This report costs out recommended changes to the three funding formula options for First Nations child and family services. It substantiated what was found in Wen:de: We are Coming to the Light of Day. The report pegged the shortfall in First Nations child and family services funding at $109 million per year. The report also discussed the cost of doing nothing is more expensive than doing everything to implementing the recommended reforms to funding. By spending just 1.25% of the 8 billion surplus budget that Canada report in 2004/2005, First Nations child would have the equitable opportunity to stay safely at home. By doing nothing and saving money now, Canada was setting itself up to pay 6-7 times more later.

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Loxley, J., DeRiviere, L., Prakash, T., Blackstock, C., Wien, F., Thomas Prokop, S.
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First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada