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Title:

Empowering Youth: A Project for Young Trafficked Survivors (York Region)

Agreement Number:

HT20410

Agreement Value:

$186,581.00

Agreement Date:

Jan 4, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 38-month project with the Women’s Support Network of York Region will develop and implement an intervention model that entails the provision of support and life choice options, community resources and self-efficacy development via trauma counselling, case management, advocacy, and program management and clinical supervision, with expertise in youth survivors of sexual violence to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for survivors of human trafficking. This will be achieved by providing individual crisis intervention, counselling, safety planning, mental health and substance abuse supports, support with systems navigation, access to healthcare, legal support, housing, education and job connections, and evaluation. At the end of the project, the organization will have engaged and supported clients to develop their individual capacities and skills, to determine the course of their lives and community, and be empowered and supported in their natural abilities and capacities to handle their own affairs with maximized social well-being. The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

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

Location:

Newmarket, Ontario, CA L3Y 7B7

Reference Number:

001-2020-2021-Q4-00056

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Women's Support Network of York Region

Program:

Gender-Based Violence Program

Program Purpose:

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.