The ministry of children and family development's recent service plan has once again demonstrated just how little progress has been made on the government's plan to enhance "the capacity of the Aboriginal community to deliver child and family development services." Five years ago, the government promised that, by fiscal 2005/06, 50 percent of the aboriginal children in care served by delegated aboriginal agencies. But, according to the latest plan, just 30.4 percent of aboriginal children in care are served by those agencies. The following is a complete list of those targets since 2003.
Percentage of Aboriginal children in care served by delegated Aboriginal agencies
2003/04 - 2005/06 Service Plan
Baseline 20% (2002/03 projection)
2002/03 Base - 20% (2002/03 projection)
2003/04 Target - 46%
2004/05 Target - 47%
2005/06 Target - 50%
2004/05 - 2006/07 Service Plan
2003/04 Base - 29% (as of Dec. 2003) 46% (Target from 2003/04 Service Plan)
2004/05 Target - 40%
2005/06 Target - 45%
2006/07 Target - TBD
2005/06 - 2007/08 Service Plan
2004/05 Target/Baseline - 0 20% (revised baseline, 2004/05. Note: 2003/04 baseline was stated in error as 26%; published target was "increase by 20% over baseline)
2005/06 Target - 25%
2006/07 Target - 30%
2007/08 Target - 35%
2005/06 - 2007/08 Service Plan Update
2004/05 Baseline - 30.7%
2005/06 Target - 33%
2006/07 Target - 36%
2007/08 Target - 39%
2006/07 - 2008/09 Service Plan
2004/05 Baseline - 30.7%
2005/06 Target - 33%
2006/07 Target - 36%
2007/08 Target - 39%
2008/09 Target - 42%
2007/08 - 2009/10 Service Plan
2005/06 Actual - 30.6%
2006/07 Target - 36%
2007/08 Target - 36%
2008/09 Target - To be determined
2009/10 Target - To be determined
2008/09 - 2010/11 Service Plan
2006/07 Actual - 30.4%
2007/08 Target - 36.0%
2008/09 Target - 32.0%
2009/10 Target - 33.0%
2010/11 Target - 33.0%
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