Call for Proposals to Counter Domestic and Family Violence in Indigenous Contexts

Deadline: 12-Jul-2024

The Secrétariat à la condition féminine (SCF) is launching a call for projects to counter domestic and family violence in Indigenous contexts, with the aim of supporting Indigenous communities in developing concrete responses to these issues.

Objectives

The general objectives of this call for proposals are as follows:
- Support impactful projects aimed at preventing domestic and family violence or meeting the needs of First Nations and Inuit women and girls in urban areas and communities who are victims of this type of violence;
- Support the development of culturally appropriate projects related to domestic and family violence projects for First Nations and Inuit men and their families.
Projects must address one or more of the following priorities:
- Promotion, awareness, and prevention regarding domestic and family violence: In particular, this priority aims to support impactful projects that promote awareness of the causes and consequences of domestic and family violence experienced by Indigenous people, as well as encouraging non-violent behaviours.
- Support for victims of domestic and family violence and those around them: Among others, this priority aims to support projects aimed at developing or consolidating aid, self-help, and mentoring services, as well as initiatives to ensure the safety of Indigenous people who have experienced domestic and family violence.
- Recovery and healing: This priority aims to support projects that use culturally appropriate activities to promote the well-being of Indigenous women and men who have experienced domestic and family violence, their entourage, or the community as a whole.
- Knowledge development and transfer: This priority aims to support projects that promote cultural skills and knowledge related to preventing and responding to domestic and family violence in Indigenous contexts, such as projects to teach self-management and relationship conflict management from an Indigenous perspective.
Projects that do not address one of these four priorities, but are relevant and do meet at least one of the two main objectives of the call for projects, will remain eligible. The projects will be chosen based on their quality and expected benefits.

Funding Information

Financial assistance for a single project may not exceed $250,000.

Eligibility Criteria

For the Project
- To be eligible, the project must:
  - span two or three years;
  - be submitted on a complete form (including the budget), signed and accompanied by all required documents, within the set deadlines;
  - meet one of the general objectives of the call for proposals and/or fall within one of the four allocation priorities listed above;
  - be submitted by an eligible applicant;
  - include eligible expenditures;
  - take place in the province of Québec;
  - enable one or more of the following activities:
    - awareness activities
    - training activities
    - intervention activities
    - promotional and dissemination activities
    - tool creation and adaptation
    - support activities for people targeted by the project
    - research, action research, and evaluation activities
    - consultation activities aimed at documenting and prioritizing domestic and family violence issues in Indigenous contexts
For the applicant
- Eligible applicants are:
  - Indigenous non-profit organizations (or their equivalent)
  - Non-indigenous non-profit organizations that provide services to Indigenous people
  - Cooperatives and Indigenous social economy organizations
  - Non-Indigenous cooperatives and social economy organizations that offer services to Indigenous people
  - Indigenous communities recognized by the National Assembly of Québec
  - The Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador and its commissions
  - Post-secondary educational institutions, for expenses not covered by Québec government budget regulations
  - Organizations in the health and social services network, and organizations in the education network, for expenses not covered by Québec government budget regulations

Ineligible

Individuals
Organizations that do not offer services to the Indigenous population
Organizations that are not established in Québec
Private companies and for-profit organizations
Organizations listed in the register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts (RENA)
Bankrupt organizations

Please Note

The organization leading the project must exist and not be in the process of being created when the request is submitted. The call for proposals is designed to provide financial support to partners that are firmly rooted in their communities and have expertise in domestic and family violence in Indigenous contexts.
A non-Indigenous organization may apply, as long as it can demonstrate that it provides services to the Indigenous population or works closely with an Indigenous community or organization.
An organization may submit more than one project. To do so, it must complete one form per project.

For more information, visit Gouvernement du Québec.