LTC Funding Opportunities
This page spotlights funding programs from the Ontario CLRI for Ontario LTC homes to receive funding via wage support or training costs for continuing education, training and/or mentorship initiatives. Click on each title to learn details and apply. All funds are funded through the Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care unless otherwise stated.
Funding Opportunities
PREP LTC
The Preceptor Resource and Education Program in Long-Term Care (PREP LTC) provides long-term care (LTC) homes funding to help increase the quality of and capacity for clinical student placements in Ontario.
Applications for funding for 2025-26 student placements are now open! This year, in addition to unlimited PREP LTC eLearning Course funding, LTC homes can receive up to $50,000 in student placement coordination support and/or backfill/honoraria.
Eligibility: Homes that have had active student clinical education placements for PSWs, RNs, RPNs, PNs and IENs and SPEP candidates.
Visit clri-prepltc.ca to find out all the details and enroll. Or contact your LTC home’s Regional Engagement Liaison for support.
PSW Education Fund
The PSW Fund provides tuition and backfill to train LTC team members through virtual and in-person continuing education, which develops and fosters a skilled, motivated, and resilient workforce.
Education options are available for all team members:
- LIVING the Dementia Journey (LDJ)
- The Working Mind Long-Term Care (TWM)
- One Day: Person-Centred Culture, Making a Difference Every Day
- Virtual Job Shadowing Package for New Hires in LTC
- Better Together Dementia Care (Space is limited – contact pswfund@the-ria.ca for more information)
- Creating a Culture of Belonging: From Awareness to Action
Eligibility: All LTC homes in Ontario can enroll for funding for tuition and backfill for PSW and other team members.
Enrollment is now open! Visit the PSW Education Fund website for more information and training dates.
CEoL Education Fund
The Communication at End-of-Life Education Fund for Long-Term Care (CEoL Education Fund) provides backfill funding to enhance team members’ competencies in providing both palliative care and end-of-life care to residents and their families. The CEoL Education Fund includes bilingual learning materials and programs to enhance palliative care in LTC homes: virtual training, eLearning, webinars and direct support.
Enrollment for the All-In Palliative Care: The Team Approach to LTC training program is available in English and French!
Virtual Job Shadowing Package Funding
The Virtual Job Shadowing Package for Long-Term Care is an innovative virtual training solution that combines leading practices in simulation and game-based learning to accelerate training and orientation processes for PSWs and nurses in LTC homes. Through the PSW Education Fund, Ontario long-term care homes can receive backfill pay support for newly hired PSWs enrolled.
Increase team competency, relational care and safety, and accelerate learning and onboarding within your LTC Home today.
Living Classroom
The Living Classroom is a partnership model that integrates personal support worker education into a long-term care home to support workforce development in senior living. Students, faculty, and those living, visiting and working in the home engage in a culture of shared learning. Students gain real-life experience and are well prepared for a career in senior living. Residents, families and team members from the home benefit from student engagement and provide mentorship opportunities.
Eligibility: Ontario long-term care homes, long-term care management organizations, public colleges, career colleges, Indigenous learning institutes, and adult and continuing education school boards.