Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Community Healing Project for Crime Prevention and Intervention
Agreement Number:
2823281
Agreement Value:
$6,766,944.79
Agreement Date:
Nov 5, 2018 - Oct 31, 2023
Description:
The purpose of the contribution is to provide funding to support a project to address the root causes of youth gang involvement by offering youth skill-building in the area of mental health literacy and resiliency to address trauma, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and hypersensitive flight or fight responses developed due to community violence.
Organization:
Public Safety Canada
Expected Results:
Increased resiliency to trauma among youth; increased youth self-efficacy to repsond to violence; increased youth and community interventions; better mental health support servcies and reduced gang activity.
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, CA M5H 2N2
Reference Number:
214-2018-2019-Q3-0047
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
867402299 RT0001
Recipient Type:
Government
Recipient's Legal Name:
City of Toronto
Program:
Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF)
Program Purpose:
The program purpose is to provide time-limited grant and contribution funding for initiatives in communities where youth gangs are an existing or emerging threat and support initiatives that clearly target youth in gangs or at greatest risk of joining gangs.