Julie Green

Yes. I'm not sure where the money's going to come from. I don't think it'll come from the new tailored agreements. Tailored bilateral agreements, none of them speak to people who need supported living unless they're elderly and they need longterm care. So there's a question there about whether we can find an appropriate pot of funding from the federal government or whether we will be looking for an increase in the budget from the GNWT. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document: Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services 20212022 Annual Report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we use the standard government hiring process to hire counsellors. There's a job description. The position is advertised. There's an interview and scoring and so on and that's how we come up with the qualifications.

I would like the Member to know that the highest use of the CYCC program is in fact in her region. So students are using the existing program. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the CYCC initiative started to roll out before the beginning of this Assembly, and it was in a phased process over four years. In the course of that four years, we have learned more about what is effective and isn't effective. So we're now leading a comprehensive evaluation of the program and that will, of course, include looking at vacancy rates, why they are so high. I know that they're not only high in the Tlicho region for health and social services in general but that there are significant vacancies all around the territory, which has forced us to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Education, Culture and Employment Minister and I, as the Ministers responsible for this joint initiative, have met with education leaders and we have heard firsthand their concerns with the CYCC program. That program is now being evaluated on an expedited basis, meaning that we will act on results as they come in. An example I'll give you of that is changing the job description. Now the job description is oriented to significant postsecondary education. But what we've heard is that people would like more flexibility in the qualifications of the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you for the question. There were two responses for the request for proposals for Indigenousfocused aftercare pardon me, a facilitybased treatment. And they are being reviewed at this time. It is still our intention to have something in place by April 1st. Thank you.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the new funding pots, and what they call the tailored bilaterals, has one for mental health and substance use. The specific use this money will be put to has not been negotiated or agreed to. It's tied to federallyimposed outcomes. So there's a set of negotiations that need to take place between the Department of Health and Social Services and the federal government to figure out how the four tailored bilaterals, including the one on mental health and substance use, are going to roll out. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don't have the exact cost; they don't exist. And so what I can say is that there has been a preliminary assessment of Trailcross, and it seems to have some viable life left in it. So what the department has committed to doing is considering what kind of programming we could offer in that facility and make it viable as a programming site again, whatever that program might be.

I want to mention that we have a transitional housing program that is in development in the Department of Health and Social Services. We put out request for proposals last year. Four...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Member for this question and for highlighting the prevention piece which is to look at Canada's safe drinking guidelines that were recently revised and reissued in considering what level of risk you're comfortable with if you do consume alcohol. Drug poisonings are entirely another story, which really have to do with taking a different order of risk.

So there is urgency, and the urgency is both on the prevention and the treatment side. The magic is not in a building. The magic is in having a person make that appointment with community counselling...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following three documents: Northwest Territories Supported Living Review Final Report; Department of Health and Social Services Response to Supported Living Review Recommendations; and, Followup Letter for Oral Question 131119(2): Speech Language Pathology Services. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.