For immediate release
March 7, 2011

FAMILIES GET GAMING GRANT SUPPORT IN SOCIAL SERVICES

MAPLE RIDGE – Community gaming grant funding totalling $488,425 will go to support 31 human and social service community organizations in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. This funding is part of a $33 million payment of community gaming grants to thousands of non-profit organizations across British Columbia.

Why this matters:
• The Province will provide gaming grant recipients in the human and social services sector with $6 million in funding to help with the transition between grant programs.
• The Province continually looks at ways to support B.C. families and the human and social sector, including distributing unallocated funds where they are needed most.

Quotes:
“I am happy to see these organizations receiving gaming grants because I know how important the funding is for these groups and the people they serve.  These organizations are an integral part of our community providing valuable support to improve the quality of life for children, adults and seniors.”
-Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Marc Dalton 
 
Additional information:
The transition funding is in addition to any other gaming grant funding the organizations will receive in 2011/12.

As well, daycares will receive $2 million from previously unallocated funding to bring their grants this year up to approximately the levels they received in previous years.

The Province will distribute these extra funds to these groups as part of a $33 million payment of community gaming grants to thousands of non-profit organizations in the human and social services sector in the first week of March.

In all, $120 million in community gaming grants will go to about 6,000 community groups during the current fiscal year.

For more information about community gaming grants, please visit: www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/gaming/grants/

 
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