Component: Indigenous child, youth and family community-based well-being

Legislation: Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 (CYFSA)

Service objectives

To provide community-based support and prevention services for Indigenous children, youth and their families, in the general reserve population.

Service description

People served

  • Prevention activities relate to Indigenous children and youth, under the age of 18 years, who are at risk of developing social, emotional, behavioural or psychiatric needs that require intervention
  • Indigenous children, youth and their families who are members of the general reserve population

Program/service features

The services are directed at children, youth and their families, in the general reserve community, and have a focus of support and/or prevention.

Community planning and goal setting

Each community will have a current plan of prevention services that reflects an assessment of the community’s needs and preferences. The community plan will identify the specific services/supports received by the community, and the expected outcomes.

Services will be

  • Reflective and responsive to child/youth, family and community strengths and needs
  • Accountable to the child/youth, family and community
  • Sensitive to the social, linguistic and cultural diversity of families and Indigenous communities
  • Staffed by individuals with the appropriate range of skills and abilities necessary to respond effectively to the needs of children, youth and families
  • The support is based on the child's and youth's assessed needs, preferences and available individual, agency, community and contracted ministry resources

Reporting requirements

The following service data will be reported on at an Interim and Final stage. Please refer to your final agreement for report back due dates and targets.

Service Data Name Definition

Community Support- Native Services on Reserve: Ministry-funded agency expenditures

Total ministry-funded expenses for the transfer payment recipient to administer and/or deliver this service in the reporting year (cumulative).

# of hours of direct service: Community Support: Native Services on Reserve

Number of hours of direct service. The total number of hours of "direct" service provided by staff to individuals during the fiscal year for a particular service under - Community Support- Native Services on Reserve. "Direct" Hours: The hours spent interacting, whether in a group or individually; face to face or on the phone. It does not include work done "on behalf of" clients, such as telephone calls, advocacy, etc. Administrative support to the service is not to be included. For group service, one hour of service equals one hour of service for the entire group. For example: 1 hour of group service with 5 participants equals one Hour of Direct Service. (Note: each individual in the group is recorded under 'no. of individuals served' where there is a record). Note: For detail code A592 (autism), "direct service" refers to the number of hours of IBI service provided to eligible children.

# of children served: Community support: Native Services on Reserve

The number of children, age 0 - 6, that received services at some point during the fiscal year for Community Support - Native Services on Reserve. A child is reported in the initial quarter in which he/she received services and counted once during the fiscal year. This data element is only used when a child participates in an early learning activity. For example, in the first quarter if 15 children received service this would be reported at the end of the first quarter. If 5 additional new children received service during the second quarter a total of 20 children would be reported at the end of the second quarter.