Overview
The Healthy Choices Fund (HCF) offers funding to eligible applicants for health promotion and prevention activities that support Northwest Territories (NWT) communities and their residents.
The Healthy Choices Fund is intended to:
- Support the vision of healthy, educated individuals, families, and communities in the Northwest Territories.
- Address behavioural risk factors to prevent injuries and chronic diseases such as heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and preventable cancers, and promote sexual health.
- Create supportive environments for healthy eating, active living and reducing use of tobacco, alcohol, and other substances of concern.
- Focus on children, youth, seniors, and their families.
- Encourage community participation and promote partnerships.
- Enable residents to learn and enhance life skills in community settings and with available resources.
Available Funding
In 2023-24, the following funding is available:
- $400,000 to fund health promotion and prevention activities that support NWT communities and their residents.
- $410,000 for:
- Seniors & Age Friendly Communities to help support the health and wellbeing of NWT seniors.
- Reducing the Harms of Alcohol Use – help support alcohol education or community-based activities geared towards youth and/or families which support healthy alternatives to alcohol use or misuse.
- Between $10,000 and $75,000 is available per project.
Deadline
Applications for the 2023-24 Healthy Choices Fund closed on April 14, 2023.
Eligibility
The Healthy Choices Fund is available to Indigenous governments in the NWT, community governing authorities, non-government organizations and the Health and Social Services Authorities.
Eligible projects may include new initiatives or enhancements of existing projects and should:
- be in the Northwest Territories;
- actively engage residents and encourage community participation;
- strengthen community capacity, partnerships, and collaboration to reduce duplication and build sustainability; and
- deliver education and awareness on injury prevention, healthy living, and sexual health.
Eligible projects to access the additional $410,000 may include new initiatives or enhancements of existing projects and should:
- be in the Northwest Territories;
- actively engage residents and encourage community participation;
- strengthen community capacity, partnerships, and collaboration to reduce duplication and build sustainability; and
- deliver education and awareness on reducing the harms of alcohol use or help support the health and well being of NWT seniors.
How to apply
- Send the completed application and additional documents to hcif@gov.nt.ca. Support for application development is available upon request. Email hcif@gov.nt.ca for more information or to request support.
- Provide the following additional documents:
- Liability insurance with an expiry date after March of the calendar year.
- Letter of good standing from Societies Registrar or Letter of Incorporation (if applicable).
- 3 letters of support from organizations that state their understanding of the project and identify how they will support the project.
- List of additional funding applied for/received for this project.
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.c