Savings Realized in 2001 and Allocated to the following programs in 2002:

Timiskaming Health Unit: Healthy Babies/Healthy Children ($50,000.00)

This program has been funded since 1999 by the DTSSAB. Due to the continued funding, the Health Unit has been able to continue to provide district-wide Well Baby Clinics and home visiting programs to high-risk mothers and babies.
For more information, visit the Timiskaming Health Unit's web site at http://www.timiskaminghu.com

Brighter Futures: Baby, Not Me Not Now ($25,000.00)

This program has been funded since 2000 and has expanded an existing program in local high schools that educate young people on what life is like as a young parent. Students are provided with computerized dolls that they "parent" for a given time. All real-life actions of babies are performed and the computer monitors the reactions of students.
For more information, visit the Timiskaming Child & Family Services' web site at http://www.timiskamingchildren.org

Timiskaming Community Partnership for Family Nutrition
Food To Grow On ($30,958.00)

This program has successfully established breakfast and/or snack programs in 13 schools across the district. Funding from the DTSSAB will help the program expand to include nutrition education and community awareness to all community members.

Administration of NCB Program ($15,137.00)

The DTSSAB is allowed for the first time to offset some of the administration costs associated with providing the National Child Benefit Reinvestment Strategy.

Local Child Care Needs ($30,274.00)

The Learning Earning and Parenting Program requires that the DTSSAB create an internal and external shift in the manner in which community services approach young parents and their children in the District. The DTSSAB has established a co-operative planning and implementation process involving several partners including schools, community and public health, childcare services, community agencies and the private sector.