Friends and Family Travel Program

NWT Winter

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) Friends and Family Travel Program (FFT Program) is an incentive program available to indeterminate, term, and casual front-line nurse practitioners, and registered nurses providing direct patient care; and permanent and locum physicians providing direct patient care who are scheduled for a minimum of five full, regular shifts between December 20, 2025, and January 4, 2026, inclusive.

Eligible individuals have the opportunity for financial support to bring family members and/or friends to their community of employment. The program will cover the costs of flights and/or travel by privately owned vehicle, to a maximum of $2,000 per employee.

The application deadline for all eligible nurse practitioners, physicians, and registered nurses is December 18, 2025 at 11:59pm MST.

The program was created in response to the acute staffing needs of the Health and Social Services System and prioritized to ensure service delivery continued in areas that are primarily staffed by registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians. We do understand there are additional staffing challenges across the organization during this time and the program will continue to explore possible revisions to its scope in the future.

Documentation for each Health and Social Services Authority is provided below. For questions on the overall programs, please refer to Frequently Asked Questions.

DOCUMENTATION

Please complete the documentation for your respective health and social services authorities. Physicians should complete the forms for the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority.

Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority:

Please contact PracticeNWT@gov.nt.ca for questions on the program.

Please contact NTHSSA_Compensation_Management@gov.nt.ca for questions on claims / reimbursements.

Hay River Health and Social Services Authority:

Please contact HRHSSA_HumanResources@gov.nt.ca for questions on the program.  

Please contact Abena_Nyarko@gov.nt.ca for questions on claims / reimbursements.

Tłı̨chǫ Community Services Agency:

Please contact tcsa_financialservices@tlicho.net for questions on the programs or claims / reimbursements.