Family Violence Prevention Program – Canada

Deadline: 19-Jul-24

The Family Violence Prevention Program (FVPP) is providing vital services to Indigenous women, children, families and 2SLGBTQI+ people facing family violence and funds service delivery activities and key supports to help prevent family violence.

FVPP funds Indigenous-led, culturally-appropriate and community-driven, service delivery family violence prevention activities across Canada.

This call for proposals supports family violence prevention and direct service delivery activities that focus on Inuit, Métis, Indigenous 2SLGBTQI+ people and urban populations. The primary focus of proposed activities must be on family violence prevention, and the client base must be predominantly Indigenous.

Objectives

• The objective of the FVPP is to improve the safety and well-being of Indigenous peoples, families and communities.
• The FVPP aims to fund protection and family violence prevention services for Indigenous women, children and families across Canada. This includes:
  • First Nations
  • Inuit
  • Métis
  • Urban
  • Two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual + (2SLGBTQQIA+) people
• Funding recipients provide Indigenous peoples with individual and family services that are developed and implemented through an Indigenous lens, focusing on the specific family violence prevention needs of the communities. The intention of the program is to help Indigenous individuals and communities:
  • protect individuals and families at risk of violence
  • provide family violence prevention supports that allow individuals and families to better care for themselves and their children
  • become more self-sufficient

Prioritized Themes

• Activities that address at least 1 of the below themes will be prioritized:
  • outreach to Indigenous women, children, youth and 2SLGBTQI+ people on the prevention of family violence
  • empowerment of Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people to reduce the risk of vulnerability to family violence
  • addressing the vulnerability to family violence associated with the transition to living in environments away from First Nations, Inuit or Métis traditional lands and communities
  • service supports for Indigenous men and boys on the prevention of family violence
  • services supports for survivors of family violence and reducing vulnerability to human trafficking and sexual exploitation
  • wrap-around services and case management for survivors of family violence
• If your project does not address at least 1 of these themes, please note in your cover letter how it addresses a specific need in your community.

Components

• The Family Violence Prevention Program has the following components:
  • Operations for shelters and transitional (second stage) housing
    • Funding to support the operations of emergency shelter and transition homes that serve Indigenous women, children and families across Canada, including First Nations, Inuit, Métis, urban and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people
  • Family violence prevention and awareness
    • Funding for culturally-appropriate community-driven family violence prevention activities to raise awareness and focus on First Nations, Inuit, Métis, urban and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people facing gender-based family violence such as public awareness campaigns, conferences, workshops, stress and anger management seminars and support groups
    • Funding for engagement and community family violence prevention activities to raise awareness and focus on Métis women, girls, as well as 2SLGBTQQIA+ people
  • Capacity building
    • To support program objectives, the FVPP also provides funding to the National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence to provide a national coordinating role by supporting shelters and their staff through training forums, gatherings, the development and distribution of resource materials, and collaboration with key partners

Funding Information

• Proposals can range from short term activities with a smaller budget (such as $50,000 for 1 year) to multi-year projects in the average upper range of $100,000 per year.

Expected Outcomes

• The purpose of the program is to:
  • fund and support core facility operations and services for Indigenous women, children and families facing gender-based violence across Canada, including First Nations, Inuit, Métis, urban and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people
  • deliver effective supports and culturally-appropriate family violence prevention activities
• Immediate: 1 to 2 years
  • Indigenous families, children and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people facing gender-based violence have access to a continuum of supports, which includes:
    • increased shelter space for Indigenous peoples across Canada
    • increased transitional (second stage) housing for Indigenous peoples across Canada
    • culturally-appropriate supports and family violence prevention activities are defined and led by Indigenous organizations and communities, including First Nations, Inuit, Métis, urban and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people
    • increased engagement of men and boys in ending violence towards women and children
• Intermediate: 3 to 5 years
  • Indigenous women, children, families and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people receive enhanced services and participate in family violence prevention activities, which includes:
    • services and supports from Indigenous-led shelters and transitional (second stage) housing facilities
    • community-based and culturally-appropriate supports and family violence prevention activities for First Nations, Inuit, Métis, urban and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people
    • violence prevention activities for Indigenous men and boys
• Ultimate: 5 years and beyond
  • The safety and security of Indigenous women, children, families and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people are improved.

Eligible Activities

• Proposed activities should be:
  • Indigenous-led
  • culturally-appropriate
  • community-driven
  • directly linked to family violence prevention services that serve predominantly Indigenous clients
• Eligible activities include, but are not limited to:
  • front line service delivery projects, such as:
    • enhanced wrap-around services
    • case management
    • land-based activities
    • culturally appropriate mental health and addiction supports
    • stress and anger management seminars
    • support groups
  • programs to reduce the risk of sexual exploitation
  • family violence conferences and workshops

Eligibility Criteria

• First Nations, governments and communities in Canada, including bands, district, tribal councils and associations
• Inuit representative organizations, governments and communities
• Métis representative organizations and settlements
• Indigenous organizations
• National Indigenous organizations
• Municipalities
• Non-governmental and voluntary associations and organizations, including non-profit corporations
• Educational or research institutions and associations
• Non-Indigenous organizations, including provincial, territorial and municipal governments, are only eligible for funding if they can demonstrate meaningful support from and partnership with the Indigenous clients they expect to serve.
• Activities where the majority of clients or participants are Indigenous will be prioritized.
• Indigenous organizations, associations and societies that have violence prevention as part of their mandate or who have partnered with these organizations may also be prioritized.
• A recipient must have the legal capacity to enter into a funding agreement, such as being incorporated.
• On an exceptional basis, individuals conducting family violence prevention activities can be considered for funding but they must be associated with an Indigenous community or organization. This must be demonstrated by providing letters of support.

For more information, visit Indigenous Services Canada.