Grants and Contributions:

Widening the Gate: Brokering Education, Access, and Resources

HT20387

$394,700.00

Feb 22, 2021 - Mar 31, 2023

This 25-month project with The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver will work with project partners to develop and implement a network of additional resources and pathways for women and service providers within Metro Vancouver to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for Indigenous and racialized women and girls, those who are criminalized or exiting the child welfare system or experiencing homelessness, migrants and new immigrants, LGBTQ2S+, and persons with cognitive disabilities or FASD. This will be achieved by training and technical assistance through linkage with community and civil society stakeholders; client outreach and program entry through the project partner services; client advocacy and intensive case management; and direct services through in-house agency resources and referrals to community organizations. At the end of the project, the organization will advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking; redevelop the framework of case management by creating a new tool for sequential methods to support and identify victims and survivors; and empower them to regain control of their lives through increased community supports and initiatives that help address the critical factors placing them at ongoing risk. The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.

New Westminster, British Columbia, CA V3L 3X1

001-2020-2021-Q4-00051

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver

Gender-Based Violence Program

The purpose of the GBV Program is to strengthen the GBV sector to address gaps in supports for two groups of survivors: 1) Indigenous women and their communities, and 2) underserved populations (including women living with a disability, non-status/refugee /immigrant women, LGBTQ2S, gender non-conforming people and ethno-cultural women) in Canada. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to improve supports to help create long-term, comprehensive solutions at the national, regional, and local levels.