1. Programs For Low Income Families

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. Overview 1.0 Definitions 1.1 For the purposes of this manual, the definitions in the Indian Act and the various funding agreements apply. 1.2 Additional general definitions necessary to interpret this manual include:.

1.2.1 Active Measures – A program strategy to increase program integration with other government departments, invest in welfare-to-work initiatives to decrease income support dependency and to increase the employability of eligible income assistance clients. 1.2.2 Age of majority – The age at which a person is granted the rights and responsibilities of an adult in accordance with provincial or territorial legislation.

1.2.3 Assisted Living Program (AL) – The funding program to provide social support services to individuals on reserve who require some type of non-medical assistance with their daily activities. 1.2.4 Authorities – Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) funding and program authorities received from Treasury Board, see Section 8.0. 1.2.5 Child – A person under the age of majority in the relevant province or territory.

1.2.6 Client – A person who ultimately receives the benefit of programs or services funded by AANDC. 1.2.7 Catchment area – The geographic area being served. 1.2.8 Family Violence Prevention Program (FVPP) – The funding program designed to support culturally appropriate family violence prevention and protection services for First Nation families, on reserve. 1.2.9 First Nation Child and Family Services Program (FNCFS) – The funding program designed to support culturally appropriate prevention and protection services for First Nations children and families, ordinarily resident on reserve. 1.2.10 Income Assistance Program (IA) – The funding program designed to provide needs-tested last resort income support, to individuals on reserve previously referred to as social assistance. 1.2.11 National Child Benefit Reinvestment (NCBR) – A funding program that provides community-based supports and services for children in low-income families on reserve. 1.2.12 Ordinarily Resident on a Reserve (specified communities) – Unique circumstances exist that support considering individuals living in some non-reserve communities or who are members of land-less Indian Bands as being 'ordinarily resident on reserve' for the purpose of being eligible to receive programs and services. Subject to annual review, AANDC will maintain a list of land-less Bands and non-reserve communities that are eligible to receive program funding as itemized in Appendix B.

1.2.13 Social Development Program Management Infrastructure Initiative (SDPMI) – An AANDC initiative that identifies models of effective management and accountability for social development programs funded by AANDC that will lead to effective, cost-efficient and accountable social development programming on reserves. 1.2.14 Social Development Programs (Social Programs) – A suite of AANDC programs including the Assisted Living Program, Family Violence Prevention Program, National Child Benefit Reinvestment, Income Assistance Program and First Nation Child and Family Services Program, that operate within approved terms and conditions. 1.2.15 Technical Interpretation Bulletins – A document whereby AANDC may provide interim program direction and clarifications on technical issues identified by eligible funding recipients and AANDC staff. 2.0 General Statement 2.1 This National Social Programs Manual replaces the five (5) stand alone national manuals for First Nation Child and Family Services, Assisted Living, National Child Benefit Reinvestment, Family Violence Prevention, and Income Assistance and Assisted Living programs (the Social Program) issued prior to April 1, 2011. 3.0 Purpose 3.1 To provide information necessary to support the delivery of the five (5) Social Programs funded by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC). 4.0 Scope 4.1 This manual applies to all eligible funding recipients that have entered into funding agreements with AANDC for the delivery of Social Programs.

4.2 This manual is to be read in conjunction with applicable AANDC program Terms and Conditions (see Section 9.0 Program and Funding Authorities – Terms and Conditions), AANDC policies and procedures for managing transfer payments, applicable provincial/territorial legislation, regional program manual(s) and any other AANDC approved documentation. 4.3 This manual applies to the delivery of Social Programs within approved program and funding authorities. 4.4 Technical Interpretation Bulletins will be made available to further clarify these program and funding authorities, as required. 5.0 Eligible Expenditures and Amounts 5.1 Eligible expenditures are limited to AANDC authorities and mandate. 5.2 Eligible amounts are limited to the Provincial/Territorial rate schedules/guidelines. 5.3 First Nation administrators are required to exercise due diligence when approving expenditures, ensuring that they are reasonable and appropriate.

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5.4 For a list of federal, provincial and territorial websites, see Appendix A. 6.0 Roles and Responsibilities 6.1 Eligible funding recipients are responsible to:.

deliver programs in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the funding agreement;. ensure that internal controls are in place to manage funding;. ensure that program administrators are properly trained and possess the skills and knowledge to deliver the programs;.

ensure that reporting requirements are met and reports are submitted in an accurate and timely manner; and. cooperate with AANDC staff during compliance reviews. 6.2 AANDC is responsible to:. provide funding to eligible funding recipients as authorized by approved policy and program authorities;. lead the development of policy and provide policy clarification to eligible funding recipients;.

provide oversight to ensure programs operate according to authorities and Canada's financial management requirements, by ensuring reporting and accountability requirements are met; and. further articulate regional processes and procedures necessary to implement the national manual. 7.0 Social Programs Umbrella Performance Measurement Strategy The Social Programs Umbrella Performance Measurement Strategy sets out the expected outcomes from the various Social Programs. The strategy identifies program data necessary to assess to what extent these outcomes are being achieved. The program data, collected through reporting, must be accurate to support effective program management. 8.0 Eligible Funding Recipient Reporting and Information Management 8.1 The contains the national program reporting requirements.

8.2 The contains the financial reporting requirements. 8.3 Regional reporting requirements supplement the national reporting through the use of ad hoc reports, regionally unique reports and regionalized national reports. 8.4 All recipient reporting requirements are subject to compliance review activities to determine the accuracy of the information provided to AANDC. 3.1.1 For the purpose of providing Income Assistance programs and services, 'ordinarily resident' means that an individual client:. Lives at a permanent address on-reserve more than 50% of the time; or,.

In the case of children in joint custody, lives more than 50% of the time on-reserve;. Does not have a primary residence off-reserve;. Is an individual who is off-reserve for the purpose of obtaining care not available on-reserve or who is off-reserve for the primary purpose of accessing social services because there is no reasonably comparable service available on-reserve. Students registered full-time in a post-secondary education or training program and who are in receipt of federal, band or Aboriginal organization education/training support funding continue to be considered ordinarily resident on reserve if they:. Maintain a residence on reserve;. Are a member of a family that maintains a residence on-reserve; or,.

Return to live on-reserve with parents, guardians, caregivers or maintainers during the year, even if they live elsewhere while attending school or working at a temporary job. The residence of a child who comes into the care of a mandated child welfare authority is derived from the residency of the child's parent or guardian at the time the child is taken into care. 3.2 Clients must also meet the qualifying requirements of the province or territory, of residence, including an assessment covering all of the following:. financial need;. employability;. family composition and age; and. financial resources available to the client's household.

3.3 Clients must confirm that they have not applied and do not receive any income assistance from any other source. 3.4 Clients must provide all information necessary to confirm that the eligibility requirements have been met and that the information provided in their application is accurate. 3.5 Income assistance administrators must take all necessary steps and precautions to verify information and require supporting documentation to ensure that eligible services are only provided to eligible clients. 4.0 Child out of Parental Home 4.1 Eligible expenditures pertaining to a child out of the parental home, for purposes of Income Assistance, are according to the provincial guidelines and do not include a child taken into care under the Child and Family Services Program. 4.2 Achieving reasonable comparability with provincial practices should not result in a duplication of payments or services, ( e.g. The child is counted for IA benefits while receiving supports through the CFS program).

4.3 Once a child receives supports as a child out of the parental home, through CFS, he/she ceases to qualify for supports through the IA program. Assisted Living Program (AL) 1.0 Main Objective and Program Description 1.1 The AL Program provides funding for non-medical social support services that meet the special needs of seniors, adults with chronic illness, and children and adults with disabilities (mental & physical) with the objective of maintaining functional independence and greater self-reliance. 1.2 The AL Program is available to all persons residing on-reserve, or ordinarily resident on-reserve, who have been formally assessed by a qualified professional (in a manner comparable to the relevant province or territory) as requiring non-medical social support services and who do not have the means to otherwise obtain these services. 1.3 There are four major service components:. In-Home Care – provides financial assistance for non-medical personal care for adults who need assistance with activities of daily living. Services range from housekeeping, meal preparation, and attendant care to community supports, such as adult care, meals on wheels, psycho-social programs, short-term respite care for caregivers, and non-health transportation. Adult Foster Care – provides funding for supervision and care for adults in a family-like setting who do not require 24-hour care but are unable to live on their own. Institutional Care – reimburses for some expenses related to Type I and Type II care in designated facilities for adults.

Assisted Living Disabilities Initiative, provides funding to First Nation organizations for projects to improve the coordination and accessibility of existing disability programs and services on reserves. Activities may include such things as advocacy, public awareness, or regional workshops 2.0 Definitions 2.1 The AL Program utilizes the following definitions. 2.1.1 Continuing Care – The range of holistic medical and social support services for those who do not have, or who have lost, some capacity to care for themselves. 2.1.2 Disabilities Initiative – An AANDC initiative to fund projects to improve the coordination and accessibility of existing disability programs and services on reserves, such as advocacy, public awareness and regional workshops. 2.1.3 Home Support – Component of the AL Program providing homemaker services to help people with their daily activities, thereby contributing to their independence and to their ability to remain in their homes. 2.1.4 Institutional Care – Care provided in an adult care facility, such as Personal Care Homes, Elders Lodges and Supportive Living Homes, etc.

3.3.1 AANDC has limited responsibility for non-medical, Types I and II levels of care in institutions that are operated according to provincial or territorial laws and standards both on and off reserves. These classifications of care are defined in the federal classification system for institutional care as follows:. Type I – This level of care identifies a person who is ambulant or independently mobile, who has decreased physical or mental faculties, and who primarily requires supervision or assistance with activities of daily living and provision for meeting psycho-social needs through social and recreational services. The period of time during which care is required is indeterminate and related to the individual condition. A person recognized as Level I would not normally be admitted to a residential care facility. Type II – This level of care identifies a person with a relatively stabilized (physical or mental) chronic disease or functional disability, who having reached the apparent limit of his/her recovery, is not likely to change in the near future, who has relatively little need for the diagnostic and therapeutic services of a hospital but who requires availability of personal care on a 24-hour basis, with medical and professional nursing supervision and provision for meeting psycho-social needs. The period of time during which care is required may consist of a number of months or years.

3.3.2 Provinces and territories are responsible for licensing and monitoring facilities, providing funding for higher levels ( i.e. Types III, IV and V) of institutional care on/off reserve and setting program rates and standards. 3.3.3 AANDC may fund the per diem portion of institutional care on a case by case basis. Clients in an institution are expected to pay the provincial or territorial government established co-insurance or user fee for care and maintenance and clothing and personal expenses to the extent they are financially able to. Eligibility Requirements for Institutional Care – Before actual expenses for institutional care services may be reimbursed, eligible funding recipients must verify that the care facility can demonstrate that:. it operates according to the licensing and/or recognition or accreditation guidelines of the relevant province or territory; and.

the care services for which the care facility is invoicing do not exceed Types I and II levels of care. 3.3.5 Eligible Institutional Care expenditures to be funded may include:.

standard accommodation;. meals, including therapeutic diets;. food;.

laundry;. necessary emergency and routine treatment supplies;. skilled care with professional supervision as needed and planned;. programs for social and recreational activities;.

clothing;. special diets;.

age allowance;. personal living allowance; and. guide dogs. Note: Specialize medical and capital items are not eligible expenditures. 4.0 Service Delivery Eligible Expenses 4.1 Eligible funding recipients who deliver the AL Program receive additional resources to support the administration of the program. 3.1.1 Childcare – programming and/or projects that support the provision of childcare services to allow more families with low incomes to gain access to daycare spaces, or to have their share of childcare costs reduced ( e.g., funding for additional daycare spaces and childcare for children of parents in employment or training programs).

Direct subsidies to parents are not provided. 3.1.2 Child Nutrition – programming and/or projects to improve the health and well being of children in low income families by providing meal and snack programs to children, as well as education to parents on family nutrition and meal preparation ( e.g., child nutrition classes, food hampers, and meals served at schools, day nurseries, play groups, and parent-child support centres). 3.1.3 Support for Parents – programming and/or projects that provide early intervention and support for low income parents/guardians to help their children with a healthy start in life ( e.g., parenting skills programs, drop-in centres for parents and children, parent-child support classes, homework/education-related supports, active recreational activities for children).

3.1.4 Home-to-Work Transition - programming and/or projects that reduce barriers to employment ( e.g., transportation, uniforms), or provide training to increase the skill level of low income individuals to increase their chances of obtaining work ( e.g., life-skills, direct employment and training classes, summer work programs for youth). 3.1.5 Cultural Enrichment - programming and/or projects that support the teaching of traditional culture and enrichment programs for children in low income families. 1.5.1 Development – to support the pre-planning, planning and start-up of new FNCFS agencies. 1.5.2 Maintenance – to cover costs related to maintaining a child in alternate care out of the parental home, within AANDC authorities. Full costs of foster, group and institutional care are reimbursed in accordance with provincial rate structures up to a maximum daily per diem allowable as set by AANDC authorities. 1.5.3 Operations – to support aspects of FNCFS agency operations not covered by the Maintenance or Development components.

1.5.4 Prevention – to support programs that reduce the need to remove children from the parental home by providing tools that allow individuals to better care for their children, as well as promoting increased permanency planning for eligible children in care. 2.0 Definitions 2.1 The First Nation Child and Family Services program uses the following additional definitions. 2.1.1 Alternate Care – Placement of a child out of the parental home in a foster home, kinship care home, group home, institution or in an independent living arrangement. This does not include children eligible for the Children Out of Parental Home (COPH) available in some provinces under Income Assistance.

2.1.2 Alternate Eligible Funding Recipient – An eligible funding recipient that does not have provincial delegation for the delivery of FNCFS, but receives AANDC funding for this purpose and subsequently provides the funding to an authorized service deliverer ( i.e. First Nations that receive funding for the purpose of purchasing services from a FNCFS agency who has provincial delegation). 2.1.3 Authority – Delegation or authorization by a province to an entity or an individual to deliver legislated child protection services, as opposed to those provinces who delegate that authority to the eligible funding recipient to deliver child protection services in accordance with the relevant provincial legislation. 2.1.4 Case Plan – A plan developed for a child in need of protective services. 2.1.5 Child at Risk - A child deemed to be at risk of neglect and/or abuse in accordance with the legislation and standards of the reference province/territory.

2.1.6 Child in Care – A child in an alternate care placement out of the parental home, in accordance with provincial/territorial legislation and standards. 2.1.7 Children's Special Allowance – A federal benefit paid on behalf of children who are in the care of provincial, territorial, or First Nation child welfare authorities. It mirrors the maximum Canada Child Tax Benefit (CCTB) payments, including the National Child Benefit (NCB) Supplement. 2.1.8 Custodial Parent – A parent with sole custody, or if the parents have joint custody, the parent with whom the child resides for the majority of time. 2.1.9 Eligible Funding Recipient – Organizations that have been delegated by the reference province or territory to provide FNCFS to on-reserve residents. Eligible funding recipients may include FNCFS agencies, chiefs and councils or other organizations created to deliver mandated FNCFS services. This includes all provinces and the Yukon Territory, except the Northwest Territory and Nunavut, where provisions for these services are included in the territorial financing agreements.

2.1.10 Eligible First Nation Child – In respect of the FNCFS program, 'First Nation Child' refers to an Indian Child that is registered or eligible to be registered. See Indian Act for definition of 'Indian'. 2.1.11 Foster Home – An alternate residence for a Child in Care, regulated in accordance with the standards of the reference province/territory, which is a family setting. 2.1.12 Group Home – An alternate residence for a Child in Care, regulated in accordance with the standards of the reference province or territory, which may accommodate several children. 2.1.13 Guardian – The guardian of a child as defined under the legislation of the reference province or territory. 2.1.14 Institution – An alternate residence for a Child in Care, regulated in accordance with the standards of the reference province or territory, which may accommodate larger numbers of children in a setting that is designed to provide more intensive intervention. 2.1.15 Kinship Care – An alternate residence for a Child in Care, regulated in accordance with the standards of the reference province of territory, similar to a foster home but involving the use of the extended family of the Child in Care.

2.1.16 Ordinarily Resident on Reserve For the purpose of providing child and family services, 'ordinarily resident on reserve' means that an individual:. lives at a civic address on reserve; or. in the case of children in joint custody, lives more than 50% of the time on reserve; or. stays on the reserve and has no usual home elsewhere. Students registered full-time in a post-secondary education or training program and who are in receipt of federal, band or Aboriginal organization education/training support funding continue to be considered ordinarily resident on reserve if:. they maintain a residence on reserve, are a member of a family that maintains a residence on reserve;. they return to live on reserve with parents, guardians, caregivers or maintainers during the year, even if they live elsewhere while attending a school or working at a temporary job.

The residence of a child who comes into the care of a mandated child welfare authority is derived from the residency of the child's parent or guardian at the time the child is taken into care. Individuals who are off reserve for the purpose of obtaining educational, medical or social services not available on reserve because there is no reasonably comparable service available there continue to be considered ordinarily resident. 2.1.17 Prevention Services – Services designed to reduce the incidence of family dysfunction and breakdown or crisis and to reduce the need to take children into Alternate Care or the amount of time a child remains in Alternate Care. 2.1.18 Protection Services – Provincially or territorially legislated services designed to protect children from neglect and abuse. 3.0 Directive 20-1 3.1 General Departmental Directive 20-1 provides a funding approach for First Nations eligible funding recipients that deliver First Nation Child and Family Services. Eligible expenditures are limited to development, maintenance, and operational costs. 3.2 Annual Work Plans Under the Directive 20-1 program funding, annual work plans are required from the FNCFS agencies prior to receiving any funding.

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The provides further information on its completion, but as a minimum includes:. objectives and deliverables that will be undertaken in the coming fiscal year; and. financial activity budgets required for the provision of services to clients.

3.3 Eligible Development Expenditures. 3.3.1 Costs associated with the establishment and development of FNCFS agencies may include:. allowances for assessment;.

community consultations;. negotiation of agreements;. design service and delivery modes;.

development of staffing and financial policies;. research and development of service standards;.

identification of staffing requirements;. hiring of agency staff;. establishment of an agency office;.

purchasing of equipment and furniture;. orientation and initial training of local committees; and. boards of directors. 3.3.2 Development phase funding is a one-time only activity and is not available to First Nations who are currently receiving services as a member of an existing eligible funding recipient. Those First Nations wishing to separate and create a new eligible funding recipient ( FNCFS agency) or wishing to leave one eligible funding recipient ( FNCFS agency) and join another, are not be eligible for development funding. 4.3.1 Eligible funding recipients seeking to enter into the EPFA are required to:. provide an initial five year business plan, subject to AANDC review and acceptance by the province, prior to receiving any funding under the EPFA, and.

provide annual updates of the five year business plan to continue receiving program funding under the Enhanced Prevention Focussed Approach (EPFA). 4.3.2 These five year business plans remain a pre-requisite for continued funding and should contain sufficient information to describe:. the objectives and deliverables that will be undertaken in the coming fiscal year(s), and. detailed financial budgets required for the provision of services to First Nations children ordinarily resident on reserve.

4.3.3 The business plans are outlined in the. 4.4 Eligible Enhanced Prevention Funding Approach Expenditures.