Grants and Contributions

Over the next five years, the Victoria Child and Youth Advocacy Centre will provide trauma informed, culturally sensitive services to children and youth who are victims of abuse in a child centred environment and continue to engage and sustain relationships with all related community partners via the multidisciplinary team model.

Over the next five years, Windsor Essex Child and Youth Advocacy Centre will deliver services to children/youth and families/caregivers impacted by abuse by providing one location for an Advocate and all community partners to collaborate. This coordinated approach allows law enforcement, child protection workers, counselling and medical services to systematically minimize trauma and make a positive difference in the lives of many children/youth and their families.

The organization will provide a comfortable and safe child-friendly environment for children and youth who are victims of abuse and help them navigate the criminal justice system. The project will also ensure the well-being and resiliency of the multi-disciplinary team members, by offering trauma training and professional development opportunities.

Over the next five years, this project will deliver ongoing services to children, youth and families thereby minimizing system-induced trauma by providing a single, child-friendly setting for young victims or witnesses and their families seeking services. The project includes expanding services to provide support to children and youths of all forms of violence.

Over the next five years, this project will provide a coordinated response to children and youth who are victims of abuse to reduce the trauma experienced by service systems. The project will increase the capacity of the multidisciplinary partners to undertake investigations and provide effective, seamless coordinated services for child and youth victims and their families.

The funding supports a range of measures, such as hiring of bilingual provincial court staff, language training, signage, etc., deemed necessary to ensure that Newfoundland and Labrador can guarantee access to justice services related to federal contraventions in both official languages on behalf of the federal government.

The funding supports a range of measures, such as hiring of bilingual provincial court staff, language training, signage, etc., deemed necessary to ensure that Prince Edward Island can guarantee access to justice services related to federal contraventions in both official languages on behalf of the federal government.

The funding supports a range of measures, such as hiring of bilingual provincial court staff, language training, signage, etc., deemed necessary to ensure that the Corporation of the City of Mississauga can guarantee access to justice services related to federal contraventions in both official languages on behalf of the federal government.

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.

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.