What We've Spent and Where - Expenditure Data
Provincial Expenditure
Gross Expenditures by Lines of Service
Total for 2023/24 is $2,321.238 million
Percentages of Gross Expenditures by Lines of Service 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Expenditure Service Lines:
EY = Early Childhood Development
CYSN = Services for Children & Youth with Support Needs
CYMH = Child & Youth Mental Health Services
F&CS = Child Safety, Family Support & Children In Care Services
AS = Adoption Services
YJ = Youth Justice Services
SDS = Service Delivery Support
E&S = Executive & Support Services
Child Care Division has been transferred to Ministry of Education and Child Care.
Net Expenditures
Total for 2023/24 is $2,152.334 million
Net Expenditures by Major STOB Grouping 2023/241
As at March 31, 2024
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1 The amounts shown in the bar graph are in millions.
Expenditures by Service
Adoption Services (AS)
The budget for this line of service for the fiscal year is $35.973 million.
SDA Based Adoption Services (AS) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Centrally Based Adoption Services (AS) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Total for Adoption Services (AS) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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1 Expenditures include costs for staffing, contracts, other operational expenditures and recoveries where applicable.
2 Adoption programs including medical assessment and consultation, pre-placement visitation, adoption recruitment and skills development, and post adoption services.
3 Other centralized payments includes funding for provincial support for adoption programming.
Child & Youth Mental Health (CYMH) Services
The budget for this line of service for the fiscal year is $134.232 million.
SDA Based Child & Youth Mental Health (CYMH) Services 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Centrally Based Child & Youth Mental Health (CYMH) Services 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Total for Child & Youth Mental Health (CYMH) Services 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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1 Expenditures include costs for staffing, contracts and other operational expenditures. This figure does not include costs for mental health services for young offenders in the community or in custody and substance abuse treatment in the youth justice system.
2 Provide services to children and youth who are experiencing mental, emotional and behavioral disorders, including investment for Pathway to Hope. Also includes staffing costs for direct service delivery for these programs.
3 'Other Services' includes Sessional Services, Support Services, Specialized Services, and Program Delivery.
4 Maples and Complex Needs Facility was expanded and now include step up step down services of Pathway to Hope program expenditures.
5 Other Centralized Payments includes Provincial Practice, Youth Custody Centres, Youth Forensic, Facilities Administration, Child & Youth Mental Health Policy, and Corporate Operations Support.
6 Service Delivery Operations includes contracts that cross geographical service delivery areas.
7 Strategic Integration, CYMH Policy and In-Care Network Branch changed to CYMH Provincial Services.
8 Recoveries are primarily received from the Ministry of Health for psychiatric physician sessions and the Pathway to Hope mental health initiative.
Child Safety, Family Support & Children In Care Services (F&CS)
The budget for this line of service for the fiscal year is $1,166.531 million.
SDA Based Child Safety, Family Support & Children In Care Services (F&CS) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Centrally Based Child Safety, Family Support & Children In Care Services (F&CS) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Total for Child Safety, Family Support & Children In Care Services (F&CS) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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1 Non residential expenditures primarily related to ministry family and youth support programs contracts and supports to permanency.
2 Children and Youth in care expenditures primarily related to payments for foster and group care, guardianship, supported Independent Living and delegated aboriginal services.
3 Out of Care Kinship Care (Alternates to Care/Out of Care Kinship Care) expenditures include payments for the Extended Family (EFP) and Child in Home of a Relative (CIHR) programs.
4 Out of Care Residential Care (Alternates to Care/Out of Care Residential Care).
5 Youth Agreements (Alternates to Care/Youth Agreements).
6 Post Majority Supports (Alternates to Care/Post Majority Supports) include Agreement with Young Adult (AYA) payments as well as funding for the Youth Education Assistance Fund (YEAF), Youth in Care Education Fund, Learning Fund for Young Adults, Covenant House and YMCA STRIVE program.
7 Program Delivery-Child Welfare Expenditures include costs for staffing, legal services, miscellaneous recoveries and operational costs associated with direct service delivery.
8 Provincial Contact Centres replaces Centralized Screening/Services.
Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programs
The budget for this line of service for the fiscal year is $42.374 million.
SDA Based Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programs 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Centrally Based Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programs 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Total for Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programs 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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1 Expenditures include costs for staffing, contracts, miscellaneous recoveries and other operational expenditures.
2 ECD Programs are aimed at helping parents, families and service providers provide the best possible start for BC’s children (aged 0 to 6) and support their healthy development. Examples of ECD programs and initiatives include: Success by Six funding, the Roots and Seeds of Empathy Programs, Children’s First Initiatives, Building Blocks, Family Resource Programs, and Aboriginal Early Childhood Development programs. These services are provided at the SDA and Provincial Office level.
3 Majority of expenditures are for provincially-held contracts.
4 "Other" includes: Aboriginal Service, Policy Legislation & Litigation, Recoveries, Service Delivery Operations, and Partnerships & Indigenous Engagement.
Services for Children & Youth with Support Needs (CYSN)
The budget for this line of service for the fiscal year is $634.827 million.
SDA Based Services for Children & Youth with Support Needs (CYSN) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Centrally Based Services for Children & Youth with Support Needs (CYSN) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Total for Services for Children & Youth with Support Needs (CYSN) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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1 Expenditures include costs for staffing, contracts, miscellaneous recoveries and other operational expenditures.
2 CYSN services include: foundational programs (i.e. Early Intervention Therapy, Infant Development, Supported Child Development), Family Support programs (i.e. respite services) and services for Support Needs Children in Care. These programs and interventions are intended to support children's healthy development, maximize quality of life and assist families in their role as primary care givers. Included in these expenditures are the staffing costs for direct service delivery for these programs.
3 Others include ADM Service Delivery, Chargebacks, Provincial Practice.
4 Service Delivery Operations includes contracts not specific to any one SDA.
5 Previously included under Service Delivery Operations.
6 Provincial Contact Centres replaces Autism Information Services and Specialized Provincial Services.
7 Recoveries are received from the Federal Government for Support Needs Children in Care.
Youth Justice Services (YJ)
The budget for this line of service for the fiscal year is $70.290 million.
SDA Based Youth Justice Services (YJ) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Centrally Based Youth Justice Services (YJ) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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Total for Youth Justice Services (YJ) 2023/24
As at March 31, 2024
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1 Expenditures include costs for staffing, contracts, miscellaneous recoveries and other operational expenditures.
2 Provides operation of youth custody centres and youth forensic services as well as full time residential programs; youth bail hostels; day programs; intensive supervision programs; alternative measures; community services orders; and addictions programs in youth custody centres.
3 Service Delivery Operations includes contracts not specific to any one SDA.
4 Recoveries primarily relate to federal funding for high priority services, which include substance abuse treatment, violent offence treatment, intensive support and supervision and community-based alternatives to custody.