CAF What's New?
Multi-year Funding
CIC settlement programs can now operate with multi-year funding (MYF)
agreements, instead of only one-year agreements. CIC staff can negotiate
funding for periods of up to five years. This new policy benefits both
the service provider sector as well as CIC local offices. It is anticipated
that a reduction in the number of funding proposals that need to be reviewed
and processed each year will result from this approach. Time will be saved
in drawing up the Request for Proposal and application review process,
and settlement officers will, thereby, have greater time to devote to
other priorities. As well, those affected service providers will have
increased stability in their financial commitments, which will facilitate
long term planning.
Immigration-Contribution Accountability Measurement System (iCAMS)
Reports
There are now over 216, 000 clients in iCAMS and over 1200 users. CIC
continues to work on the development of iCAMS reports for use by CIC and
service provider organizations. These reports will be used for program
evaluation and monitoring purposes. CIC staff and service provider users
will be able to generate iCAMS reports through the iCAMS Report Manager,
expected to be available towards the end of the fiscal year. CIC will
also train relevant iCAMS stakeholders on privacy issues surrounding iCAMS
reports prior to granting access to report generating software.
Renewal of Settlement Program Terms and Conditions
The Treasury Board submission for the renewal of terms and conditions
for CIC's settlement programs was approved by the Treasury Board
on March 7, 2005. Approval was also given to the terms and conditions
for the Alternative Funding Arrangements (AFA) associated with the Immigrant
Settlement Services Agreements with the provinces (currently with British
Columbia and Manitoba). Finally, approval was given for the replacement
of the terms and conditions for the Resettlement Assistance Program. These
terms and conditions came into effect as of April 1st, 2005 and are valid
for the next five years. Settlement and resettlement program evaluations
were instrumental in the successful renewal of the terms and conditions.
Settlement Manual
The CIC Settlement Manual has been revised and updated and now includes
the new settlement program terms and conditions. The purpose of the Settlement
Manual is to ensure that necessary resources are available to support
the administration and management of CIC contribution programming by regional
and local offices.
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