Grants and Contributions:
Increased knowledge of culturally relevant crime prevention resources, tools and best practices; increased skills to adapt and/or to deliver effective crime prevention practices; increased programming and support for the target population; and target populations are reached through supports and interventions; and positive changes in risk and protective factors, resulting in a reduction of violence in numbers and intensity among the targeted population.AG53
The program purpose is to provide support in the adaptation, development and implementation of innovative and promising culturally sensitive crime prevention practices which address known risk and protective factors to reduce offending among at-risk children and youth, and high risk offenders in communities; the dissemination of knowledge and the development of tools and resources for Aboriginal and northern populations; capacity building as a means to explore ways to develop or implement culturally sensitive crime prevention practices among Aboriginal and northern populations.