Who can be a sponsor?
There are no rules, but most sponsors in CMA have: • At least one year of continuous sobriety • A working knowledge of the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions • Personal experiences dealing with life in recovery When to get a sponsor It is never too soon or too late to get a sponsor. Many of us got a sponsor right away. Some of us needed to take time to decide whom we wanted to ask. Some of us resisted getting a sponsor. In hindsight, that made our early recovery more difficult. It has been proven through our experience that working with a sponsor makes recovery easier. While we looked for a sponsor, we were sometimes approached by people offering to sponsor us. Sometimes we let them but were not obligated to do so. Many of us began with an interim sponsor until we found someone available for a more permanent arrangement. Some of us changed sponsors when it was not a good fit. Sponsorship did not have to be a life-long commitment, though these associations have often grown into meaningf
The Sponsor must be a family member currently residing in the province and committed to continuing residence in the province on a long term basis. He/She must be either a Canadian Citizen or a Permanent Resident for at least twelve (12) consecutive months prior to the submission of the application. The Sponsor must be willing to assist the Relative in settling in Newfoundland and Labrador as well as provide the agreed-upon financial support. The following are family members who live in Newfoundland and Labrador and who are eligible to Sponsor an application to the NLPNP Family Connection Category: parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, sister, brother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, step-sister, step-brother, niece, nephew, and first cousin.
A sponsor can be a state, tribe, county, city, town, or any other political subpart of a state or group of states. A sponsor can also be an interstate agency or port authority that: is established under a compact entered into between two or more States with consent of Congress under Section 15 of Article 1 of the Constitution, and has the legal and financial authority and capability to provide the cash and real property requirements needed for a project. Examples of sponsors are the State of Kentucky and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville. Section 221 of the 1970 Flood Control Act defines a local sponsor for a Corps water resources project as a non-federal interest that is “…a legally constituted public body with full authority and capability to perform the terms of its agreements and to pay damages, if necessary, in the event of failure to perform.” First Steps Toward a Project All Corps projects originate with a request from a local community, public entity, or tribal governm
