Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Project VOICE: Black Healing Across Communities
Agreement Number:
13760178
Agreement Value:
$533,750.00
Agreement Date:
Jan 16, 2026 - Mar 31, 2027
Description:
The organization’s Project VOICE (Victim Outreach, Intervention, Counselling, and Education) will provide a comprehensive range of services that support victims and survivors of violence within African Nova Scotian (ANS) and Black communities in Nova Scotia to address the significant gaps in available programming, particularly services that are culturally specific, trauma-informed, and grounded in an Afrocentric framework. By centering the lived experiences, strengths, and healing traditions of ANS and Black communities, the program will offer holistic support that acknowledges the emotional, spiritual, relational, and mental dimensions of recovery. Services will include a Black Community Toll-Free Support Line and a dedicated Toll-Free Line Clinical Support Extension to directly connect with, or be referred to, clinicians and trained professionals who can provide immediate therapeutic support, crisis intervention, and culturally responsive guidance, in addition to programming support; Because We Matter Healing Sessions to strengthen relationships among ANS and Black employees by fostering understanding, resilience, and healing; Barbershop Talks to create culturally safe spaces to gather, engage in open dialogue, and access critical resources related to mental health, legal education, and personal development; and Clinical Grief Support Circles to offer culturally safe and trauma-informed spaces for individuals to process their grief, strengthen coping skills, and begin the journey toward restoration and resilience.
Organization:
Department of Justice Canada
Expected Results:
Enhanced capacity to deliver appropriate services that respond to victim and survivor needs.
Location:
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CA B3A 1W5
Reference Number:
119-2025-2026-Q4-00069
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
871875365
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Additional Information:
Cost Centres:
VF - CBJS
Recipient's Legal Name:
ASSOCIATION OF BLACK SOCIAL WORKERS (ABSW)
Federal Riding Name:
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
Federal Riding Number:
12005
Program:
Victims Fund
Program Purpose:
The Victims Fund, supports the Department of Justice’s mandate to ensure that Canada is a just and law-abiding society with a fair, relevant and accessible Canadian justice system.