Grants and Contributions

The contribution will cover core/operational costs for the organization. The funding will facilitate the leveraging of eligible activities and projects designed to improve access to justice in both official languages.

The "R.I.S.E: Re-Integrating the Socially Excluded 2.0" project aims to enhance reintegration and rehabilitative services for youth who identify as Black and racialized. More specifically, this program will provide counselling upon youth being released, harness the ability to connect with local agencies that provide trauma and mental health services, and facilitate holistic case management support that is culturally responsive and helps youth to re-engage with their community.

The “Youth Reintegration Program” is a pilot project that will provide evidence-based case management support to youth in conflict with the law in the Regional Municipality of York. The program will specifically target justice-involved Indigenous, Black, and other racialized youth by providing them with reintegration support to reduce their recidivism. Through community partnerships, the project will help youth establishing positive support systems, increasing social and emotional learning skills, accessing healthcare for physical and mental health needs, addressing food insecurity, acquiring stable housing and employment, and obtaining education. Ultimately, the community as a whole will benefit as youth who are given the skills and resources to make positive choices are less likely to become further involved in the criminal justice system, thus contributing to a safer community.

Through the "BIPOC Youth Crime Prevention Project", the Calgary John Howard Society strives to support the increasing number of black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) youth that are reintegrating into the community from youth correctional facilities. It will address various risk factors, enhance protective factors for BIPOC youth and include one-on-one case management, development of service plans, translations services, support through legal and disciplinary processes, and community and cultural events. The project will test whether intensive relationship building, system navigation, and a conflict resolution component will increase protective factors and reduce recidivism by BIPOC youth.

Over the next five years, this project will deliver ongoing service delivery to children, youth and families in the North Okanagan region of British Columbia. The organization will ensure the continuation of service and delivery of the multi-disciplinary team response when children and youth have experienced abuse or violence through having adequate staffing levels in place. This project includes development and strengthening of the BC Network of Child and Youth Advocacy Centres.

The project consists of coordinating and supporting the implementation of training initiatives coming from the member organizations of the National Justice Training Network. The initiatives will contribute to increasing access to justice in both official languages through the provision of French legal language training for justice professionals and legal courses provided in French. The organization will also collect data to demonstrate the impact of the initiatives of the network.

Over the next five years, the project will increase capacity of the organization to provide a coordinated approach to addressing the needs of child and youth victims and/or witnesses in the criminal justice system, thereby minimizing system-induced trauma by providing a single, child-friendly setting for young victims or witnesses and their families seeking services.

The objective of the Indigenous Courtwork Program is to facilitate and enhance access to justice by assisting Indigenous Persons (adults and youth) charged with an offence under any federal or provincial statute, municipal by-law, or otherwise involved in the criminal justice system to obtain fair, just, equitable and culturally relevant treatment.

These services include information on charges, court procedures, rights and responsibilities, bail, diversion, restorative justice and Indigenous community justice alternatives; support in accessing legal resources as well as appropriate community programming including wellness, trauma, housing, family and employment services; and, facilitating communication among court officials, accused persons, family members and communities to ensure understanding and collaboration.

Over the next five years, the project will enhance the services at the Child and Youth Advocacy Center in Montreal, thereby minimizing system-induced trauma by providing a single, child-friendly setting for young victims or witnesses and their families seeking services.

Over the next five years, Sophie’s Place will provide child-focused, multi-disciplinary services and support to children, youth, and their families in cases where abuse is suspected using trauma-informed best practices.