Title:
Expanding Sexual Misconduct Support Services
Agreement Number:
SMSRC2025.25124
Agreement Value:
$175,000.00
Agreement Date:
Oct 1, 2025 - Oct 1, 2028
Description:
This project aims to expand trauma-informed support for military survivors of sexual misconduct and their networks. The CRCVC extends service hours and improves access, particularly outside traditional business hours. The initiative includes the development of tailored, user-friendly resource guides to enhance navigation of available supports; a national outreach and awareness campaign; delivery of CAF-specific training; and strengthened referral pathways through collaboration with community-based organizations and the Sexual Misconduct Support and Resource Centre (SMSRC). Services are offered across Canada in both English and French through a hybrid model of in-person and virtual delivery.
Organization:
National Defence
Expected Results:
An increase in projects, initiatives and services reaching the local Defence community through innovative service delivery; Greater access to information, training and support within the Defence community; An increase in effective mechanisms at the SMSRC to strengthen community-based supports for those impacted by sexual misconduct in the CAF/DND, especially underserved groups; Improved support across the justice and social sectors* for those impacted by or at risk of gender-based violence, including survivors; Further integration of community-based service providers within the CAF/DND network of support services for those affected by sexual misconduct in the CAF/DND
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario, CA K2P 1C3
Reference Number:
018-2025-2026-Q3-10024
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
135528701
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Canadian Resource Centre for Victimes of Crime
Program:
Community Support for Sexual Misconduct Survivors Grant Program
Program Purpose:
Provide a wide array of supports to those affected by sexual misconduct in the Department of National Defence (DND) and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) through increased access to community-based support services and collaboration between community-based and CAF/DND service providers.