A total of $720,000 is available for organizations that help resolve disputes and promote meaningful alternative dispute resolutions that hold offenders accountable while addressing victims’ needs. This approach provides better outcomes for victims, lowers reoffending rates and helps ease the burden on the court system. Last year, funding went to 22 organizations.
Non-profits can apply for individual grants of up to $50,000. Eligible non-profits include organizations with non-profit legal status, community-based organizations, Indigenous communities and youth justice committees. Funding for the grant program is made available through the Victims of Crime and Public Safety Fund.
Related Updates:
Empowering communities to boost access to justice (January 30, 2024)
New program to house, help Indigenous women who are released from jail opens in Saskatoon (April 14, 2023)
New Indigenous Justice Centre coming to Kelowna (March 31, 2023)
Manitoba Indigenous organizations taking the lead on court supports (February 7, 2023)
Restorative Research, Innovation and Education Lab at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University (March 14, 2022)
BC First Nations Justice Strategy (January 20, 2022)
Opposition to Gladue Reports (January 6, 2022)