Victims Fund agreement with the Province of British Columbia
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Victims Fund
The Victims Fund is a grants and contributions program administered by Justice Canada. Funds are available each year to provinces, territories and non-governmental organizations whose projects and activities support the objectives of the Federal Victims Strategy.
The Victims Fund supports projects and activities that:
- enhance victim assistance programs across Canada;
- promote access to justice and participation in the justice system and the development of laws, policies, and programs;
- promote the implementation of principles, guidelines, and laws designed to address the needs of victims of crime and articulate their role in the criminal justice system;
- contribute to increased knowledge and awareness of the impact of victimization, the needs of victims of crime, available services, assistance and programs, and legislation; and
- promote, encourage and/or enhance governmental and non-governmental organizations' involvement in the identification of victims' needs and gaps in services, as well as in the development and delivery of programs, services and assistance to victims, including capacity building within non-governmental organizations.
More information is available on the Department of Justice Canada's website.
Enhancing and Supporting Services to Victims in British Columbia
Enhancing and Supporting Services to Victims in British Columbia is a five year project (April 1, 2016 - March 31, 2021) that is being delivered by the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Branch of the British Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. The project includes 11 primary activities that include pilot projects, building service delivery capacity, networking, training sessions and raising awareness. The anticipated outcomes of the activities include:
- better coordination between victim service providers and police investigators in homicide cases;
- better planning and delivery of local victim services in a number of remote and Aboriginal communities;
- provincial networks of Child Advocacy Centres and Domestic Violence Units will have been established;
- increased awareness about the services available to victims of crime;
- improved response to trafficked children and youth through training for youth serving agencies and social workers;
- enhanced trauma-informed support for victims and survivors of crime by training and educating criminal justice system personnel in line with recommendations from British Columbia's Fifth Justice Summit; and
- Improved consistency in implementing a provincial sexual assault policy by training for service providers.
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July 2016
Department of Justice Canada
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