Yes, thank you. So the bed availability, that would be subject to triage like all of the health services. So if you have somebody detoxing from alcohol, that's a life and death situation. So the triage there, the triage score would be high versus somebody who would not be feeling the same effects of withdrawal.
I think that providing people with choices is the most important thing. When I toured the treatment centres in 2018, I came away having met people who were happy to be away from their community, their triggers, their -- you know, their colleagues who were kind of partners in misery. So I think that there are others, of course, who would prefer to stay here. So having choices is really important. And, you know, there have been some preliminary conversation with the NWT Council of Leaders about what a regional approach to this could look like. And some regions, as you know, have treatment facilities. Like, the Gwich'in have the Gwich'in healing camp.
So the community funds can be used to set up detox. If there was a group that was willing to take that on, it's possible to spend the money on that. I recognize that that's a difficult period for everybody between the commitment to sober up and actually doing it while they're waiting for some kind of external support. That is certainly a key time. So it would be worth trying that and maybe in your region because these funds are Indigenous government led that K'atlodeeche First Nation might be interested in trying something like that.
So I think there's a lot of scope here for new ideas and approaches to best meet the needs of people, and we've been trying to change along with the new approaches, for example, by funding the Northern Wellness Warriors Program, which brought 15 Indigenous northern people into the counselling workforce. And as you may know, they're going to have another group go into training this fall, and the training will be delivered in the North. So we need to keep working in this area knowing that the needs are great and that there are good approaches out here to try and help people. Thank you.