Grants and Contributions:

Support, Empower, Access: A holistic approach to supporting survivors of trafficking

HT20281

$400,000.00

Mar 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

This 37-month project with the Association for New Canadians will develop and implement promising intervention practises to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in Newfoundland and Labrador. These goals will be achieved by developing and implementing the Support, Empower, Access (SEA) program, which will support, empower and enhance access to programs and services through shared expertise and experience regarding sex and labour trafficking. The project will also develop and recommend best practices for supporting immigrants and migrants who have survived or are at risk of trafficking in their home country, during migration, or while living in Newfoundland and Labrador. The project will also develop a peer leadership model that will incorporate recommendations from health professionals, government and non-profit organizations, and those with lived experience. At the end of the project, the organization will have the capacity to provide and offer trauma-informed services to victims and survivors. Immigrant and migrant survivors of human trafficking that occurred pre-migration will have the necessary support post-migration to ensure their successful settlement and prevent sexual and labour trafficking for those at risk post-migration. The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the promising practices' success and scalability.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.

St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, CA A1C 2E6

001-2020-2021-Q4-00028

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Association for New Canadians

Gender-Based Violence Program

The purpose of the GBV Program is to strengthen the GBV sector to address gaps in supports for two groups of survivors: 1) Indigenous women and their communities, and 2) underserved populations (including women living with a disability, non-status/refugee /immigrant women, LGBTQ2S, gender non-conforming people and ethno-cultural women) in Canada. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to improve supports to help create long-term, comprehensive solutions at the national, regional, and local levels.