00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.853318 CaOODSP 20221107154809 cr ||||||||||| 180309s1979 onc #o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn-ab R5-703/1979E-PDF A study to examine the administrative elements and related policy, management and delivery components of the Social Assistance Program (Alberta Region) [electronic resource] / 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. Ottawa : Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1979. 34 p. "June, 1979." Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]. "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]. gccst Aboriginal programs gccst Social assistance gccst Economic development Indian and Inuit Affairs Program (Canada). Policy, Research and Evaluation. P.S. Ross & Partners. Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. PDF 1.59 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/aanc-inac/R5-703-1979-eng.pdf