Overview
The Healthy Choices Fund (HCF) provides financial support for health promotion and prevention activities within the Northwest Territories. It aims to address risk factors associated with chronic and communicable diseases, as well as injury prevention. The fund seeks to promote healthier lifestyle choices through focused initiatives that encourage healthier lifestyle choices among individuals, families, and communities.
The Healthy Choices Fund seeks to fund projects that:
- Address behavioural risk factors for chronic and communicable diseases, including healthy eating, physical activity, the use of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs, and unprotected sex.
- Address behavioural risk factors for unintentional injuries.
- Encourage partnerships and community participation.
- Enable NWT residents to learn and enhance skills for making healthy choices.
Available Funding
- Total available funds: $418,000 annually.
- Minimum per project per year: $5,000.
- Maximum per project per year: $20,000.
- Multi-Year Projects: Yes, up to three (3) years subject to annual appropriation.
- Additional funding may be available from other partners on a year-to-year basis.
Deadline
The application period for the 2025-26 Healthy Choices Fund will open on April 1, 2025 and remain open until January 31, 2026, or until all available funding is allocated. Applications will be reviewed and approved as they are received.
Eligibility
The Healthy Choices Fund is available to Indigenous governments in the NWT, community governing authorities, and non-government not-for-profit organizations.
Eligible projects may include new initiatives or enhancements of existing projects. Projects should meet the following criteria:
- The applicant and project must be located in the Northwest Territories.
- Provide activities, programs, and services meeting community or regional needs.
- Propose innovative approaches to existing activities, programs, or services.
- Demonstrate partnerships and collaboration to promote healthy choices.
How to apply
The Healthy Choices Fund application process has moved online to make the funding more accessible.
- Create an Account
- Complete the Eligibility Quiz
- Proceed to the Healthy Choices Fund application
- Be prepared to provide:
- Liability insurance (valid at time of application and for project duration)
- Letter of good standing from Societies Registrar or Letter of Incorporation (if applicable)
- Up to three (3) partnership letters (if applicable)
- List of confirmed or anticipated project funding from other sources
If you have questions or issues with the SurveyMonkey application process, please reach out to the Heathy Choices Fund team at hcif@gov.nt.ca
Related links
Contact us
Healthy Choices Program
Office of the Chief Public Health Officer
Department of Health and Social Services
Government of the Northwest Territories
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Email: hcif@gov.nt.ca