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Aboriginal Affairs and Affaires autochtones et Northern Development Canada Développement du Nord Canada SECRET and Au SI.. Canada Dévéhr I - First Nations Child and F a m i l y Services P r o g r a m (FNCFS) The Way Forward Presentation to Françoise Ducros, ADM, ESDPPS August29, 2012 Odette Johnston Director, Children and Family Services Directorate 1141 a n a c t a 001852

___ Aboriginal Affairs arid I Affaires autochtones et , Développement du Nord Canada Northern Development Canada SECRET P u r p o s e of This Presentation To provide options and seek approval for next steps in the reform of the FNCFS Program which: • Sustain the momentum gained over the last five years of program reform; • Incorporate lessons learned into future actions; • Aligns with ever changing provincial/territorial regimes; and • Ensure program funding optimizes First Nation capacity to achieve better long-term outcomes for First Nation children and families on reserve. 2 001853

I . I SECRET Affaires autochtones et Aboriginal Affairs and Développement du rJord Canada Northern Development Canada H istory of F N C F S P ro g ra m Ontario’s 1965 Agreement Under Directive 20-1 funding, AANDC funded 34 child welfare service providers on reserve AANDC increased funding to provinces, Yukon and more than 100 First Nation Child and Family Service agencies AANDC introduced the Enhanced Prevention Focused Approach, beginning in Alberta. • Subsequent I3udgets reinforced the Government’s priority for EPFA now implemented in six regions, reaching 68 %of First Nations children on reserve • Speech from the Throne, the Government of Canada committed to “working together to support families and children”. • Budget 2012 stated the FNCFS program has made progress in “strengthening partnerships with Aboriginal peoples” in the past two years. • AANDC funds 105 Agencies and funding has more than doubled from $238 million in 1998-1999 to $600 million in 2012-2013 3 001854

_ I Affaires autochtones Aboriginal Affairs and Développement du Nord Canada Northern Development Canada SECRET s p o n s i b i l i t i e s R o l e s and R e 001855

I . I Affaires autochtones et Aboriginal Affairs and Développement du Nord Canada Northern Development Canada SECRET Drivers Behind Reform . . ..,. Progress:of the impleñ’iGntatl on of EPFA is interrupted with outside pressures while remaining jurisdictions are anxious to implement EPFA 1 J 5 001856

. I I Affaires autochtones et Aboriginal Affairs and Développement du Nord Canada Northern Development Canada SECRET Enhanced P r e v e n t i o n o c ü s e d Approach •EPFA is being implemented through tripartite partnerships with Provinces, Territories and First Nations. •EPFA places more emphasis on prevention activities and culturally appropriate care such as kinship care. •EPFA allows greater flexibility in funding by allowing Agencies to target funding where it is needed. •EPFA does not result in overnight decreases in the number of children in care. •The number of children in care and associated maintenance costs may initially continue to increase until the full implementation of the new model takes effect, which is expected to take several years. 6 001857

. .- __ I , I Affaires autochtones et Aboriginal Affairs and Développement du Nord Canada Northern Development Canada .FNCFS.Natio.nal Directive 20-1 EPFA 0-18 2,136 1965 Agreement CIC 106 3FNs lAgency 0-18 1,006 CIC 135 Ic 2,474 — Edward , I,Ii 22 Agencies 1 FN org 18 Agencies 0-18 18,510 701 New Scotia provides 0-18 28,565 17 Agencies CIC 760 Brunswick 53 Agencies 13 FNs prevention CIC 1,779 0-18 27,716 15 ENs 0-18 29,219 1 Agency 0-18 211 CIC 1,139 1 Agency CIC 1,537 0-18 3,670 CIC 6 0-18 1,006 CIC 207 7 CIC 189 001858

I . I Affaires autochtones et Aboriginal Affairs and Dévefoppement du Nord Canada Northern Development Canada SECRET Program Budget and Projected Expenditures (2007 - 2016) $800.0 Plus Plus Nova K EPFA Quebecand Scotia& Saskatchew Investments K Base Funding 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 8 001859

____________ __ __ __ __ ____________ I I Affaires autochtones et Aboriginal Affairs and Développement du Nord Canada Northern Development Canada SECRET Evaluating EPFA L___. > EPFA has shown some good early results such as: -Closer tripartite relationships -Increased kinship care -Better awareness of the child welfare system in communities leading to more self-referrals by families. -Development of capacity for prevention. -Promising prevention practices in some communities. -Agencies being more strategic in their approaches leading some to reduce numbers of children in care or revising their types of care. Audits and Evaluations between 2008 and 2012 demonstrate a need for EPFA, but also a need to annually review the EPFA formula as constant provincial changes make it difficult to stay current and enable Agencies to provide a full range of child welfare services. Provinces have been shifting their caseloads towards greater emphasis on intake and investigation which may not have been part of original EFPA discussions and are now creating pressures on Agencies. 9 001860

________ Affaires autochtones et Aboriginal Affaws and I , I Développement du Nord Canada Northern Development Canada SECRET Over-Representation of Aboriginal Children in Child Welfare - •-- AB 8,582 C1C in the • 30-40,000 Aboriginal children are in care, nationally. Province 5,664 CIC are Aboriginal (66%) 1,927CICareFNs • • Approximately 9,000 are First Nations ordinarily resident • . . . on-reserve (22% of total IO . • on reserve served by service delivery agencies funded 25,421 on-reserve population through FNCFS. -.--— (CIC7.58%of Pop) BC • Not just an FNCFS program issue. 8,000 CIC in the Province 4,000 CIC are Aboriginal (50%) • Provinces/Yukon Territory also struggling with this. 700 CIC are FNs on-reserve (8.8% of total CIC) 18,646 on-reserve population (CIC 3.75% of Pop) 10 001861

__ ____ I , j Affaires autochtones et Aboriginal Affaws and Développement du Nord Canada Northern Development Canada SECRET Challenges to Program Reform -i Cn-Reserv Federal Reality • Socicecononncsituatio:n • Lack of 1egisttfve base • Housing • Price taker [ • Health • Reform needs to • Justice consider new staffing • SubstanceAbuse—— [ r needs and full range • Lack of Capacity and of.se.rvices Integrated Services [ jjI NQT Th alorcfihnot c!ss thè’thcL4y pr&1fis man7Jsred in es lmreased numbers of__Iren inrcare andchfIdren irqcaie withpIex nqjdoes com 1 tefoiJro,f the M f weif es/steiriYPi&!ing c?In in car1thod last not I opti er1surçeJrsafjnd 1 ii 001862

SECRET Aboriginal Affairs and I I Affaires autochtones et , Northern Development Canada Developpement du Nord Canada Drivers and Impacts to FNCFS C o s t OTHER IMPACTING VARIABLES Income Assistance U— —, WI A Reform • ‘rivatization + of care inionization of Foster Homes Types of Care Medical Costs (NIHB (more high Reform) cost children A and + ø l : # of placement) CIC A T h increasing) Other Social Programs (Adult Care, Day Care) tProvincial Rate and Salary increases INCREASED COSTS TO_FNCFS PROGRAM 12 001863

Affaires autochtones et Abori9inal Affaws and I 41 Dveloppement du Nord Canada Northern Development Canada SECRET TheWayFoardonFNCFS Where we’ are Where we need to go >• • Taking children into care and Taking children in care for critical cases some work with families in the but more work with the families in the I home. home. • Fund agencies and provinces for • Either fund full range of services basic protection services and provided by provinces (differs among I> some prevention with families in jurisdictions) OR transfer child welfare the home. on reserve to the Provincial/Territorial governments. • Initial investments in EPFA in 6 EPFA in all jurisdictions fully costed at >• jurisdictions but not necessarily $108.13M, supporting all aspects of I addressing all aspects of child child welfare including intake, early welfare. intervention and allowing for developmental phase. >• • Developing some capacity in All communities have capacity in prevention in communities. prevention. I 13 001864

Aboriginal Affairs and I o c h t o n e s e t Affaires a u t 41 C a n a d a Développement du Nord Canada Northern Development SECRET t i a l Scenarios r a t i o n s and P o t e n Long Term C o n s i d e f Term Long I I e r a t i o n s C o n s i d i f Keep within Transfer to AANDC ProvlTerr increase EPFA Recognizing n v e s t m e n t s to more i greater program closely match t h e full c i e n c y / e f f i c h i l d continuum o f economies o f welfare services scale due to p r o v i d e d off r e s e r v e , more expansive gradual transfer o f with provincial FNCFS program to ] [ infrastructu re/ P o t e n t i a l S c e n a r i o s Provinces/Territories. expertise Expanded EPFA t h e business of implementEPFA in •increase EPFA investments to more •AANDC gets out of •Continue to full continuum of Child Welfare on-reserve and remaining regions closely match t h e child welfare services provided off transfers it back t o t r a n s f e r of provincial/territorial jurisdiction reserve, with gradual FNCFS program to Provinces/Territories. 14 001865