The B.C. Government has announced support for health, mental health and social services through new projects that will be funded by the Northern Healthy Communities Fund.
The first round of funding from the Northern Healthy Communities Fund will deliver more than $2 million for 16 projects. The projects will focus on increasing access to mental health care and addictions counselling, expanding a variety of services provided by local and First nations governments, and upgrades to child care and supportive housing facilities.
The fund is a partnership between the Province and the Northern Development Initiative Trust. The trust administers the program on behalf of the province.
Examples of how the fund will help people include, families and young people in Doi River First Nation will be able to use early childhood and youth programming. Renovations will be made to the Bulkley Valley Little Horizons Child Care Association. The Regional District of Kitimat Stikine will receive funding for a First Nations Liaison to build relationships and increase collaboration. In Terrace vulnerable people will benefit from better access to mental health and addictions supports with a new mental health outreach worker joining the Ksan House Society.
Communities and organizations will receive funding over the next five years that will be disbursed quarterly.
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