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Priorities for the regional call for proposals (Ontario)

Funding is available for projects in Ontario that adopt Crime Prevention through Social Development (CPSD) as a primary approach to address risk factors that contribute to crime and victimization.  Ontario Region has articulated its funding priorities towards those projects that use a partnership-based approach to support comprehensive initiatives focused on the following priority groups and issues: children (0-12); youth (12-18); personal security and interpersonal violence; and Aboriginal communities.

For the Fiscal Year 2006/2007, CPAF funding in Ontario Region will give priority to the following issues and groups:

Children (0-12)

• Prevention of gang involvement;
• Children of incarcerated parents;
• Children at-risk of being placed in-care, or children who already are in-care;
• Children under the age of 12 who have committed criminal acts;

Youth (12-18)

• Prevention or intervention in gang-involvement;
• Youth at-risk of being placed in-care, or youth who already are in-care;
• Youth in rural communities who are engaged in various antisocial behaviours, including substance abuse and violence;
• Prevention and intervention of bullying in secondary schools.

Personal Security and Interpersonal Violence

• Victimization of men/women in domestic settings, including both prevention and intervention approaches;
• Prevention of the victimization of members of the LGBTTQ communities;
• Prevention of aggressive/violent behaviours amongst girls;
• Prevention of hate-crimes based upon ethnocultural identities;
• Newcomer communities whose members have experienced prior victimization and trauma in their country-of-origin.

Aboriginal Communities

• Projects focused on preventing victimization and criminality amongst Aboriginal communities in urban settings;
• Projects that encompass any of the priority areas listed above, but are specific to Aboriginal communities.

The deadline to submit applications is February 24, 2006.

Please send two copies of your completed application forms and all supporting documentation to:

National Crime Prevention Centre
2 Bloor Street East
Suite 2102
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 1A8
Attention:  Crime Prevention Action Fund