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Correctional Program Readiness

Program code
BUK05 (CSC)
Core responsibility
Correctional Interventions
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2019-20 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Correctional Program Readiness 2018-19: $12.4MCorrectional Program Readiness 2019-20: $12.3MCorrectional Program Readiness 2020-21: $13.1MCorrectional Program Readiness 2021-22: $13.1MCorrectional Programs 2020-21: $94.6MCorrectional Programs 2021-22: $91.4MCorrectional Programs 2022-23: $93.9MCorrectional Programs 2023-24: $109MCorrectional Programs 2024-25: $103MCorrectional Programs 2025-26: $102MCorrectional Programs 2026-27: $107MCorrectional Programs 2027-28: $102MCorrectional Programs 2028-29: $102MCorrectional Program ReadinessCorrectional Programs
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Correctional Program ReadinessThis program2018-19 – 2021-22$24.7M
Correctional ProgramsLater program (name match, medium confidence)2020-21 – 2028-29$491M

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Indicators added: Median days from admission to the start of readiness programs for offenders serving a sentence of 4 years or lessDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2019-20Indicators dropped: Median days from admission to the start of first institutional readiness programsDepartmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase)
2020-21Appears to be replaced by Correctional ProgramsCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

Median days from admission to the start of readiness programs for offenders serving a sentence of 4 years or less
Expected result: Participation in correctional program readiness programs contributes to the offender reintegration process by preparing and motivating offenders to address risk factors related to their offending
922019-20✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2019-20≤ 47202092
CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2019-20 Departmental Results Report.
Not met
Median days from admission to the start of first institutional readiness programs
Expected result: Participation in correctional program readiness programs contributes to the offender reintegration process by preparing and motivating offenders to address risk factors related to their offending
772018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≤ 46201977
CSC finalized the national implementation of the ICPM for men offenders in fiscal year 2017–18. During this same fiscal year, the Aboriginal Integrated Correctional Program Model Sex Offender Program stream was implemented in all regions, and the Inuit Integrated Correctional Program was implemented in three regions. The Inuit Integrated Correctional Program was expanded and implemented in a four…
Not met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2018-19: $12.3M2018-19: $12.4M2018-192019-20: $13.1M2019-20: $12.3M2019-202020-21: $13.1M2020-212021-22: $13.1M2021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19$12.3M$12.4M
2019-20$13.1M$12.3M
2020-21$13.1M*—
2021-22$13.1M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2018-19: 1272018-19: 1162018-192019-20: 1102019-20: 1152019-202020-21: 1102020-212021-22: 1102021-22
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2018-19127116
2019-20110115
2020-21110*—
2021-22110*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Plan2018-192019-202020-212021-22
2018-19 plan$12,301,774$12,285,912$12,282,946
2019-20 plan$13,095,160$13,063,493$13,054,229
Actual$12,384,004$12,318,495

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.