Section 17: Core responsibility descriptions

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Department of Indigenous Services

Indigenous Well-Being and Self-Determination

Well-being services support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis individuals, children and families throughout their life from childhood to elder years. These services are informed by the social determinants of health and are intended to fulfill the Departmental mandate to close socioeconomic gaps through services that include culturally appropriate physical and mental health; safety and social wellness; and education. Community well-being is part of a continuum that extends to the environment and the land. These services work together to create sustainable infrastructure and environments; and economic prosperity. Support for governance capacity advances self-determination and enables opportunities for service transfer. Service transfer in partnership with Indigenous Peoples extends across all service areas to support Indigenous self-determination in alignment with the Departmental mandate.

Internal Services

Internal Services are those groups of related activities and resources that the Federal Government considers to be services in support of programs and/or required to meet corporate obligations of an organization. Internal Services refer to the activities and resources of ten distinct services that support program delivery in the organization, regardless of the Internal Services delivery model in a department. These services are: Acquisition Management Services, Communications Services, Financial Management Services, Human Resources Management Services, Information Management Services, Information Technology Services, Legal Services, Materiel Management Services, Management and Oversight Services, Real Property Management Services.

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