| Start date | 2013 |
| End date | Ongoing |
| Type of transfer payment | Contribution |
| Type of appropriation | Estimates |
| Fiscal year for terms and conditions | 2016-17 |
| Link to departmental result(s) | 1.0 Care and Custody; 3.0 Community Supervision |
| Link to the department's Program Inventory | P7 Accommodation Services; P19 Community Residential Facilities |
| Purpose and objectives of transfer payment program | The objective of the NICP is that contributions are used, where appropriate, to assist CSC address eligible infrastructure priorities in a cost-effective manner and which assist CSC achieve its strategic objective that "the custody, correctional interventions, and supervision of offenders in communities and institutions, contribute to public safety." |
| Expected results | Enabling the agency to enter into contribution agreements with provinces, territories, municipalities, and non-profit organizations, towards construction done by those bodies, where the agency cannot otherwise do so in a reasonable and cost-effective manner or through existing mechanisms. |
| Fiscal year of last completed evaluation | N/A |
| Decision following the results of last evaluation | Not applicable |
| Fiscal year of next planned evaluation | Not applicable because the Policy on Results (2016) indicates that evaluations are not required for ongoing grants and contributions that have five-year average actual expenditures of $5 million or less. |
| General targeted recipient groups | Provinces, territories, municipalities, and non-profit organizations |
| Initiatives to engage applicants and recipients | Contributions are directed (no open call for applicants). |