Title:
CoSA Virtual Circles Project
Agreement Value:
$102,350.00
Agreement Date:
Jul 18, 2023 - Jul 10, 2025
Description:
The Circles of support and Accountability (CoSA) takes a Restorative Justice approach to supporting and holding accountable individuals who have committed sexual offences to reintegrate into the community. During the pandemic, CoSA sites began to experiment with virtual circles using video platforms or phone conferencing. Though in-person circles are preferred over virtual circles in most circumstances, the CoSA network recognizes the opportunity of serving Core Members (CM) who live in more remote communities through this innovation on the model. Remote communities not only cannot sustain a local CoSA site, but may also have challenges in mobilizing sufficient volunteers to provide circles. This project will develop a consistent model of virtual circles, a management plan for referral of CMs, as well as the concept of a national bank of volunteers to populate circles for remote communities. This will require the development of a national leadership training program that is able to recruit volunteers from any community in Canada.
Organization:
Public Safety Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project are to create new virtual circles with existing volunteers, sharing across sites the best practice procedures and protocols for virtual circle programming, dispatching volunteers from less active sites to launch new virtual circles for sites with waiting lists and building a new volunteer base from across Canada with a volunteer recruiting strategies. The project also aims to develop an online volunteer training program for new virtual volunteers that will accessible even after the completion of the project and to offer Virtual Circles for CM's in remote areas.
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, CA K2P 1X2
Reference Number:
088-2023-2024-Q2-00001
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Additional Information:
File Number: PDCP-5002-23217
Recipient's Operating Name:
CoSA Canada Inc.
Recipient's Legal Name:
CoSA Canada Inc.
Federal Riding Name:
Parkdale - High Park
Federal Riding Number:
35081
Program:
(PDCP) Policy Development Contribution Program
Program Purpose:
Public Safety Canada's Policy Development Contribution Program (PDCP) supports strategic projects undertaken by the Department's stakeholders that contribute to policy making and improved service delivery, in the areas of public safety and emergency management.