When you look at incarcerating a male, I believe the average amount is $118,000. For the program we have, as she stated, our budget is $240,000. We not only work with the offenders but also provide victim services. We also provide family services. We also provide services for elders.
We encompass all of those programs into that one. It's not just servicing that one person. It's actually giving service to the entire family. As I'm sure you're aware, in aboriginal communities often the families are very large and significantly widespread throughout the community.
At one time, when we received money from the healing foundation, we increased our programming to encompass more family-based programs. We brought in our land-based programs, as well as different ceremonies, and just increased it in that way. Then when the funding was cut, we didn't want to stop that. We started to look for alternative ways to fund it, which was a struggle. Obviously we lost a great deal of funding at that time. We tried to incorporate it into our health programs and into our school. A lot of times funding is limited. The parameters are set by someone outside the community, so you can only spend it in this silo.
At times, for sure, it's difficult for us to function within the budgetary guidelines of government.