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Archived. This Web page has been archived on the Web. Date: December, 2. PDF Version (9. 68 Kb, 6. Table of Contents. Introduction. Under the federal Transfer Payments Policy, the terms and conditions for all federal. Background. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) spends approximately $1. First Nations individuals and families on reserve.
Provincial social programming legislation covers all residents of a province, including. Income Assistance (IA) is a program of last recourse that covers basic needs (food. In terms of expenditures, IA is the largest Social Development Program and the third. INAC Program Activity Architecture. The Department has been involved since the 1.
In 1. 99. 6, the Canada Health and Social Transfer (CHST) replaced the Canada. Assistance Plan (CAP). Under CAP, the federal government had shared with the. The CHST eliminated all conditions of welfare programming as established under CAP, except that of residency, which required that provinces and territories. The non- conditional aspect of the CHST allowed. Subsequently, provinces reduced or froze rates, restricted eligibility requirements.
The 1. 99. 0s cuts in rates led to a decrease in INAC's budget allocation to IA with. Other key stakeholders involved in the IA Program include First Nations national and. INAC programs, various federal departments, particularly. Health Canada for continuing care, and HRSDC for labour market programs, and provincial and territorial governments. INAC has worked closely with First Nations. Delivery varies across regions, according to provincial standards and, where they exist. Key regional differences include: As a result of a 1.
Government of Ontario and the. Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario assumed responsibility for the. First Nations individuals living on reserve. The FNSDS is a non- profit society that supports BC First Nations. Social Development. Other differences exist in regional delivery due in part to factors such as: The extent to which First Nation communities in a particular province have. INAC and other government.
The degree of partnerships which have been established between the INAC Region, the provincial government and other federal government departments. The type of funding arrangements in a region and different approaches for. IA Program Funding Structure. Income Assistance has four funding components: Basic needs - financial assistance to cover food, clothing and shelter; Special needs - financial assistance for special needs allowances for goods and.
IA client but not. Pre- employment supports - financial assistance may be provided to support activities. Service delivery - funding provided to First Nations administrators such as Tribal.
Councils, Chief and Council or the host province/territory to cover service delivery. The first three components follow requirements established by the provinces/territories.
INAC. Funding is provided to First Nations via one of two types of funding arrangements: A Comprehensive Funding Arrangement (CFA) is a one- year funding arrangement with an eligible recipient. IA is delivered within a CFA under a reimbursement of actuals regime, . The CFNFA defines minimum standards for a local. Recipients increased authority over program. Funding is fixed and based on amounts. Funding formulae allocations for service delivery are made largely based on on- reserve. A funding approach by which INAC reimburses the Recipient for all eligible IA expenditures, based.
Department's regional Social Development / Assistance Policy. Procedures Manuals.
INAC may deliver IA directly to Final Recipients in situations where there is no Band, Tribal Council or. IA. 3. 0/a> Evaluation Approach. This section describes the evaluation approach and methodology. Evaluation Objectives and Questions. In June 2. 00. 7, the Departmental Audit and Evaluation Committee approved terms of.
October 2. 00. 7 to ensure results in time to inform the program renewal process. The purpose of the IA Program evaluation was to examine the continued relevance of the.
Program, its effectiveness, and to identify possible changes to the existing program. Evaluation Methodology.
The evaluation methodology included the following research components: Literature Review – The evaluation included a review of international academic. IA recipients enter or. First Nations individuals and families living on reserve.
Document Review - The evaluation examined a number of background. INAC documents and data on its IA and NCBR programs. INAC's Active Measures Study (2. INAC documents and data on its IA and NCBR programs. INAC's Active Measures Study (2. Assisted Living Program review relevant to disabled IA recipients.
First Nation studies (e. Analysis of Administrative Data - The evaluation analysed IA administrative.
Key informant interviews - The evaluation included 8. INAC program data is incomplete and not reliable in terms of providing information. First Nations organizations and the impacts. Topics included the. IA recipients, and the impact of attitudes associated. Evaluation Findings.
The following section summarizes the main findings of the IA Program evaluation. Socio- economic profile on- reserve. The literature review highlighted a range of socio- economic factors on- reserve that can. One such measure is the Community Well- Being (CWB) index, which. The scale is normalized so that it reaches its maximum at one and its. In addition, 2. 0% of the First Nations population is located in remote or isolated areas.
Table 1: Comparison between Non- Aboriginal and Aboriginal populations 5. Notes: The symbol . Otherwise measures are for on- reserve Aboriginal population. Sources: SRDC calculations from Statistics Canada, Census 2.
Tables, Beavon (2. Cooke, Beavon and Mc. Hardy (2. 00. 4), Hull (2. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (2.
Mc. Donald (1. 99. Mc. Hardy and O'Sullivan (2. Dependency rates on reserve. In 2. 00. 5- 0. 6, the average rate of dependency . Table 2 (next page) integrates IA data . Table 2 - Income Assistance On- Reserve Data for Fiscal Years 1. Fiscal Year IA Average Monthly Recipients IA Average.
Monthly Beneficiaries INAC Registered population Estimated Dependency Rate Total IA Expenditures (millions) IA Employment and Training Expenditures* (millions) 1. NIL 1. 99. 7- 9. 8 7. NIL 1. 99. 8- 9. 9 7. NIL 1. 99. 9- 0. 0 7. Source: INAC departmental data, extracted from Corporate Information Management Directorate (CIMD) files. March 2. 00. 7. Tables 3 and 4 provide a breakdown of regional caseloads and beneficiaries.
Manitoba and Saskatchewan have the largest numbers of recipients and beneficiaries and. Table 3 - Average monthly number of income assistance caseloads (recipients) on- reserve by region for the period between 1. Year. Atlantic. QCONMBSKABBCYKNational. Source: INAC departmental data, extracted from Corporate Information Management Directorate (CIMD). March 2. 00. 7. Table 4 - Average monthly number of income assistance beneficiaries on- reserve by region for the period between 1.
Year Atlantic QCONMBSKABBCYKNational 1. Source: INAC departmental data, extracted from Corporate Information Management Directorate (CIMD).
March 2. 00. 7. Employability status of IA recipients First Nations and other service providers identify the number of employable clients using. Data also indicate that in 2. Increase in IA Program costs. Table 2 shows that following an initial increase of 1. IA expenditures rose slightly and then decreased to. Total 5 - Income Assistance expenditures by breakdown for the period between 1.
Year Basic Needs Special Needs Service Delivery Total 1. Source: INAC departmental data, extracted from Corporate Information Management.
Directorate (CIMD) files, March 2. Basic needs expenditures. Table 6 provides a breakdown of basic needs expenditures by region. Table 6 - Total basic needs expenditures (in $ millions) by region for the period between 1. Year Atlantic QCONMBSKABBCYKNational 1. Source: INAC departmental data, extracted from Corporate Information Management Directorate (CIMD) files. March 2. 00. 7. 4.
Access to IA On- Reserve. Provinces have restricted access to IA (based on willingness to work, previous history. First. Nations have not enforced these provisions on reserve. INAC has not as a matter of.
First Nations to mirror these changes and key informants noted that many. First Nations have often continued previous practices. Employment and training supports.
Although INAC received authority to implement active measures in 2. Department did not update its program design to reflect objectives and expected results. In many communities work developed through the ISR initiative, such as case. In most First Nation communities, active measures should also be accessible through. Aboriginal Human Resources Development Agreement (AHRDA) holder. However, in many.
IA delivery and the AHRDAs. Capacity to deliver IAThe Income Security Reform (ISR) demonstration projects and the IA Active Measures. Study (2. 00. 7) both concluded that many First Nation do a good job of delivering IA in. INAC regions have not been able to address the known delivery problems on reserves. Key informants also noted that many First Nations have few resources for program.
IA clients. The First Nations Income Assistance Program Study (2. Variations in service delivery costs. INAC has examined administration costs to deliver a basic passive IA program and one. INAC's Service Delivery Review (2. Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, and.
INAC Ontario Region is most advanced in assessing service delivery costs and recently. First Nations to administer the full Ontario Works.