Health Related Services Grant in Aid

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• Service Overview

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  The Health Related Services Grants in Aid Service may include:

  1. Grants in aid to not-for-profit societies qualified to operate air ambulance services;
     
     
  2. Grants in aid to not-for-profit societies offering search and rescue services;
     
     
  3. Grants in aid to not-for-profit societies offering accommodation or health related services for patients and family members receiving health care services;
     
     
  4. Grants in aid to not-for-profit societies with mandates to recruit and retain health care professionals to work and remain working in the Peace River region;
     
     
  5. Scholarships awarded to students pursuing post-secondary training and certification, in the form of a diploma or degree, in a health care or medical field, in an effort to enhance recruitment and retention of medical staff and professionals in Peace River Region Hospitals and accredited medical facilities operated by Northern Health in the Peace River Region.

• Proposed Budget

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  The proposed budget for the new service is based on amounts previously approved by the Board for these grants in aid, through economic development (Function 140), Grants to Community Organizations (Function 275) or through general administration (Function 100). As has been documented in previous staff reports to the Board, those functions do not provide the authority to provide grants for air ambulance, health care recruitment and retention (North Peace Division of Family Practice, South Peace Health Services Society).

  The maximum requisition for the service included in the bylaw is $750,000, which includes the following amounts based on prior grant approvals totaling $595,000. The additional funding is included to allow for additional requisition should grant amounts increase or new grants be approved within the scope of the service:
  
  

  Air Ambulance	$170,000
  Search and Rescue Services	$60,000 previously $50,000, always over-subscribed
  Health Care Scholarships	$110,000 additional programs not yet implemented $30,000
  NP Division of Family Practice	$100,000
  South Peace Health Services Society	$75,000
  Other Grants (Kordyban Lodge Peace of Mind Campaign)	$50,000
  	TOTAL: $595,000

  
  

  If approved, the budget for this new service to start January 1, 2022 will be presented to the Board for their approval to include the function budget in the DRAFT 2022 Annual Financial Plan Bylaw.

  Funding for the service will be obtained via taxation in the benefitting area, which is the entire Regional District.

  There are no capital investments anticipated for the implementation and operation of this service in the next five years.