THUNDER BAY – The District of Thunder Bay Social Service’s Administration Board will spend $7.1 million more in 2018 than it did in 2017.
But municipal taxpayers in the City of Thunder Bay will pay less.
The organization, which delivers Ontario Works, on Monday announced it will increase its budget this year to $106.7 million, citing an increase in homelessness prevention activities, child-car expansion and transfer of the EarlyON Child and Family Centres to the TBDSSAB.
About 67 per cent of the budget will be handed out through transfer payments to individuals and families, as well as to fund agencies that provide social services consistent with those provided under the TBDSSAB’s mandate.
Nearly 70 per cent of the money, or $74.7 per cent will be provided through the federal and provincial governments, an increase of $7.6 million over 2017.
Another 19 per cent of the budget will come from a levy to the 15 municipalities in the District of Thunder Bay, an additional two per cent for the unincorporated territories and 11 per cent from tenant rent payments.
The municipal levy portion dropped three per cent in 2018, a total of $703,000.
The TBDSSAB board also approved a $3.6-million capital budget, which will be financed through the direct-owned housing portfolio capital replacement reserve fund.
