Capacity Building Programming
Our commitment to connection to community & longevity gives us the vision and the strength for our mandate of capacity building. Our capacity building initiatives are designed to empower and uplift ourselves as much as the communities we serve with a focus on long-term economic and employment well-being.
Empower Tomorrow: Building Financial Literacy Today
Are you ready to take control of your financial future?
Join us for our 'Empower Tomorrow' program, a Community Initiative aimedwe aim to equip you with essential financial literacy skills through interactive and informative program.
Program Details
3 Unique Modules, Each 12 Hours Long
Tax TuneUp:
January, May, September 2025
CCBI is facilitating this community-focused initiative designed to provide low-income self-employed individuals with the tools and resources needed to navigate the world of self-employment taxation. This program is here to open doors to fiscal empowerment, offering education and ongoing support.
NOTE: This Community Fiscal Literacy Program prioritizes Ville-Marie residents.
WealthBeyond: 2S, Trans & Non-binary & Gender diverse Prosperity
Seeking sponsors
WealthBeyond is an ongoing multi-funder program focusing on the economic disparities in 2SLGBTQ+ communities that lead to back taxes, fees and penalties, loss of credits and deductions, government support programs such the Canada Child Tax benefit and Disability credits as well as ineligibility for community volunteer income tax programs.
NOTE: This Community Accessibility Program prioritizes low income underserved 2SLGBTQ+ individuals and businesses.
Volunteer Tax Clinic
Seeking sponsors
By spring 2026, we aim to implement a Free Community Volunteer Tax Clinic in Montreal for our diverse communities in collaboration with other community advocacy groups providing more access to taxation services as we'll be able to refer eligible taxpayers to this program, thereby avoiding tax preparation fees altogether!
NOTE: This Community Accessibility Program will prioritize low income underserved 2SLGBTQ+ individuals and is a collaboration between Juri Trans, Jeunesse Lambda, AGIR Montreal and ASSTeQ