Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, when I look at the contributions funding in this section, there's a lot of really good pots of funding here that are helpful to communities, Indigenous organizations, etcetera, to get money into the communities and help their people. When I look at the numbers, a lot of that is remaining fairly stagnant. The anti-poverty fund, which I know we've done, has increased over the terms of this Assembly, which is great. However, you know, there's things like the family violence prevention fund, which has only gone up slightly; the community-based suicide prevention fund, all things that we've called on to have more money put into.

So can the Minister or his department speak to why given the, you know, alarming rate of suicide and other mental health and wellness issues in the territory that we're not putting more money into these programs that put money into communities? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Do we have any more questions under health and social programs? Member for Great Slave.

Yes, thank you. I'd like to take a look at what's available now and how that can be used, and if it seems to present a lot of gaps to consider how we can reenforce that message for youth. Thank you.

Minister of Health and Social Services.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And I was hoping to get to three other things, but I might send some questions to colleagues if they're willing to sneak them in because I think that's going to take the rest of my time. But it's youth in care that have come to us and have said this. And sorry, youth who have also aged out of care who have come to us and have said this. And, you know, I was sent an email recently by a parent that was originated from a youth care counsellor because youth care counsellors are very much overtaxed in the territory right now, and so they don't always have the time to get everybody in. And in addition to that, our social workers are in the same position where they don't always have the time to get in and sit down with everyone. And sometimes people who are advocating for youth aren't a social worker or aren't a youth care counsellor. We have the -- also the Foster Family Coalition who does a lot of work on behalf of youth in the territory. We have the YWCA who sits with our youth. And sometimes it is somebody from down the street. And so I'm wondering if Health will put together a resource that youth aging out of care can use so that they can find out more information and have some autonomy over the choices that they want to be able to make. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I would say that if there are youth who have questions in this line, they could start with the child and youth care counsellor in their school to get some direction about what's available to them, or failing that, a social worker that is available to them through Yellowknife Health and Social Services or through the regional health and social services authority. So I'm not sure that putting a whole bunch of stuff online is going to make a lot of clarity. I think it may result in more result in more questions. And I think that the social workers and counsellors are better positioned to explain the nuances of the funding available and how the youth can access that. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'm wondering if the Minister and staff would have the resources within this budget to dedicate some of these dollars to creating -- like, whether it's a booklet or a portal or something where youth who are currently in care can see what supports they will get and/or could get when they are aging out of care because there's not a lot of transparency right now as far as what supports they are entitled to and can help them in their transition from care to independent living. Thank you.

All right. Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We don't have that information. We'll have to return with it.

Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. No, and I appreciate that. So the reason I'm bringing up youth aging out of care and how much of that breakdown, so if the $40 million was dedicated towards youth aging out of care, is when we went out and spoke with youth, there was a lot of confusion about what youth were entitled to, what they could apply for and ask for services when they are aging out of care, whether or not it was kind of an, you know, one and done as soon as they become of age. And so I'm wondering if there is a breakdown of how much of that actually goes to youth who are aging out of care. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.