Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member in his statement actually identified a significant amount of the work that's actually taking place in the communities. We do have the NWT Help Line which is available free of charge to all NWT residents, and, as the Member said, it is confidential and anonymous and is available 24/7.
The department continues to support health and social services authorities to offer different courses and different services in the community such as the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training which is often referred to as ASIST, and the Mental Health First Aid courses. Those are delivered in every region twice per year, and I know that in Nunakput we're just finalizing some contracts to make sure that those programs can be delivered this fiscal year. Mr. Speaker, We also have the Community Counselling Program that offers free counselling for mental health and addictions to all residents of the NWT. In Nunakput we have those in three communities. We don't have a position in Sachs Harbour, but those services are provided either out of Ulukhaktok or Inuvik depending on staffing levels.
Mr. Speaker, we can't do all these on our own. Health and Social Services is one part of the solution but we do need assistance. The Department of Health and Social Services has been working very closely with Education, Culture and Employment to offer "Talking about Mental Illness," which is often referred to as TAMI, which is a program for grade eight students. I think we're happy to say that we should be able to bring those to the schools in Nunakput this year, to their schools. We also work closely with Aboriginal governments to deliver on-the-land healing programs. We have $1.23 million in the budget. We make $125,000 available to every region so that they can deliver tailor-made on-the-land programs in their communities. I know that in Nunakput the IRC is delivering Project Jewel, which is a phenomenal program. We will continue to work with communities to develop their wellness plan. Every Aboriginal community in the Northwest Territories has a wellness plan tailored to meet their needs, delivered by each community, and we flow $5 million to the communities to support their individual wellness plans. It's a partnership, Mr. Speaker. There's multiple things happening. We're working on an updated framework on mental health and addictions that will help us expand in those areas as well. There's lots happening, Mr. Speaker.