Since 2020, 56 grants totalling more than $1.9-million have been approved by the province’s Targeted Sector Support Steering Committee, and applications are now being accepted for the next round. The TSS Initiative provides cost-shared grants to municipalities for projects focused on regional co-operation, capacity building good governance. Applicants must be a municipal government partnering with at least one other community, such as other municipalities, regional committees, First Nations and parks. Some examples of where the funding has gone in the past include $100,000 for assistance with the creation of a municipal district and $30,000 for a regional landfill feasibility study.

The TSS Steering Committee includes representatives from the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, New North and the Ministry of Government Relations. New North is the newly appointed Saskatchewan Association of Northern Communities.