Financial Working Group Statement
of Work
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The Specific Statement of Work includes:
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Description of the current funding models including:
- Operational funding;
- Maintenance/protection funding;
- Capital funding;
- Prevention services funding, and
- Similarities and differences between Aboriginal
and non-Aboriginal funding formulae with respect to operations,
specific services and other aspects.
- Description of the current level of resources
allocated to child and family services and collateral providers.
- Description of new funding models and visions
that promote the enablement of families and the devolution of
funding decision-making to as close as practicable to the front
line service worker.
- Identification of options to develop appropriate
and adequate funding options, including:
- Inclusion of agencies in the budget setting
process;
- The identification of barriers to introducing
new funding options;
- Services in remote areas;
- Cost of living adjustments;
- Payments to birth families;
- Early intervention;
- Re-unification services;
- Re-allocations of resources; and
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Consideration of funding based on population/capitation
criteria that are sensitive to high needs population segments
(e.g., single parents), and that recognize prevention activities
as a funding category.
Working
Groups' Statements of Work
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