First Nations Child and Family Services Program

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child welfare funding program federal social program

The First Nations Child and Family Services Program is a Canadian federal initiative that funds and supports child welfare services for First Nations children and families living on reserve and in some northern communities.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	child welfare funding program ⓘ federal social program ⓘ
addressesIssue	barriers to culturally appropriate child and family services ⓘ systemic inequities in funding for First Nations child welfare ⓘ
administeredBy	Indigenous Services Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
beneficiaryGroup	First Nations communities ⓘ
collaboratesWith	First Nations child and family services agencies ⓘ provincial and territorial child welfare authorities ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
criticizedFor	contributing to overrepresentation of First Nations children in care ⓘ underfunding compared to provincial child welfare systems ⓘ
discriminationGround	race and national or ethnic origin ⓘ
focusesOn	prevention-based child and family services ⓘ protection services for children at risk ⓘ
foundDiscriminatoryBy	Canadian Human Rights Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ
fundingModel	contribution agreements with First Nations agencies and provinces ⓘ
fundingSource	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal	keep First Nations children safely with their families and communities where possible ⓘ reduce the number of First Nations children in out-of-home care ⓘ
implements	federal responsibilities toward First Nations child welfare on reserve ⓘ
languageOfOperation	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalContext	Canadian Human Rights Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitutional protection of Aboriginal and treaty rights in Canada ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
monitoredBy	Canadian Human Rights Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
orderedTo	cease discriminatory underfunding of First Nations child welfare services ⓘ reform funding formulas and practices ⓘ
policyBasis	Canadian child welfare policy for on-reserve First Nations children ⓘ
policyReformPeriod	post-2016 following CHRT rulings ⓘ
predecessorAgency	Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	fund child welfare services for First Nations children and families ⓘ support prevention and protection services for First Nations children ⓘ
relatedTo	Indigenous child welfare in Canada ⓘ Jordan’s Principle NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceArea	First Nations reserves in Canada ⓘ some northern First Nations communities ⓘ
serviceType	prevention services ⓘ protection and placement services ⓘ support services for families at risk ⓘ
stakeholder	Assembly of First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetPopulation	First Nations children ⓘ First Nations families ⓘ
tribunalDecisionYear	2016 ⓘ

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Indigenous Services Canada → responsibleFor → First Nations Child and Family Services Program ⓘ