Health Services Integration Fund

Overview of the Health Services Integration Fund program:

Through HSIF, Indigenous Services Canada is working with other provincial, territorial and First Nations and Inuit organizations to: improve First Nations and Inuit access to health services through cross-jurisdictional collaborative initiatives improve the service-level integration of federally, provincially and territorially funded health programs and services for First Nations and Inuit adapt the respective territorial or provincial governments' health programs and services to better serve First Nations and Inuit integrate traditional First Nations and Inuit healing methods and cultural practices into the health system support the collaboration of First Nations and Inuit with partners in the planning, delivery and management of health programs and services build the capacity of Indigenous peoples to control the design, delivery and management of health programs and services

Benefits of the Health Services Integration Fund program:

• HSIF funding can be used to fund First Nations and Inuit communities and organizations to:
  • Implement and test integration agreements and arrangements
  • Develop new governance models to increase First Nations and Inuit control over health service delivery
  • Support multilateral tables with representatives from First Nations and Inuit organizations, provincial and territorial departments and Indigenous Services Canada to work together to support integration, aggregation and work on joint initiatives

Eligibility criteria of the Health Services Integration Fund program:

• The following classes of recipients are eligible for funding:
• First Nations in Canada, for example, communities, bands, district, tribal councils and associations
• Inuit associations, councils and hamlets.
• Canadian National Indigenous organizations
• Non-governmental and voluntary associations and organizations, including non-profit corporations.
• Educational institutions, hospitals and treatment centres.
• Municipal, provincial and territorial governments
• Health Authorities and health agencies