A study to examine the administrative elements and related policy, management and delivery components of the Social Assistance Program (Alberta Region) / Commissioned by Program Evaluation Branch, Policy,...: R5-703/1979E-PDF
"The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, as one element in its overall mandate, is responsible for the administration and delivery of social assistance to registered Indians. A principal objective of the Social Assistance Program is to encourage the development of Indian community self sufficiency and social and economic prosperity. While this objective reflects a desirable policy ambition, increasingly the Registered Indian population and program administrators are concerned that intended expectations are not being fulfilled. Indeed, social assistance expenditures have expanded at an alarming rate, to the point where they now approach $100 million annually. Moreover, there is serious concern that few visible developmental benefits have resulted from the Program, despite the escalating demand for funds. Neither self-sufficiency nor economic well-being has evolved. Rather, adversity and income dependency appear more prominently as the results"--Introduction, p. [1].
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| Department/Agency | Indian and Inuit Affairs Program (Canada). Policy, Research and Evaluation. P.S. Ross & Partners. Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. |
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| Title | A study to examine the administrative elements and related policy, management and delivery components of the Social Assistance Program (Alberta Region) / Commissioned by Program Evaluation Branch, Policy, Research and Evaluation Group, Indian and Inuit Affairs Program, Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development ; produced by P.S. Ross & Partners Management Consultants. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | "June, 1979." Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1979. |
| Description | 34 p. |
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| Subject terms | Aboriginal programs Social assistance Economic development |
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