2025 Toronto Urban Health Fund Allocations and Review Process

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The decision

2025-06-03 · Board of Health · amended

As filed

The Board of Health: 1. Authorized the Acting Medical Officer of Health to allocate $645.4 thousand in 2025 for seven (7) one-year projects. 2. Authorized the Acting Medical Officer of Health to allocate $1,679.2 thousand to fifteen (15) three-year projects to implement year three services in 2025 as recommended by the 2023 Toronto Urban Health Fund (TUHF) Review Panels and as outlined in Table 3 and Attachment 2 to the report (May 16, 2025) from the Acting Medical Officer of Health..

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3. Authorized the Acting Medical Officer of Health to execute Grant Agreements with the applicants identified in Attachment 2 to the report (May 16, 2025) from the Acting Medical Officer of Health. 4. Directed the Medical Officer of Health to consider including intimate partner violence, youth vaping, and youth consumption of energy drinks as priority areas for the Toronto Urban Health Fund as part of the review of the program that is expected at the Board of Health in Q4 2025.

The vote

Adopt Item as Amended · Carried, 7-0

For (5)Alejandra Bravo, Anthony Perruzza, Chris Moise, Lily Cheng, Michael Thompson

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On the agenda

As the city filed it

The Toronto Urban Health Fund (TUHF) provides grants to community-based HIV prevention and substance use initiatives. This report outlines the Toronto Urban Health Fund's program criteria and priorities, application review process, and 2025 grant recommendations for Board of Health approval. The 2025 Toronto Urban Health Fund Review Panel recommends granting $645.4 thousand for seven (7) one-year projects and $1,679.2 thousand for fifteen (15) three-year projects that were approved in 2023.

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The grants total $2,324.6 thousand for the twenty-two (22) projects and are to be used between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026. The 2025 recommended projects for Toronto Urban Health Fund grant funding focus on HIV prevention through sexual transmission, harm reduction, and child and youth resiliency.

Staff recommended

The Acting Medical Officer of Health recommends that: 1. The Board of Health authorize the Acting Medical Officer of Health to allocate $645.4 thousand in 2025 for seven (7) one-year projects. 2. The Board of Health authorize the Acting Medical Officer of Health to allocate $1,679.2 thousand to fifteen (15) three-year projects to implement year three services in 2025 as recommended by the 2023 Toronto Urban Health Fund (TUHF) Review Panels and as outlined in Table 3 and Attachment 2 to this report.

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3. The Board of Health authorize the Acting Medical Officer of Health to execute Grant Agreements with the applicants identified in Attachment 2 to this report.

On the record

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