Grants and Contributions

Phase 2 of this project will allow the recipient the opportunity to complete all of the activities identified in the original project. St. Theresa Point will focus on the continuation of work towards a safer community. It will entail hiring a coordinator to implement formal processes of the identified priority areas of the Safety Plan. The focus would be to identify, develop and ensure community engagement around the plan. The project will support capacity building through training, knowledge development and dissemination and activities that will support readiness and capacity to move forward with Safety Plan implementation. The key partners will be the core group mobilized by the Safety Plan.

Phase 2 of this project will allow the recipient the opportunity to complete all of the activities identified in the original project. Provide necessary training for the local HUB committees in Maskwacis to respond to crisis within the four nations of the Maskwacis Cree. The goals of the training and project are to promote coordinated strategies for improved service delivery for youth; increase the capacity of service delivery staff and build capacity, develop tools and best practices.

Phase 2 of this project will allow the recipient the opportunity to complete all of the activities identified in the original project. Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) is experiencing safety and wellness issues which continue to overwhelm service providers and the community in responding effectively and efficiently. In support of the safety plan, the community will engage In the creation of an Elders Circle, youth group, language and culture land based camp and interagency forum. These activities will support community development and capacity building efforts to increase safety, gaps in service provision and intergenerational cultural disconnect.

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) is experiencing safety and wellness issues which continue to overload service providers and the community in responding effectively and efficiently. In support of the safety plan, the community will engage in the creation of an Elders Circle, youth group, language and culture land based camp and interagency forum. These activities will support community development to increase their safety capacity. The target population will include: children, youth, young families, Elders, seniors and other members of the community.
Band administration, Elders group, health department and the safety advisory will be responsible for delivering activities monthly over the course of the 11 months. Project activities will be led by a coordinator who will be responsible for organizing the proposed activities and interagency support.

The Esgenoopetitj Wellness Initiative: Capacity Building Project will support capacity building through training, knowledge development and dissemination and activities that will support readiness and capacity to move forward with Safety Plan implementation. Key strategic priorities including violence prevention, reconciliation and unresolved community scale trauma, substance abuse and healing will be targeted as part of this project.

Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA) proposes to implement a reintegration support program that will offer services and supports to Indigenous offenders, their families, victims, and service providers in the community where the offenders will be returning. NCSA will also adapt an historic trauma curriculum that they currently own, into a workshop designed for families of offenders and community members.

Regina Treaty/Status Indian Services will implement a program model that has two staff persons working with Indigenous offenders from the point of sentencing to their return to community to facilitate successful reintegration. These positions will work with correctional facilities and develop relationships with allied agencies that are in a position to provide supportive services to their clientele.

The Tl’etinqox Community Justice Program will have a Reintegration Support Worker provide support to approximately 30 Tl’etinqox Members from the time of incarceration until one year after their completion of parole. As well, Program Staff will provide in-reach services to incarcerated community members at Provincial and Federal institutions once a year.

The Sik-Ooh-Kotoki Friendship Society (SOKFS) proposes to implement a community-based reintegration support program for Indigenous offenders coming from provincial or federal custody. The SOKFS will work with correctional center staff at the Edmonton Institution for Women, Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge, and Bowden and Drumheller Institutions in support of the development of release plans for Indigenous offenders.

The Hinton Friendship Centre Society will engage two full-time workers to assist with the rehabilitation of habitual offenders in the communities of Hinton, Edson and Grande Cache. The worker will assist individuals, with goals set out in a wraparound plan, which will give clients a greater chance of successful reintegration.