Evaluation of the Youth Justice Initiative Funding Components

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APPENDIX B: Tables

Table 1: Youth Justice Services Funding Program (YJSFP)

	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009
Actual spending	$185,302,415	$177,302,415	$177,302,415	$177,302,415
Planned spending	$144,750,000	$144,750,000	$177,302,415	$177,302,415
Total authorities	$185,302,415	$177,302,415	$177,302,415	$177,302,415
Variance	$40,552,415	$32,552,415	$0	$0

Source: Department of Justice DPRs 2005-2006 to 2008-2009

Notes:

• 2005–2006: An amount of $32,552,415 in additional money already earmarked in the fiscal framework for this program was accessed during the year as well as an additional amount of $8M.
• 2006–2007: Additional funding was obtained through Supplementary Estimates.

Table 2: Planned and actual federal funding under the IRCS Program by fiscal year

	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009
Actual spending	$2,885,475	$3,424,450	$4,039,250	$9,028,126
Planned spending	$11,325,250	$6,903,500	$11,048,000	$11,048,000
Total authorities	$2,899,100	$3,903,500	$6,949,487	$10,629,441
Variance	$8,439,775	$3,479,050	$7,008,750	$2,019,874

Source: Department of Justice DPRs 2005-2006 to 2008-2009

Notes:

• 2005–2006: The number of IRCS orders imposed by the courts was much lower than initially anticipated.
• 2006–2007: The number of IRCS sentences was much lower than was anticipated when the program was developed and, as a result, annual spending was significantly below planned levels. Treasury Board has approved the use of $3M to offset other departmental requirements.
• 2007–2008: Ongoing supplementary funding of $11M approved at First Supplementary Estimates minus Reallocation of $10.2M; only $4M was spent. The number of IRCS sentences imposed by the courts remained much lower than initially anticipated, leading to actual spending lower than anticipated.
• 2008–2009: While the number of IRCS orders issued by the courts remained stable, funding requests for other exceptional cases under this program came more slowly than expected.

Table 3: Youth Justice (Renewal) Fund

	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009
Actual spending	$4,417,002	$3,670,563	$2,935,467	$3,189,765
Planned spending	$4,585,000	$3,280,000	$3,905,000	$5,005,000
Total authorities		$5,980,000		$5,005,000
Variance	$167,998	($390,563)	$969,533	$1,815,235

Source: Department of Justice DPRs for 2005-2006 to 2008-2009

Notes:

• Shading denotes that no information is available.
• YJF financial documentation differed from the DPR for 2006–2007 and indicated that planned spending equalled $5,980,000, in which case the variance would be $2,309,437 instead of ($390,563).
• 2006–2007: An additional $2.5M were received under the Fund through Supplementary Estimates for youth involved in Guns, Gangs, and Drugs. A portion of these funds was unspent, as resources were approved in the fall of 2006. In addition, $200,000 was returned to the Fund due to a reallocation of an earlier funding cut to another Justice program.
• 2007–2008: There was a transfer of $101,223 in grant funding and $71,000 in contribution funding from the GGD stream to the Core Fund.
• 2008–2009: Funding criteria were established, posted on the Internet, and sent to provincial/territorial representatives. A number of proposals submitted did not meet program criteria or required extensive development work, which resulted in lapsing funds. Also, uptake on the new funds allocated for drug treatment as part of the YJADS initiative was slow. Once this issue was identified by management, a request was made in September 2008 to re-profile some of the YJADS funding. However, the requests were not approved.

Figure 1: Sampling strategy for the survey of YJF funding recipients

Table 4: Total provincial/territorial and federal funding for programs and services under the YJSFP by jurisdiction and fiscal year ($)

Jurisdiction	Funding	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008	2008-2009
Newfoundland and Labrador	Total	18,809,744	19,106,633	19,506,573	19,669,055
	Federal	5,349,960	5,119,000	5,119,000	5,119,000
	% federal	28%	27%	26%	26%
Prince Edward Island	Total	4,511,412	4,462,192	4,684,000
	Federal	2,112,174	2,020,974	2,020,974
	% federal	47%	45%	43%
Nova Scotia	Total		15,315,330	16,603,978	18,323,054
	Federal	6,448,276	6,169,876	6,169,876	6,196,876
	% federal		40%	37%	34%
New-Brunswick	Total		15,226,933	15,308,407	16,737,064
	Federal	5,040,054	4,822,454	4,822,454	4,822,454
	% federal		32%	32%	29%
Quebec	Total		---	---	---
	Federal	38,338,019
	% federal
Ontario	Total	280,647,353	284,061,191	298,015,416	312,517,586
	Federal	66,687,875	63,808,755	63,808,755	63,808,755
	% federal	24%	22%	21%	20%
Manitoba	Total	28,965,364	32,344,713	36,882,126	43,062,584
	Federal	6,722,770	6,432,530	6,432,530	6,432,530
	% federal	23%	20%	17%	15%
Saskatchewan	Total	49,954,954	50,441,682	60,519,325	56,604,000*
	Federal	7,750,666	7,416,026	7,416,026
	% federal	16%	15%	12%
Alberta	Total		39,099,399	44,224,578
	Federal	17,721,600	16,956,560	16,956560	16,956,560
	% federal		43%	38%
British Columbia	Total	73,446,833	71,300,000	73,512,097	71,042,414
	Federal	23,132,712	22,133,992	22,133,992
	% federal	31%	31%	30%
Yukon	Total		3,498,738	4,113,505
	Federal	1,152,448	1,102,688	1,102,688	1,102,688
	% federal		32%	27%
Northwest Territories	Total		8,648,467	9,093,184	9,445,000*
	Federal	3,197,732
	% federal
Nunavut	Total
	Federal	1,648,129
	% federal

Source: YJSFP financial documentation, supplemented with information from annual reports. Where annual reports are not available, the estimates for the fiscal year provided by the jurisdictions are used.

Notes:

• Shading denotes no information available for this data source
  
• --- = no agreement in place
  
• * Based on estimate of actual expenditures

Table 5: Total federal funding for programs and services under the YJSFP and number of youth accused by jurisdiction

Jurisdiction	Federal funding 2006-2007	Number of youth accused 2006	Federal funding per accused youth
Newfoundland and Labrador	$5,119,000	3,388	$1,511
Prince Edward Island	$2,020,974	1,108	$1,824
Nova Scotia	$6,169,876	7,987	$772
New-Brunswick	$4,822,454	4,807	$1,003
Quebec	---	21,888	---
Ontario	$63,808,755	60,616	$1,053
Manitoba	$6,432,530	11,384	$565
Saskatchewan	$7,416,026	17,728	$418
Alberta	$17,721,600*	24,275	$730
British Columbia	$22,133,992	20,922	$1,058
Yukon	$1,052,688	689	$1,528
Northwest Territories	$3,197,732*	1,873	$1,707
Nunavut	$1,648,129*	1,200	$1,373

Source: YJSFP financial documentation, Taylor-Butts & Bressan (2008, p. 13)

Note:

• Youth accused includes all youth charged and youth cleared by other means
  
• --- = no agreement in place
  
• * = 2005-2006 financial information used where no data available for 2006-2007 onwards

Table 6: YJF funding profile by fiscal year

Requested

	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009	Total
Funding	$4,484,832	$11,694,022	$2,342,251	$2,576,491	$21,097,596
Projects	78	100	34	32	244
Average	$57,498	$116,940	$68,890	$80,515	$86,466

Approved

	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009	Total
Funding	$2,627,800	$5,537,375	$2,319,751	$2,465,637	$12,950,563
Projects	49	67	34	29	179
Average	$53,629	$82,647	$68,228	$85,022	$72,350

Rejected

	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009	Total
Funding	$1,857,032	$6,156,647	$0	$110,854	$8,124,533
Projects	29	33	0	3	65
Win rate	63%	67%	100%	91%	73%

Source: GCIMS

Table 7: YJF funding by province/territory for 2005-2006 to 2008-2009

Province/Territory	Youth population 2006 (n=2,583,382)	Applications to YJF (n=244)	YJF-funded projects (n=179)	Proportion of YJF funding (Total=$12,950,563)
	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)	% ($)
Newfoundland and Labrador	1.5% (38,588)	4.5% (11)	5.6% (10)	2.5% ($323,388)
Prince Edward Island	0.5% (11,783)	5.3% (13)	6.7% (12)	6.4% ($825,666)
Nova Scotia	2.2% (71,871)	7.8% (19)	9.5% (17)	5.3% ($691,608)
New Brunswick	2.2% (57,009)	4.5% (11)	5.0% (9)	2.2% ($290,489)
Quebec	22.5% (581,355)	6.6% (16)	3.4% (6)	1.4% ($175,570)
Ontario	39.4% (1,017,730)	34.0% (83)	33.5% (60)	47.3% ($6,122,796)
Manitoba	4.0% (102,190)	11.5% (28)	10.6% (19)	10.2% ($1,322,385)
Saskatchewan	3.4% (3.4%)	7.0% (17)	6.1% (11)	3.4% ($436,371)
Alberta	10.8% (278,223)	4.5% (11)	5.6% (10)	8.4% ($1,093,339)
British Columbia	12.6% (324,977)	12.3% (30)	11.7% (21)	12.0% ($1,557,323)
Yukon	0.1% (2,697)	0.8% (2)	0.6% (1)	0.7% ($90,876)
NWT	0.2% (4,197)	1.2% (3)	1.7% (3)	0.2% ($20,752)
Nunavut	0.1% (3,851)	---	---	---

Source: Statistics Canada (2009, November 30), GCIMS, youth population calculated from Taylor-Butts & Bressan (2008, p. 13)

Note:

--- = no applications submitted/no projects funded

Table 8: YJF recipient opinion on proposal development process (n=54)

Item	Strongly agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don’t know / no response
	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)
a) The eligibility criteria for funding were clear	30% (16)	61% (33)	4% (2)	--	6% (3)
b) The proposal development process helped our organization to clarify the objectives of our project	32% (17)	50% (27)	9% (5)	2% (1)	7% (4)
c) The proposal development process helped our organization to identify appropriate strategies for our project	30% (16)	44% (24)	9% (5)	--	17% (9)
d) Proposal requirements were clear	33% (18)	56% (30)	4% (2)	2% (1)	6% (3)
e) The process for evaluating proposals was clear	17% (9)	54% (29)	9% (5)	--	20% (11)

Note:

Row totals may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Table 9: YJF recipient opinion on assistance received (n=54)

Assistance	Very useful	Useful	Not useful	N/A / Did not receive assistance	Don’t know / no response
	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)
a) Information about the Youth Justice Fund	43% (23)	41% (22)	--	4% (2)	13% (7)
b) Assistance developing a proposal	30% (16)	33% (18)	2% (1)	20% (11)	15% (8)
c) Feedback on a proposal	33% (18)	33% (18)	--	19% (10)	15% (8)
d) Technical support	15% (8)	13% (7)	--	52% (28)	20% (11)
e) Assistance with project management, including program delivery or administration	9% (5)	7% (4)	4% (2)	59% (32)	20% (11)
f) Assistance with evaluation or performance measurement	11% (6)	22% (12)	6% (3)	46% (25)	15% (8)
g) Assistance with reporting	15% (8)	30% (16)	7% (4)	33% (18)	15% (8)

Note:

Row totals may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Table 10: YJF recipient opinion on project reporting requirements (n=54)

Item	Strongly agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don’t know
	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)	% (n)
a) Reporting requirements were clear	35% (19)	56% (30)	2% (1)	2% (1)	6% (3)
b) Reporting requirements were reasonable	30% (16)	61% (33)	2% (1)	--	7% (4)
c) Youth Justice Fund staff clearly communicated expectations about reporting requirements	33% (18)	56% (30)	2% (1)	4% (2)	6% (3)
d) Meeting reporting requirements was difficult	6% (3)	13% (7)	63% (34)	13% (7)	6% (3)

Note:

Row totals may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Table 11: Provincial/territorial funding for high priority programs and services by jurisdiction and fiscal year ($) for jurisdictions with priority-based agreements

Jurisdiction	Expenditures	2005–2006	2006–2007	2007–2008	2008–2009
Newfoundland and Labrador	Minimum high	7,136,402	6,828,109	6,828,109	6,828,109
	Actual high	8,137,273	7,522,452	7,690,678	7,460,586*
	% difference	14%	10%	13%	9%
	% of total	43%	39%	39%	38%
Prince Edward Island	Minimum high	2,481,534	2,374,331	2,374,331	2,374,331
	Actual high	2,539,630	2,567,690	2,696,000*
	% difference	2%	8%	14%
	% of total	56%	58%	58%
Nova Scotia	Minimum high	n/a	7,007,594	7,007,594	7,007,594
	Actual high		8,057,284	9,963,254	9,888,791
	% difference		15%	42%	41%
	% of total		53%	60%	54%
New Brunswick	Minimum high	n/a	5,772,930	5,772,930	5,772,930
	Actual high		5,983,039	5,840,531	6,672,252
	% difference		4%	1%	16%
	% of total		39%	38%	40%
Ontario	Minimum high	94,267,380	90,196,350	90,196,350	90,196,350
	Actual high	116,206,375	121,576,320	131,531,800	139,697,783
	% difference	23%	35%	46%	55%
	% of total	41%	43%	44%	45%
Manitoba	Minimum high	10,603,062	10,075,785	10,075,785	10,075,785
	Actual high	14,937,109	17,486,726	20,095,855	23,475,907*
	% difference	42%	74%	99%	133%
	% of total	52%	54%	54%	55%
Saskatchewan	Minimum high	15,419,552	14,753,427	14,753,427	14,753,427
	Actual high	20,378,562	21,556,505	25,174,126	24,814,000*
	% difference	32%	46%	71%	68%
	% of total	41%	43%	42%	44%
British Columbia	Minimum high	41,363,789	36,806,653	36,806,653	36,806,653
	Actual high	43,560,729	42,200,000	43,136,524	40,875,687
	% difference	5%	15%	17%	11%
	% of total	59%	59%	59%	58%
Yukon	Minimum high	2,329,471	2,329,471	2,329,471
	Actual high	2,714,533	2,616,325	2,732,453
	% difference	17%	12%	17%
	% of total	77%	75%	66%
Northwest Territories	Minimum high	5,255,467	5,255,467	5,255,467	5,255,467
	Actual high	5,953,925	6,653,109	6,962,377	7,445,000*
	% difference	13%	27%	32%	42%
	% of total	74%	77%	77%	79%
Nunavut	Minimum high
	Actual high
	% difference
	% of total

Source: YJSFP financial documentation supplemented with information from annual reports. In cases where YJSFP financial documentation differed from annual reports, annual report data were used. Where annual reports are not available, the estimates for the fiscal year provided by the jurisdictions were used.

Notes:

• Shading denotes no information available for this data source.
  
• *Based on estimate of actual expenditures.

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