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Support Our Troops Funds and Outreach Program
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Support Our Troops Funds and Outreach Program
Saskatchewan Command of The Royal Canadian Legion46th Biennial Convention
17 October 2011
Jennifer RankineMFF/HC Manager
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Support Our Troops Funds
• Military Families Fund (MFF)• Soldier On Fund• Hospital Comforts Fund• Canadian Forces Personnel Assistance Fund
(CFPAF) • Operation Santa Claus (program)
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Sources of Funding
• Funds exist principally through donation
• Major sources of funding– Donations from individuals and Corporations– Third Party Events – CANEX levies (CFPAF only)
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Military Families Fund
• Established in 2007• Assists military families faced with
unforeseen and immediate needs that are attributed to conditions of service
• MFF Executive Committee advisory to CDS• Relies on engagement by/support from the
Chain of Command
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Military Families Fund Con’t
• Agile and responsive to need• Coordinated and synergized with other programs• It is not an entitlement or a benefit• Receipts must be retained• Funding only to be spent on intended purpose• Unused funding to be returned
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MFF Beneficiaries
• Beneficiary definition:
– Any individual related by blood or law to a serving or former CF member or to a member of that individual’s immediate family
– An individual not related by blood or law if the relationship between the CF member and individual has been of significance
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How do clients access the fund?
• Access to fund through mulitiple sources – Chain of Command, MFRCs, Padre, SISIP Financial Counsellors, VAC, the Legion, JPSUs/IPSCs etc.
• For those at the Base/Wing level – cases will be channelled back through the Chain of Command
(JPSU/IPSC Chain of Command is DCSM)
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MFF Criteria
• Link to conditions of service
• Financial distress or financial hardship
• A grant must resolves the situation
• Other (the right thing to do)
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MFF Case Examples
• Within Canada - Covered travel expenses for parents to visit their son in the hospital (member had been injured in an IED blast)
• Assisted with the costs associated with behavioural therapy for a member’s six-year old autistic son
• Covered the cost of counseling for a mom of a young soldier diagnosed with PTSD. Coverage under PSHCP had been maxed out.
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MFF Case Examples
• Funds to cover furniture necessities and winter clothing for three nieces. The parents had been killed in an accident.
• Member terminally ill – assistance to cover the cost of medical supplies, wheelchair rental.
• Short-term income subsidy for a spouse who had to quit her job to care for her husband who had been injured.
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Military Families Fund cont’d
MFF / SOT overhead
• includes costs associated with 1-877 telephone line, postage, honorariums, Interac fees, BMO Prepaid card Admin fees and some supplies.
Average Overhead: $1.5K (avg FY 07/08-09/10): 1.3%
Comparison:
United Way overhead expenses 2009: 16%
Camp Oochigeas 2009 (low std): 7%
Not included above – about half of the honoraria are returned to the funds as donations
Staff salaries are publicly reimbursed and not paid by the Fund
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Soldier On Fund
• Supports the Soldier On Program in improving the quality of life of injured/ill CF personnel through fitness, recreation and sport
• Soldier On Fund used to satisfy needs beyond the scope/mandate of Public Funding
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Soldier On Fund Examples
• Travel costs of 4 members who participated in the Centre for the Intrepid Mini-triathlon in San Antonio, Texas
• Ice time for a member to practice Sledge Hockey
• A grant to purchase a adaptive ski equipment
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Soldier On Fund Examples
• Travel costs for 2 members who participated in the World Para-Triathlon in Budapest, Hungary (one member won a bronze medal in her category)
• Funded members and support personnel for the Army Run
• Participation in introductory skills development camps – canoe, alpine ski, sledge hockey, etc.
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Hospital Comforts Fund
• Ensures hospitalized CF members have access to toiletries, reading materiel and other basic comforts, including telephone and internet
• Applies equally to injuries, accidents, surgeries, as well as addiction and mental health treatments
• Since 2006, benefit has been extended to more than 1,000 members
• Annual draw on the fund is @ 150 K
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Canadian Forces Personnel Assistance Fund
• Provides financial assistance to serving and former members when warranted by distress or other qualifying circumstances
– Self Improvement Loans up to $5,000 – Distress Grants up to $5,000 – Distress loans up to $25,000– Education loans up to $4,000 per year to a
maximum of $16,000 per student
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Support Our Troops Overview
Military Families Fund
$3.2M $305 K (FY10/11 - 816K)
765
Soldier On Fund $1M $37 K(FY10/11 – 142K)
157
Hospital Comforts Fund
$(-28)K $150K(FY10/11 – 63K)
1211
CFPAF $16.3M $12.5M (loans) $212K (grants)
15,031(loans) 591 (grants)
Fund BalanceAvg AnnualDisbursement
ApplicationsApproved Since 2007
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OP Santa Claus
• Provides a Christmas gift to every deployed CF Member
• In 2010 – received donations from 78 Canadian Corporations and other donors
• 4449 CF members at 19 locations
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Outreach
• Working with the following external stakeholders to identify program/funding gaps and overlaps:
True Patriot Love Foundation, Canada Company, Royal Canadian Legion,Camp Maple Leaf, Wounded Warrior, Military Casualty Support Foundation, Canadian Hero Fund, Vacation for Vets; Holidays for Heroes
• Moving forward, efforts will be cooperative,
integrated and harmonized
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Website
• www.supportingourtroops.ca• www.militaryfamiliesfund.ca
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Contacts
• Sandy Gauthier– National Manager, SOT Funds & CFPAF, 613-992-
4560
• Jennifer Rankine– Manager, MFF & HC, 613-947-3750
• Heather Connolly– SOT Funds Coordinator, 613- 996-5325
• Nancy Branco– Manager, Corporate Outreach & Sponsorship, 613-
995-0321
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Questions?