City of Lloydminster council continued to support local non-profits through a recent grant allocation.
The allocation was from the Safe and Healthy Community Grant, which still had leftover funding.
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“This left us with funding within our allocated budget for the safe and healthy community grant of approximately $10,700,” said Patrick Lancaster, manager of social programs and services, City of Lloydminster, noting they decided to move ahead with a second call for grant applications.
“This was initiated April 1, 2025, and closed May 19, 2025,” said Lancaster. “Three applications totalling $19,440 were received.”
The three applications include Lloydminster Area Drug Strategy for Move your Mood for $4,400, Residents in Recovery Society for Child and Family Transportation for $10,000 and the Filipino Canadian Association of Lloydminster for family information session on World no Tobacco Day for $5,000.
The Community Services Committee met in June to review the applications.
“The Community Service Advisory Committee met June 3, 2025 to review applications and has prepared the recommendation that Residents in Recovery Society receive $10,000 for child and family transportation,” said Lancaster.
Funds for this grant come from businesses selling cannabis, tobacco and vaping products.
“There’s different factors the committee has to taken into consideration when making an allocation of the funding,” he said. “One might be the potential impact of the funding itself.
“The idea is to get the most impact or the most value for the dollar. The quality of the grant application is a factor that can decide if there are elements that are incomplete.”
Coun. David Lopez, who sits on the committee, gave a closer look into the decision to recommend Residents in Recovery for the grant.
“Being a part of this committee, you are right, it is difficult to make those decisions,” he said. “When we’re sitting around the table, there’s lots of different opinions and different viewpoints.
“This one in particular, it was a good meeting. They’re contracting out the transport to another local company. It was really well thought out; they’re not trying to buy vans and hire people and do things like that. They’re trying to be cost effective and understanding they have to make the dollar stretch.”
Council approved the 2025 Safe and Healthy Communities Grant allocation of $10,000 to Residents in Recovery.
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