Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities
Federal funding for organizations that help people with disabilities work or start a business.
- Level
- Federal
- Amount
- Project funding up to ~$15M (national/regional); $94.6M/yr budget, ~114 projects
- What it funds
- Employment supports, skills training, self-employment for persons with disabilities — delivered via intermediary organizations
- Eligibility
- Nonprofits, community agencies, post-secondary, Indigenous orgs, some for-profits supporting objectives
- 2026 notes
- Not direct-to-individual — funds delivery organizations; includes a Self-Employment Stream
- Awareness
- obscure
- Equity focus
- disability