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.

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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.

• www.canadian-health-network.ca
• www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/phdd/funding/index.html
• www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/allchildren_touslesenfants/centres_main_e.html
• www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/media/nr-rp/2004/2004_01bk2_e.html

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.

	Forecast Spending 2004-2005	Planned Spending 2005-2006	Planned Spending 2006-2007	Planned Spending 2007-2008
Total Grants	6.1	21.1	21.1	21.1
Total Contributions	30.2	9.8	5.1	5.3
Total TPP	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

• www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/programs-mes/capc_main_e.html
• www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/programs-mes/cpnp_main_e.html

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.

	Forecast Spending 2004-2005	Planned Spending 2005-2006	Planned Spending 2006-2007	Planned Spending 2007-2008
Total Contributions	84.6	82.1	82.1	82.1
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

• www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/dca-dea/programs-mes/ahs_main_e.html

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.

	Forecast Spending 2004-2005	Planned Spending 2005-2006	Planned Spending 2006-2007	Planned Spending 2007-2008
Total Contributions	29.6	29.1	29.1	29.1
Total TPP	29.6	29.1	29.1	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)

• www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/aids-sida/hiv_aids/index.html

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.

	Forecast Spending 2004-2005	Planned Spending 2005-2006	Planned Spending 2006-2007	Planned Spending 2007-2008
Total Grants	0.3	8.0	8.0	8.0
Total Contributions	19.6	11.8	23.3	24.9
Total TPP	19.9	19.8	31.3	32.9

• 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.