Grants and Contributions:

Title:
Carcross Tagish First Nation Community Safety and Wellness Project
Agreement Number:
26180
Agreement Value:
$231,651.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 1, 2025 - Mar 31, 2026
Description:
This project will enhance community-based policing for Carcross/Tagish First Nation (C/TFN) members and improve on community connection, including the working relationship between C/TFN and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The Community Safety and Wellness (CSW) members will enhance community safety through proactive measures and projects, as well as provide low-risk responses to address community concerns, including incidents stemming from social issues such as addictions and mental health. The Community Safety Officers act as liaisons between local community members and the RCMP to ensure police response considers C/TFN culture and traditions.
Organization:
Public Safety Canada
Expected Results:

Indigenous communities have access to this funding:
- Approximately 350 Indigenous People have access to services provided through this project.

Funded services are dedicated:
- Carcross/Tagish First Nation (C/TFN) will have access to six to eight Community Safety and Wellness (CSW) members that provide dedicated, non-enforcement, community safety programs to the community seven days a week from 8:30am to 2:00am.

Funded services are responsive to the needs and cultures of the First Nation and Inuit Communities they serve:
- C/TFN CSW members receive trauma informed, cultural safety training ensuring services reflect C/TFN’s values and traditional teachings.
- C/TFN CSW members will collaborate with elders, youth and families to support culturally relevant approached to safety.

People living in First Nation and Inuit communities feel safe:
- Increased sense of community safety among C/TFN citizens is experienced as a result of the presence, availability, and approach of CSW members.
- Increased engagement and improved relationships between C/TFN Citizens, including participation in three community engagement events and six community engagement sessions.
- Implementation of a formal community safety tracking system (Sharevision) to measure progress, identify trends, and guide future planning.
- Increased collaboration between C/TFN and external service providers in the delivery of community safety programs, policing, justice, and other services.

Location:
Carcross, Yukon, CA Y0B 1B0
Reference Number:
088-2025-2026-Q3-00011
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Indigenous recipients
Additional Information:

Project was preapproved to start April 1, 2025, although the agreement was signed December 19, 2025.

Recipient's Legal Name:
Carcross/Tagish First Nation
Program:
(FNIPP) First Nations and Inuit Policing Program
Program Purpose:

To enhance the effectiveness of policing services in First Nation and Inuit communities in terms of cultural relevance and responsiveness to the public safety need of communities.

To support policing services to First Nation and Inuit communities that are professional, dedicated and culturally responsive to the communities they serve.