{"id":"supporting-indigenous-children-families","slug":"supporting-indigenous-children-families","title":"Supporting Indigenous children and families","chapter":4,"section":"4.3","section_title":"Advancing reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples","heading":"Supporting Indigenous children and families","in_cost_table":true,"capital":true,"fiscal":{"unit":"CAD millions","basis":"accrual, incremental impact on budgetary balance (expense or forgone revenue)","years":["2026-27","2027-28","2028-29","2029-30","2030-31"],"gross":[null,1511.0,1511.0,1510.0,1519.0],"gross_total":6051.0,"flags":["none",null,null,null,null],"adjustments":[{"label":"Funds sourced from existing departmental resources","values":[null,-798.0,null,null,null],"total":-798.0,"pdf_page":265,"printed_page":249}],"net":[null,713.0,1511.0,1510.0,1519.0],"net_total":5253.0,"table":{"pdf_page":265,"printed_page":249}},"description":null,"commitments":[{"text":"Budget 2026 proposes to provide longer-term funding for Jordan's Principle and Pirutsiagutiit (the Inuit Child First Initiative) to help ensure First Nations and Inuit","pdf_page":257,"printed_page":241,"quote":"Budget 2026 proposes to provide longer-term funding for Jordan's Principle and Pirutsiagutiit (the Inuit Child First Initiative) to help ensure First Nations and Inuit"},{"text":"children can access government-funded services without delay, while supporting greater Indigenous control over child and family services within their communities: To ensure First Nations children continue to receive the services and supports they need, Budget 2026 proposes to provide $6 billion over six years, starting in 2026-27, for Jordan's Principle.","pdf_page":258,"printed_page":242,"quote":"children can access government-funded services without delay, while supporting greater Indigenous control over child and family services within their communities: To ensure First Nations children continue to receive the services and supports they need, Budget 2026 proposes to provide $6 billion over six years, starting in 2026-27, for Jordan's Principle."},{"text":"To help Inuit children access essential services and supports closer to home, Budget 2026 proposes to provide $575 million over five years, starting in 2027-28, to renew the Inuit Child First Initiative and support the transition to the Pirutsiagutiit, co-developed with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the four Inuit Treaty Organizations.","pdf_page":258,"printed_page":242,"quote":"To help Inuit children access essential services and supports closer to home, Budget 2026 proposes to provide $575 million over five years, starting in 2027-28, to renew the Inuit Child First Initiative and support the transition to the Pirutsiagutiit, co-developed with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the four Inuit Treaty Organizations."},{"text":"To support Indigenous communities in exercising greater control over child and family services, Budget 2026 proposes to provide $806.7 million over five years, starting in 2027-28, to renew funding for the implementation of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families.","pdf_page":258,"printed_page":242,"quote":"To support Indigenous communities in exercising greater control over child and family services, Budget 2026 proposes to provide $806.7 million over five years, starting in 2027-28, to renew funding for the implementation of An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families."}],"amounts_in_text":["$6 billion over six years, starting in 2026-27","$575 million over five years, starting in 2027-28","$806.7 million over five years, starting in 2027-28"],"source":{"pdf_page":257,"printed_page":241,"chapter_url":"https://budget.canada.ca/2026/report-rapport/chap4-en.html"},"money_type":"spending","involves_loans":false,"lenses":["indigenous"],"url":"https://budget2026.warreandvavasour.com/measures/supporting-indigenous-children-families/","chapter_title":"A strong and united Canada"}