Grants and Contributions:

The goal of the proposed program is to ensure women who are eligible for a record suspension secure the suspension in a timely and supportive manner; addressing emerging related needs such as financial barriers, trauma, and the need for peer support or accompaniment support. This goal is split into client-focused and organizational-focused outcomes.
The client-focused relevant outcomes measured will be:
• Increased knowledge of record suspension process (immediate)
• Increased access to a supportive record suspension process; (immediate)
• Increased advocacy and navigation skills (intermediate) and
• Increased capacity to reintegrate into one’s community (long term).

The sector/organizational -focused relevant outcomes measured will be:
• Increased sector and organizational capacity to support women seeking record suspensions (immediate);
• Increase number of successful record suspension applications (intermediate); and
• Increased available data identifying challenges within the current system with the intention of improving the process and available supports after this grant ends. (long-term)

The purpose of this amendment is to extend the agreement date to March 31, 2027 and to increase the Public Safety Canada funding amount from $1,080,000.00 to $1,190,000.00.

The Grants and Contributions Program to Voluntary Organizations (GCP VO) supports the development of public safety policies and delivery of services by providing funding to voluntary organizations to maintain a national structure and cover core operating expenses.