Program directory · Correctional Service Canada
Community Health Services
- Department
- Correctional Service Canada
- Program code
- BUL04 (CSC)
- Core responsibility
- Community Supervision
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Community Health Services Program contributes to Community Supervision by providing essential health services for offenders in the community where there are gaps in provincial health service delivery. In addition, CSC facilitates access to community services to support rehabilitation and successful reintegration.
Key activities include providing discharge planning services to ensure continuity of support, mental health services to address mental health needs (e.g., crisis intervention and counselling), and links to community agencies.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Health Services | This program | 2018-19 – 2028-29 | $115M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
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.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: The percentage of offenders released with a completed medication reconciliation; The percentage of offenders with a completed review of their health care needs prior to release | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: The percentage of offenders who had received mental health treatment from CSC returning to federal custody during the period of community supervision; The percentage of offenders who had received mental health treatment from CSC returning to federal custody within two years post sentence expiry | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: The percentage of offenders with a completed review of their health care needs prior to release | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
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
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 95% | 2020 | 90.3% In order to address these results, CSC revised guidelines and tracking tools, and will continue to monitor health care reviews and medication needs at discharge. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 95% | 2021 | 96% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 95% | 2022 | 88.5% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2021-22 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 95% | 2023 | 88.2% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2022-23 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 95% | 2024 | 88.7% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 95% | 2025 | 97.3% | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 95% | 2020 | 83.5% In order to address these results, CSC revised guidelines and tracking tools, and will continue to monitor health care reviews and medication needs at discharge. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 95% | 2021 | 87% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2020-21 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 95% | 2022 | 83.6% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2021-22 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 95% | 2023 | 88% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2022-23 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 95% | 2024 | 85.5% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2023-24 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 95% | 2025 | 90.1% CSC is working to improve results. For further information, please refer to the 2024-25 Departmental Results Report. | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≤ 50% | 2019 | 53.3% There are a number of factors that contribute to return to custody. Because treatment is provided to those with the highest needs, we would expect a higher rate of return than for the overall population. Mitigating this risk requires continuity of services that are matched to offenders needs. CSC will continue to work on enhancing discharge planning services to facilitate continuity. Nonetheless,… | Not met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | ≤ 20% | 2019 | 17.8% | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 95.2% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $19.2M | $15.3M |
| 2019-20 | $19.3M | $16M |
| 2020-21 | $14.7M | $15.5M |
| 2021-22 | $15.6M | $16.6M |
| 2022-23 | $16.5M | $16.1M |
| 2023-24 | $16.2M | $16.7M |
| 2024-25 | $15.7M | $18.8M |
| 2025-26 | $18.4M | — |
| 2026-27 | $17.6M | — |
| 2027-28 | $17.4M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $17.4M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 107 | 104 |
| 2019-20 | 105 | 104 |
| 2020-21 | 105 | 104 |
| 2021-22 | 114 | 103 |
| 2022-23 | 100 | 104 |
| 2023-24 | 105 | 105 |
| 2024-25 | 103 | 103 |
| 2025-26 | 105 | — |
| 2026-27 | 99 | — |
| 2027-28 | 99* | — |
| 2028-29 | 99* | — |
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
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $19,154,539 | $19,129,842 | $19,125,223 | ||||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $19,290,611 | $19,243,961 | $19,230,314 | ||||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $14,729,486 | $14,869,902 | $15,027,963 | ||||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $15,644,479 | $15,781,853 | $15,852,578 | ||||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $16,471,973 | $16,269,689 | $15,697,872 | ||||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $16,178,404 | $16,180,377 | $16,114,313 | ||||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $15,707,068 | $15,717,118 | $15,729,421 | ||||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $18,445,100 | $18,345,185 | $18,134,856 | ||||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $17,598,202 | $17,378,823 | $17,393,574 | ||||||||
| Actual | $15,275,094 | $15,950,272 | $15,468,260 | $16,571,101 | $16,084,085 | $16,711,439 | $18,770,275 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
