South West LHIN Board of Directors Approves Over $2.5 Million in Funding for Health Care Providers in the LHIN

One-time minor infrastructure resources approved for community health service providers

NEWS February 25, 2009

LONDON, ON – The South West LHIN Board of Directors today approved $2,591,531 in one-time funding to assist community sector health service providers make necessary investments in minor infrastructure resources to assist them in meeting service delivery goals.Investment opportunities include minor capital works, equipment, staff training and strategic prioritysetting planning. Specifically, building renovations, equipment maintenance, new resources like vans and accessibility equipment, and information technology to better meet collection and reporting requirements are examples of approved investments.

This funding helps community sector providers address challenges in finding the necessary financial resources to make important investments in their infrastructure. The South West LHIN is pleased to step forward and help providers meet their goals of delivering quality services and care.

The funding for these investments are reallocations of monies that cannot be fully utilized for their specific purpose in community sector budgets. The South West LHIN is taking a proactive stance to see that they are used appropriately. To that end, the LHIN issued an on-line call for requests in support of making minor infrastructure investments in the community sector, and based decisions on a set of criteria shared with the providers in advance.

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“The community health service providers in the LHIN can make immediate and important improvements with this funding,” said Michael Barrett, CEO of the South West LHIN. “We are very pleased with the scope of the response and know these funds are targeted to areas of need,” added Barrett.

“We are pleased to allocate these funds to investment opportunities the agencies have identified as priorities,” said Janet McEwen, Vice Chair of the South West LHIN Board of Directors. “We are confident they will produce real benefits,” says McEwen.

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Please see the attached backgrounder for more information on allocations

For additional information contact:

Matthew Clarke
519 672-0445, ext. 2566
matthew.clarke@lhins.on.ca
Toll-free: 1 866 294-5446
www.southwestlhin.on.ca