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Title:

Engaging & Working with Community and Justice Partners to Promote Child and Youth Safety Wellbeing.

Agreement Number:

GV230307

Agreement Value:

$294,356.00

Agreement Date:

Sep 4, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026

Description:

Through this 31-month project, Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia will scale an existing promising practice to strengthen the GBV sector to prevent re-victimization and recurring trauma, and to promote better outcomes for families and children in the Nova Scotia justice system. It will address the need to understand how domestic violence and interactions with the justice system impact child well-being, and to better understand the particular risk to safety that children and survivors face when navigating parental separation and the family justice system. To do so, the project will scale the National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book and associated training and engagement to support service provision amongst legal and community stakeholders in the context of family violence. The project will undertake engagement, network building and knowledge mobilization activities, as well as develop materials and training for lawyers, the public and community service providers. Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia will engage community and legal experts in the building of a resource database and will share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand up on it.

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:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA B3H 4R2

Reference Number:

001-2023-2024-Q2-00008

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia Ltd

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.