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Governance Structure(s): Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada is responsible for the overall Settlement Agreement model and is working in partnership with Health Canada to coordinate and provide services for former Indian Residential School students. Various program components of the Resolution Health Support Program will be delivered separately by Health Canada and Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada.
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada responsibilities relating to the Resolution Health Support Program include:
Health Canada is responsible for providing former IRS students and their families with access to emotional health and wellness support services under the IRS Resolution Health Support Program. These services include:
Federal Partners | Federal Partner Program Activity | Names of Programs for Federal Partners | Total Allocation (from start to end date) | Planned Spending for 2007- 2008 |
Actual Spending for 2007- 2008 |
Expected Results for 2007- 2008 |
Results Achieved in 2007- 2008 |
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Health Canada | First Nations and Inuit Health, Community Programs, Mental Health and Addictions | Resolution Health Support Program | $94.5M | $22.7M | $12,3M | Health Canada will work with Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada to ensure that eligible former students have access to emotional and cultural support, and professional counselling. | Supported former students receiving Common Experience Payments, as well as those participating in the Independent Assessment Process, and their families to ensure that appropriate supports were available in a timely and effective manner. |
$94.5M | $22.7M | $12,3M | |||||
Total $94.5M | Total $22.7M | Total $12.3M |
Comments on Variances:
Health Canada variance between planned and actuals is $10,437,300.
There are five components to the Settlement Agreement: the Common Experience Payment; the Independent Assessment Process designed to oversee compensation claims beyond the Common Experience Payment; Truth and Reconciliation commemoration events overseen by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; community-based Aboriginal-directed healing initiatives supported through the Aboriginal Healing Foundation; and the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program designed to offer counselling and emotional/cultural supports to former residential school students. Delays in establishing the first three components resulted in far less uptake of mental health/emotional support services than anticipated, resulting in lower than planned expenditures.