Details on Transfer Payment Programs (TPP) ($ in millions)
Details on Transfer
Payment Programs (TPP) ($ in millions)
Over the next three years, the Public Health Agency of Canada
will manage the following transfer payment programs in excess of $5
million.
Name of Transfer Payment Program:
Grants and contributions to persons and agencies to support
health promotion projects in the area of community health, resource
development, training and skills development, and research.
Purposes of Transfer Payment Program:
- To increase community capacity for action on or across the
factors and conditions that have an influence on the health of
individuals and communities (e.g., the determinants of health -
income and social status, health services. social support networks,
education, employment and working conditions, social and physical
environments, personal health practices and coping skills, culture,
child development, and gender);
- To support the development of models for applying the
population health approach, knowledge for program and policy
development, and partnership and intersectoral collaboration to
address specific determinants of health;
- To expand activities in community health, resource development,
training and skill development and research; and
- To expand the knowledge base for program and policy
development, to build more partnerships and to develop
intersectoral collaboration.
Objective(s), expected result(s) and
outcomes:
- Support the development of models for applying the population
health approach, knowledge for program and policy development, and
partnership and intersectoral collaboration to address specific
determinants of health;
- Expanded community-based initiatives to promote healthy
activities and create a larger cadre of trained community
members;
- Increased number of community members capable of promoting
healthy living activities;
- Increased number of community-based initiatives to promote
healthy living;
- Increased number of community networks working collaboratively
to promote daily physical activity;
- Increased number of community-based initiatives to promote
healthy environments and safer products;
- Expanded and sustainable public health knowledge base; and
- Expanded public health research across and among the academic,
non-government, professional practice and private sectors in
Canada.
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Forecast
Spending
2004-2005
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Planned
Spending
2005-2006
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Planned
Spending
2006-2007
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Planned
Spending
2007-2008
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Total Grants
|
6.1
|
21.1
|
21.1
|
21.1
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Total Contributions
|
30.2
|
9.8
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5.1
|
5.3
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Total TPP
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36.3
|
30.9
|
26.2
|
26.4
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Name of Transfer Payment Program:
Contributions to non-profit community organizations to support,
on a long-term basis, the development and provision of preventive
and early intervention services aimed at addressing the health and
developmental problems experienced by young children at risk in
Canada
Purposes of Transfer Payment Program:
To improve community capacity to respond to the health and
development needs of young children and to provide support to
pregnant women whose health and pregnancy may be at some risk.
Objective(s), expected result(s) and
outcomes:
- Improved health and social development of children 0-6 years
old who are at risk; and
- Improved access to prenatal care and health services for
pregnant women at risk.
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Forecast
Spending
2004-2005
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Planned
Spending
2005-2006
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Planned
Spending
2006-2007
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Planned
Spending
2007-2008
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Total Contributions
|
84.6
|
82.1
|
82.1
|
82.1
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Total TPP
|
84.6
|
82.1
|
82.1
|
82.1
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Name of Transfer Payment Program:
Contributions to incorporated local or regional non-profit
Aboriginal organizations and institutions for the purpose of
developing Aboriginal Head Start programs for Aboriginal pre-school
children and their families
Purpose of Transfer Payment Program:
- To support early Aboriginal child development strategies.
Objective(s), expected result(s) and
outcomes:
- Expansion of Aboriginal Head Start programs off-reserve
facilities; and
- Enhanced programming in 114 community sites to support parental
involvement for special needs children.
- Increased training opportunities for project staff in areas
such as service to special needs children and parental
involvement.
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Forecast
Spending
2004-2005
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Planned
Spending
2005-2006
|
Planned
Spending
2006-2007
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Planned
Spending
2007-2008
|
Total Contributions
|
29.6
|
29.1
|
29.1
|
29.1
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Total TPP
|
29.6
|
29.1
|
29.1
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29.1
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Name of Transfer Payment Program:
Grants and contributions towards the Federal Initiative to
Address HIV/AIDS in Canada (FI)
Purpose of Transfer Payment Program:
To support prevention of HIV/AIDS, to promote care, treatment and
support of people affected by HIV/AIDS and to support biomedical,
epidemiological, community-based and clinical research.
Goals
- Prevent the acquisition and transmission of new
infections;
- Slow disease progression and improve quality of life;
- Reduce the social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS; and
- Contribute to the global effort to reduce the spread of
HIV.
Objectives:
- Increase the knowledge of the epidemic through research on
contribution factors and better methods of response. These include
a comprehensive sentinel surveillance system to track the epidemic
and increased investments in vaccine research and to enhance
support for clinical trials;
- Increase the availability of evidence-based HIV interventions
that are centred on the needs of at-risk populations and people
living with HIV;
- Increase the awareness and importance of HIV testing; increase
access to prevention, treatment and care;
- Increase supportive social environments for people living with
or at risk of acquiring HIV;
- Increase the effective collaboration of new and current
partners towards the achievement of a coordinated and integrated
response to HIV; and
- Establish a strong coherent health sector response to fulfill
international commitments and to contribute to global efforts to
address HIV.
Immediate Outcomes:
- Increased knowledge and awareness;
- Enhanced multi-sectoral engagement and alignment;
- Increased individual and organizational capacity; and
- Increased coherence of federal response.
Intermediate Outcomes :
- Reduced HIV/AIDS stigma, discrimination and other
barriers;
- Improved access to more effective prevention, care treatment
and support; and
- Strengthened Canadian response to HIV/AIDS.
Long Term Outcomes:
- Prevent the acquisition and transmission of new
infections;
- Slow the progression of the disease;
- Improve the quality of life of Canadians;
- Contribute to the global effort to reduce the spread of HIV and
mitigate its impact; and
- Reduce the social and economic impact of HIV to Canadians.
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Forecast
Spending
2004-2005
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Planned
Spending
2005-2006
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Planned
Spending
2006-2007
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Planned
Spending
2007-2008
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Total Grants
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0.3
|
8.0
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8.0
|
8.0
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Total Contributions
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19.6
|
11.8
|
23.3
|
24.9
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Total TPP
|
19.9
|
19.8
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31.3
|
32.9
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- The increase in the financial resources from 2005-2006 to
2007-2008 reflects additional funding received for the Federal
Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS and the conclusion of a five-year
agreement with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in
March 2006. CIHR will receive funds by permanent transfer in
2006-2007.