In a news release, the province says the funding will help First Nations identify, investigate, document, maintain, protect or commemorate residential school sites where children's remains may be located.
It says the province, the federal government and B.C.'s First Nations Health Authority are working with a number of nations that have requested assistance in determining the next steps for removing structures and searching other sites.
It says those nations include the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc, whose leadership announced the finding in Kamloops last month, and the Daylu Dena Council in Lower Post, where a former residential school is slated for demolition.