The Province is helping communities deliver essential services and keep families safe with a $91-million payment - the second 2011 instalment of the Strategic Community Investment Fund (SCIF).

This investment includes advance payments of Small Community and Regional District Grants and the Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program. A first instalment of $60 million was paid to communities in March of this year and future instalments are planned for June 2012 and June 2013.

Quick Facts:

This SCIF instalment includes:

$43,167,814 in Small Community and Regional District Grants.

$47,657,649 in Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program funds.

• The Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program assists eligible municipalities that pay police enforcement costs directly.
• The grants come from ticket fines and court-imposed fines on violation tickets, and the amount of money a municipality receives is based on its contribution to total municipal policing costs.
• The Small Community and Regional District Grants are unconditional grants to local governments, to assist them in providing basic services. Grant amounts are based on a formula that factors in a base amount, population and assessment values.

Learn More:

B.C. local governments: http://www.cscd.gov.bc.ca/lgd/

For a list of local governments receiving funds through Small Community and Regional District Grants and the Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program, go to:

http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/downloads/BG_SCIF_June_2011.pdf

Contact:

Gillian Rhodes
Communications Manager
Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development
250 356-6334