Backgrounder

For Immediate Release
October 21, 2005

The government is investing in community-based agencies across Ontario to provide services and resources that empower victims of crime to rebuild their lives. Over $3.1 million is being made available through the Community Grants Program in 2005-2006 to support 71 agencies and fund the most promising local projects.

These grants are being provided through the Victims' Justice Fund (VJF). Money for the VJF is collected through a provincial victim surcharge, which is applied to all fines under the Provincial Offences Act (except parking violations). Federal fine surcharge revenues are also collected for this fund. Money collected through the victim fine surcharge is dedicated to providing services for victims of crime.

Grant Recipients

West Region

• Sexual Assault Crisis Centre of Essex County to receive $45,270.
• The Association for the Elimination of Hate to receive $43,875.
• London Abused Women's Centre to receive $31,483.
• London Interfaith Counselling Centre to receive $50,435.
• M'Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre in Owen Sound to receive $55,600.
• Women's Shelter, Second Stage Housing and Counselling Services of Huron to receive $49,500.
• Victim Services of Windsor and Essex County to receive $40,200.
• Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System of the London Family Court Clinic to receive $48,000.
• Changing Ways to receive $23,800.
• Western Area Youth Services to receive $49,000.
• Children's Aid Society of the County of Bruce to receive $50,370.
• Thames Valley District School Board to receive $55,500.

Central West Region

• KidsLINK/Notre Dame of St. Agatha to receive $29,400.
• Planned Parenthood Society of Hamilton to receive $31,934.
• The Children's Aid Society of Haldimand and Norfolk to receive $49,995.
• Guelph General Hospital - Guelph-Wellington Care and Treatment Centre for Sexual Assault to receive $45,730.
• Sexual Assault Centre of Brant to receive $49,750.
• India Rainbow Community Services of Peel to receive $45,977.
• Wesley Urban Ministries Inc. to receive $21,673.
• The Social Planning Council of Peel to receive $50,000.
• Muslim Community Services to receive $51,980.
• Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton-Wentworth/Niagara to receive $50,000.
• African Community Services of Peel to receive $41,750.
• Wilfrid Laurier University to receive $50,000.
• Catholic Children's Aid Society of Hamilton to receive $8,150.

Toronto Region

• 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations to receive $50,000.
• Working Women Community Centre to receive $50,000.
• Central Neighbourhood House to receive $48,769.
• Thorncliffe Neighbourhood Office to receive $59,077.
• Vision Africana 2000 Cultural Groupe to receive $49,950.
• Ontario Association of Interval & Transitional Houses to receive $50,000.
• FCJ Hamilton House Refugee Project to receive $11,500.
• Le Cercle de l'Excellence Interculturelle et Professionelle de l'Ontario to receive $25,700.
• Africans in Partnership Against AIDS to receive $49,220.
• INTERCEDE for the Rights of Domestic Workers, Caregivers and Newcomers to receive $50,000.
• Eritrean Canadian Community Centre in Toronto to receive $41,112.
• Canadian Mothercraft Society, Toronto, to receive $53,992.

East Region

• Lanark Highlands Youth Centre Inc. to receive $45,356.
• Kingston Police/Kingston Police Service Board to receive $32,100.
• Somali Center for Family Services to receive $45,000.
• Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre to receive $48,000.
• Renfrew County Rape Crisis Sexual Assault Support Centre to receive $49,866.
• Pinecrest-Queensway Health and Community Services to receive $49,952.
• Développement communautaire pour les personnes handicapées to receive $50,000.
• Odawa Native Friendship Centre to receive $49,905.
• Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization to receive $41,480.
• Jewish Family Services of Ottawa to receive $49,100.
• Women's Shelter & Support Services/Bernadette McCann House for Women Inc. to receive $34,000.

Central Region

• Whitepath to receive $49,824.
• Durham Family Court Clinic to receive $47,278.
• Luke's Place Support & Resource Centre for Women and Children to receive $51,653.
• Victoria County Women's Resources Services to receive $51,329.
• Wahta Mohawks First Nation to receive $50,000.
• La Clé d'la Baie en Huronie - Association culturelle francophone to receive $49,775.
• PFLAG (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Canada (York Region Chapter) to receive $45,000.
• Family Services of York Region to receive $50,000.
• Catholic Family Services of Durham to receive $50,000.
• Center for Information and Community Services of Ontario to receive $44,042.
• Youth Emergency Shelter of Peterborough to receive $41,310.

North Region

• Grand Council Treaty # 3 to receive $49,487.
• Centre des ressources familiales de Sturgeon Falls to receive $50,000.
• North Bay & District Association for Community Living to receive $45,775.
• United Native Friendship Centre to receive $14,300.
• Thunder Bay Sexual Assault/Sexual Abuse Crisis and Counselling Centre to receive $59,464.
• Cochrane Ininew Friendship Centre to receive $14,566.
• Weechi-it-te-Win Family Services to receive $52,797.
• Greater City of Sudbury Police Service to receive $50,000.
• Shibogama First Nation Council to receive $56,500.
• The Canadian Red Cross Society - Timmins & District Branch to receive $55,580.
• Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing to receive $48,579.
• Big Sisters of Nipissing to receive $34,000.

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