Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the concept of drop-in centres is something that has really taken off in the last couple of years since the pot of money for youth funding has come available. We have a million dollar budget. A lot of the communities are taking advantage of it. We, as a government, have recognized that there is a gap in the funding available for operations for the friendship centres. Most of the communities are able to access funding through the community initiatives or own-source revenues to construct or upgrade facilities. However, there has been a void. The federal government program has been able to address some of it. However, there are still a lot of communities that haven't been able to access it. We are looking at the situation. We would like to be able to step in to work with the communities. We have to have more discussion around this issue. The department is hosting a Youth Program manager's conference or information sharing session at the end of this month in November. We are also meeting with the federal department's Youth Program managers early in the New Year, in January. We are hoping that we will be able to build a case over this coming new fiscal year. Thank you.
Michael McLeod on Question 235-15(5): Funding Programs For Youth Centres
In the Legislative Assembly on October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 235-15(5): Funding Programs For Youth Centres
Question 235-15(5): Funding Programs For Youth Centres
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 30th, 2006
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