Departmental Results Framework 2019-2020
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Core responsibility: Services and benefits to individuals
These services and benefits are mainly delivered directly to Indigenous peoples by the department. They include, among other services and benefits, individual First Nations and Inuit clinical care and coverage for non-insured health benefits such as pharmacy, dental and vision care. The department also issues Secure Certificates of Indian Status directly to First Nations individuals. The certificates enable access to other government benefits and services to which First Nations are entitled.
Departmental result 1: Quality and timely services are delivered directly to Indigenous peoples
Departmental indicators
- Percentage of First Nations adults who rate the quality of health care services delivered in their community as good or excellent
- Percentage of prior approval requests for medication coverage completed within 24 hours
- Percentage of eligible First Nations and Inuit population who received at least one non-insured health benefit in a year
Departmental result 2: Health services delivered to Indigenous peoples contribute to improved health outcomes
Departmental indicator
- Percentage of First Nations and Inuit adults who reported being in very good or excellent health
Program inventory
- Supplementary Health Benefits
- Clinical and Client Care
- Community Oral Health Services
Core responsibility: Health and social services
These services are primarily delivered in partnership with Indigenous communities and organizations, provinces, territories and agencies. Together, they focus on health and wellbeing for Indigenous peoples. They include health services to strengthen Indigenous communities in areas such as healthy living, communicable disease control, healthy child development and community care. They also include social services with an emphasis on children and families, as well as education services from kindergarten to post-secondary.
Departmental result 3: Indigenous peoples and communities are healthier
Departmental indicators
- Active tuberculosis incidence rate among Inuit living in Inuit Nunangat
- Active tuberculosis incidence rate among First Nations on reserve
- Rate of newly reported cases of HIV among First Nations
- Percentage of First Nations adults with diabetes accessing newer, novel medications and not on insulin
Departmental result 4: Indigenous peoples receive social services that respond to community needs
Departmental indicators
- Percentage of First Nations and Inuit communities with access to mental wellness team services
- Percentage of First Nations communities offering family support services aimed at keeping families together
- Percentage of First Nations children on reserve in care
- Percentage of residents living on reserve who are supported through Income Assistance
- Number of individuals who received services under Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples
Departmental result 5: Indigenous students receive an inclusive and quality education
Departmental indicators
- Number of First Nations students who are provided full-day kindergarten services in First Nations administered schools
- Percentage of students attending First Nations administered schools who are taught at least one subject in a First Nations language
- Percentage of First Nations on reserve students who graduate from secondary school
- Number of funded First Nations, Inuit and Métis students who graduate with a post-secondary degree, diploma or certificate
Program inventory
- Child First Initiative: Jordan's Principle
- Mental Wellness
- Healthy Living
- Healthy Child Development
- Home and Community Care
- Health Human Resources
- Environmental Public Health
- Communicable Disease Control and Management
- Education
- Income Assistance
- Assisted Living
- First Nations Child and Family Services
- Family Violence Prevention
- Urban Programming for Indigenous Peoples
Core responsibility: Governance and community development services
These services are commonly delivered in partnership with Indigenous communities and institutions and are focused on strong community governance and physical foundations. They include supports for governance capacity in areas such as community planning and financial management. They also include support for and investments in community infrastructure, land and resource management, and economic development.
Departmental result 6: Indigenous communities advance their governance capacity
Departmental indicator
- Percentage of First Nations with a completed community-led plan
Departmental result 7: Indigenous peoples have reliable and sustainable infrastructure
Departmental indicators
- Number of long-term drinking water advisories affecting public water systems on reserve
- Percentage of First Nations housing that is adequate as assessed and reported by First Nations
- Percentage of First Nations schools with a condition rating of "good" or "new"
- Percentage of First Nations health facilities with a condition rating of "good"
- Number of First Nations communities located on reserves that rely on Indigenous Services Canada funded diesel for electricity generation
- Percentage of long-term evacuees who have returned home or have a scheduled date within two years after their evacuation
Program inventory
- Health facilities
- e-Health Infostructure
- Health planning, quality management and systems integration
- Indigenous governance and capacity
- Water and wastewater
- Education facilities
- Housing
- Other community infrastructure and activities
- Emergency Management Assistance
Core responsibility: Indigenous self-determined services
These services are designed and delivered by Indigenous peoples for Indigenous peoples. They include services for which the control, authority and jurisdiction has been formally transferred to Indigenous communities or organizations, as supported through departmental funding.
Departmental result 8: Indigenous peoples control the design, delivery and management of services
Departmental indicators
- Number of eligible First Nations communities that have opted in to a grant to support the new fiscal relationship
- Number of First Nations communities that have opted in to a self-determined service agreement
Departmental result 9: Indigenous self-determined services are improving outcomes for communities
Departmental indicators
- Percentage of select indicators with improved results for First Nation communities in a new fiscal relationship funding agreement
- Percentage of select indicators with improved results for First Nation communities in a self-determined service agreement
Program inventory
- New fiscal relationship
- Self-determined services
- British-Columbia tripartite health governance