Alcohol and Drug Funding Breakdown
The following is a breakdown of funding for alcohol and drug treatment spent in the NWT and on southern referrals in the years 1994/95, 1995/96 and 1996/97. Not all the figures from 1996/97 are tallied, therefore budget projections were used.
In 1994/95 a total of $9,257,638 was spent on alcohol and drug treatment in the north with the treatment centres receiving $4,618,638 and the community projects receiving $4,639,000. In that same period a total of $1,265,827 was spent on southern referrals to treatment centres.
In 1995/96 a total of $9,032,325 was spent on treatment in the north with $4,484,000 going to treatment centres in the NWT and $4,270,000 going to the community projects. In 1995/96 Tl'oondih Healing Society received $278,325 from non-insured funds (traditionally used to pay for southern treatment). During 1995/96, $879,046 was spent on treatment in southern centres.
In 1996/97, a total of $9,418,000 was spent on alcohol and drug treatment in the north with $5,143,000 going to the treatment centres and $3,939,000 going to the community projects. In 1996/97, Tl'oondih received $337,000 (again from non-insured funds traditionally used to pay for southern referrals). During this time period it is expected the $889,717 will be spent on treatment in the south. Not all of the information has been received. Therefore, the figure used for the south is a projection at this time.
The regional health boards will receive the following amount for community projects and treatment allocation (money used to pay NWT treatment centre per diem as per the alcohol and drug reform) $3,939,000 for the projects with an additional $1,511,000 treatment allocation.
The Tl'oondih Healing Society did not receive any funding from the department in the 1994/95 fiscal year. In 1995/96 the Society received $278,325 from the department and in 1996/97 it again received $337,000.