Deadline: 18-Mar-22
The Government of Canada has announced the applications for the Grants and Contributions Program to National Voluntary Organizations to provide funding to support eligible recipients that offer legitimate, government-funded record suspension (pardon) application support services.
Funding these services will help marginalized communities access record suspensions (pardons) and ultimately facilitate their access to meaningful employment, housing, education and other necessities to support a sustained rehabilitation and reintegration into society.
Objectives
- In the context of the Program at large, the purpose of the grants and contributions is to contribute to the development of criminal justice policies and delivery of services.
- The specific objective of the contribution stream is to provide funding for NVOs to create or expand application support services for individuals with criminal records looking to apply for a record suspension (pardon).
Principles
The key principles listed below will guide the Program in this solicitation. Applicants must apply all of these principles to their proposals when submitting a request for funding:
- Evidence-based: Proposals are supported by meaningful data and demonstrate the need to support individuals, particularly from marginalized communities, that have a criminal record apply for a record suspension (pardon). Funding applications must include monitoring plans to assess the outcomes and impacts of planned activities.
- Cultural competence and safety: Where applicable, projects recognize and work to address unequal power relations between service providers and service recipients by building equitable, two-way relationships characterized by respect, shared responsibility, and cultural exchange.
- Organizational Capacity and Stability: Recipients have the capacity and financial stability to deliver on their mandate and undertake new initiatives that support the objectives of the Program.
Funding Information
- The Program has set aside $18,000,000 in funding for this solicitation.
- An applicant may request funding for their project up to a maximum of $300,000 per fiscal year for the duration of the project.
Eligible Activities
The funding provided under the contribution stream can be used to deliver direct support services to individuals with criminal records looking to apply to the Parole Board of Canada for a record suspension (pardon), which can include:
- Determining clients’ eligibility for a record suspension (pardon);
- Subsidies for additional documentation costs (e.g., court records, police records, fingerprinting);
- Application completion support;
- Mailing services;
- Internet/computer services;
- Liaising with court, local police or RCMP personnel;
- Creation of communications products related project services; and
- Training, education, or workshops related to accessing the Record Suspension (Pardon) Program.
Eligibility Criteria
- The class of eligible recipients are Canadian not-for-profit bodies or national voluntary organizations that provide services in the area of corrections, conditional release and/or community reintegration, and therefore contribute directly to public safety.
- Crown Corporations, for profit groups, provinces, territories and individuals are not eligible for funding under the GCP NVO.
For more information, visit https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/cntrng-crm/crrctns/ntnl-vlntry-rgnztns/pplctn-gd-en.aspx