, with initial funding anticipated to flow shortly thereafter.
Initial planning allocations for SSRF Phase 2 funding are subject to business case review. MMAH reserves the right to adjust allocations based on: the business cases received; Service Managers’ progress in using their SSRF Phase 2 allocation; and to ensure that SSRF Phase 2 funding aligns with ongoing COVID-19 related needs, and the potential for emerging or new public health emergencies across Ontario.
To ensure SSRF Phase 2 funding is targeted to where it is needed most, MMAH will hold back a portion of the total SSRF Phase 2 funding from funding allocations, and will determine how to allocate it in the coming months based on public health needs.
Service Managers should consider the objectives and performance indicators as outlined in the Program Guidelines when completing their business case.
SSRF Phase 2 will include an operating component and two new capital components. Please refer to the SSRF Phase 2 Program Guidelines for details on eligible uses of funding and the project approval process.
Key Areas of Consideration for Business Case Submissions
As noted above, business cases will be reviewed by staff from several provincial ministries, who will examine submissions to ensure that they consider key areas of focus for the health, housing and homelessness, and social services sectors. These key areas are as follows:
Providing assistance to vulnerable members of communities across the province, including: people who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless; low-income households; social assistance recipients; people without jobs; households who depend on housing supports to maintain stable housing; people whose financial situation is precarious due to the COVID-19 crisis; people who live in community and supportive housing; and people who depend on social services to meet their basic needs.
Some populations, such as racialized communities, youth, seniors, survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking and LGBT2SQ, may be particularly vulnerable and therefore may warrant special consideration in the development of business cases.
For more information about vulnerable populations, please see Ontario’s COVID-19 Action Plan for Vulnerable People available at: https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-action-plan-protecting-vulnerable- ontarians .