SUBJECT: Report on
CPO Funding Allocations 2008
OBJET: Rapport sur les
Allocations de Fonds PCO de 2008
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REPORT RECOMMENDATION
That the Board receive
this report for information.
Que le conseil d’administration prenne connaissance du présent rapport.
According to Crime Prevention Ottawa’s Strategic
Plan, community capacity building and support for community initiatives are
central to Crime Prevention Ottawa’s role as a leadership body. An important element of supporting the
community is providing seed funding to get initiatives started.
In 2008, Crime Prevention Ottawa continued its
innovative partnership with the Community and Protective Services Department:
Cultural Services and Community Funding Branch to work together on a joint
application process. This partnership
approach assists community organizations in a number of ways: agencies had
access to both Community Project and Crime Prevention Ottawa funding
information through joint information packages and four joint information
sessions held across the City and the single application form reduced the
administrative burden on agencies.
Crime Prevention Ottawa Project Funding Priorities – 2008
Crime Prevention Ottawa
gave priority to projects that reduce crime and enhance community safety in
Ottawa through evidence-based crime prevention. Projects were required meet the basic eligibility criteria for
the City of Ottawa Community Funding, including submitting a complete
application, being in good financial standing with the City and were required
to meet all of the Crime Prevention related criteria listed below:
ü
Contribute to the
actualization of Crime Prevention Ottawa’s strategic plan (available at
www.CrimePreventionOttawa.ca) and
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Target specific crime
issues (such as youth gangs or violence against women) and
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Address risk factors
associated with crime (such as family conflict or violence, school drop-out,
youth-at-risk, addictions, social or economic exclusion) and
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Are designed based on
research and effective practices and
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Recipients will work
with Crime Prevention Ottawa on evaluation and on plans for sustainability
Crime Prevention Ottawa received a total of 28 applications for a total
amount requested of $1,358,419.82.
The overwhelming response to the call for proposals indicates a high
interest in, and high need for, crime prevention programming.
Crime Prevention Ottawa created an Allocations Committee made up of
Caroline Andrew from the CPO Board, Peggy Austen, Director of Impact and Investment for Children and
Youth at the United Way/Centraide Ottawa, Simone Thibeault, Executive Director
of the Centretown Community Health Centre, Yolande Cremer, Manager of Community
Funding, City of Ottawa and CPO
staff members Nancy Worsfold and Michael Justinich. To avoid
duplication between between the decisions made by the Allocations Committee of
the Cultural Services and Community Funding Branch and Crime Prevention Ottawa,
Michael Justinich and Nancy Worsfold sat on their Allocations Committee. Please note that the committee had a great
deal of difficulty scheduling a time to meet and when the time arrived that all
had agreed was convenient two people were not able to attend, although one sent
detailed written comments on all applications.
The Allocations Committee recommended
nine proposals for a total of $212,000.
This represents approximately 16% of the total amount requested.
The Allocations Committee reviewed all eligible submissions diligently
and tried to identify a range of Crime Prevention interventions for maximum
impact. There were five key factors in
the committee’s discussions and decision-making:
1.
First and foremost, the
adherence to the basic criteria listed above.
2.
A logical geographic
distribution of the funds (considering both dispersing the funds across the
city and considering our crime mapping which indicated neighbourhoods with higher
needs.)
3.
A distribution of the funds
across a range of subjects (i.e. youth, violence against women, neighbourhood
issues and so on.)
4.
Funding of service delivery
versus funding of community mobilization.
5.
Long-term dependence and
possibilities of sustainability. Please
note that of the seven programs that CPO funded in 2007, four re-applied in
2008 and all four were carried over for a second year. A fifth agency re-applied but for a
different program, it was not successful this year.
All of the projects which Crime Prevention Ottawa selected for funding
met the basic requirement of ccontributing
to CPO’s strategic plan, targeting specific crime issues, addressing risk
factors associated with crime and being designed based on research and
effective practices. As well, all
acknowledged the requirement to work with Crime Prevention Ottawa on evaluation
and on plans for sustainability and development.
Of
the projects funded, three are youth focused:
the Arladun-Somali Canadian Society is running a youth recreation and
engagement program: the Somerset West Community Health Centre is doing a youth
outreach and community development initiative and Family Services Service à la
Famille Ottawa is working with the English school boards on a dating violence
prevention program called In Love and In Danger.
There
are also three projects aimed at preventing domestic violence – and all three
agencies have agreed to work in partnership together to maximize the reach of
their services. The three agencies, the
Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre, Immigrant Women’s Services Ottawa and the Latin
American Women’s Support Organization will be using the model of Neighbours,
Friends and Family to reach out to the whole community and involve everyone in
efforts to end woman abuse.
Two
other projects are neighbourhood based mobilization projects: United Neighbours
in Bay Ward in the west end and the Lowertown East Safety Committee. Both of these projects are now in their
second year of funding from Crime Prevention Ottawa.
One
small project, the renewal of the volunteer training materials at Canadian
Mothercraft is an early prevention project that seeks to help families with a
healthy, abuse-free start.
Crime Prevention Ottawa
staff will continue to work closely with all of the projects to encourage good
evaluation plans and to help develop sustainable sources of funding.
For a full list of the
successful applicants please see the attached table.
2008 Crime Prevention Ottawa Project Funding
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Agency |
Amount, history and notes on Sustainability |
Project title and description
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Expected Outputs
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Expected Outcomes
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Relationship to CPO Strategic Plan
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Partnerships |
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Arladun
Somali-Canadian Society 2487 Kaladar Ave, Suite 202 Ottawa K1V 8B9 |
$17,000 New
project. |
“Youth Involvement in
Recreation As Crime Prevention Tool”
This
comprehensive recreation and training program will explore these factors such
as unemployment and marginalization and will strive to offer alternative
approaches and interventions by engaging youth and involving them in
recreation and other programs. As a
pilot initiative, the program will particularly work with those who are at
risk of manifesting potentially risk behaviours by targeting 120 youth
between the ages of 12-18 years over a period of one year. |
120 youth will be engaged
in recreational programming at least once a week. The flexible program will
focus on the summer months, the week-ends, and targeted after school periods. Parental participation
will include: ▪ Assistance in recruitment of participants ▪ Cross-cultural
parenting education; - family picnics to increase family
cohesion and positive interaction. |
Increased
involvement of youth in recreational
and leadership activities in order to contribute to pro-social
behaviour. Improved
problem solving skills, self-confidence and self-control. Decrease
in inter-generational conflict. |
Contributes to: -the CPO priority on youth -a
focus on a known risk factor in an at-risk population |
Partnering with the Somali
Centre for Family Services. |
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Canadian
Mothercraft of Ottawa- Carleton 475
Evered Ave Ottawa K1Z 5K9 |
$6,000 Time limited project, no
sustainability issues. |
“Birth and Parent Companion
Program Volunteer Training Materials Renewal” Many studies highlight
the significant impact of parenting mentors and home visitor programs in
Crime Reduction, Violence Reduction and Addiction Support. This project will update existing training
materials into a modular, current, cohesive, adult-learner friendly, culturally
sensitive set of materials that may be used together or separately to suit
the needs of the volunteers in each of the aspects of our program: Birth Companions, Parent Companions and
the Network.
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An updated volunteer
training manual will be completed. The manual will be culturally sensitive, suitable to adult
learners and which adheres to Health Canada guidelines.
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Volunteer training will
improve. Volunteers will be better
equipped to support and mentor
high-risk mothers. The long term
outcome intended is improved parenting on the part of high risk mothers. |
Contributes to: -a focus on a known risk
factor with evidence based tools -the CPO priority on
building capacity in the community and building partnerships |
Catholic Immigration Centre, City of Ottawa Public
Health, St. Mary’s Home, Wabano
Centre for Aboriginal Health, Childrens Aid Society, Carlington CHC,
Pincrest-Queensway CHC, Centretown
CHC, Hintonburg Community Centre, Early Years Centre |
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Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre 2339 Ogilvie Road Gloucester, ON K1J 8M6 |
$38,000 (2007 -
$25,000) CPO Adhoc Committee on
VAW is strategizing on long term funding. |
Neighbours, Friends and Families
By building local response
to domestic violence, Neighbours, Friends and Family undertakes community
education and community building to increase awareness of victim’s issues and
support women victims of violence. |
A community committee
will continue to meet and include other projects, at least 20 training
sessions will be delivered, PSAs will be promoted.
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Community leaders and residents will feel more comfortable
talking about family violence and will reach out to families in crisis. More knowledge in the community about
community services and possible referrals for families. The cycle of violence in families will be
broken. |
Contributes to: -the CPO priority on
violence against women issues -the CPO priority on
building capacity in the community and building partnerships |
A steering committee with
partners from other agencies and institutions such as: The Ottawa Police,
service providers working to end violence against women, e.g. members of
OTEVAW |
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Family Services à la famille
Ottawa 312 Parkdale Ave Ottawa K1Y 4X5 |
$30,000 (2006 - $35,000)+(2007 - $1,250) |
“In Love & in
Danger”
For the past seven years,
Family Services à la famille Ottawa, the Ottawa-Carleton District School
Board, and Ottawa –Carleton School Board have collaborated to deliver an
innovative high-school based violence prevention and education program. It trains teams of student leaders to educate
their peers about preventing relationship violence. Now, we are ready to integrate the conferences into the grade 9
and 11 health and physical education curricula. For schools that are implementing the Fourth R curriculum, In Love & in Danger teams will form the safe schools
committees that educate their peers. |
A youth conference will be
held on the subject of dating violence.
Culminating performances tasks will be created to support teachers and
to support the integration of the program with the Fourth R curriculum. Teachers will be supported in activities
relevant to dating violence. |
Teens in grades 9-11 will
have to tools they need to form healthy and equal relationships. There will be a decrease in dating
violence. |
Contributes to: -the CPO priority on
violence against women issues -the CPO priority on
building capacity in the community and building partnerships |
The key partners of the
project are the Ottawa Carleton District School Board and the Ottawa Catholic
School Board. |
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Immigrant
Women Services Ottawa 219 Argyle Ave Suite 400 Ottawa K2P 2H4 |
$35,000 |
“Working Together to
End Violence Against Women”
IWSO will develop and implement a project
entitled “Working Together to End Violence Against Women” in partnership with
the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and the Somali Centre for Family
Services.
The project will seek
to engage specific ethnic/linguistic religious communities including the
Arabic, Somali, Hindi and Punjabi speaking communities. The project will also link to the results of
CPO’s March 6 meeting with the Muslim community on the subject of violence
against women.
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60 community champions
will be trained, at least 10 presentations will be made, and at least 5 key
organizations or Mosques will be engaged in discussions of ending violence
against women. |
Community leaders and
residents in targeted linguistic communities will feel more comfortable
talking about family violence and will reach out to families in crisis. More knowledge in the community about
community services and possible referrals for families. The cycle of violence in families will be
broken. |
Contributes to: -the CPO priority on
violence against women issues -the CPO priority on
building capacity in the community and building partnerships |
The Canadian Council or Muslim
Women, the Somali Centre for Family Services and the Neighbours, Friends and
Family Steering committee |
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Latin
American Women's Support Organization 420
Cooper St. Ottawa K2P 2N6 |
$15,000 |
“Reaching out to Neighbours, Friends and Families-Apoyandonos entre vecinos, amigos y familias (AVAF)” The Reaching Out to
neighbours, Friends and Families/Apoyandonos entre Amigos, Vecinos y Familias
(AVAF) Project builds on the results of a MAG-funded NFF campaign with the
Latin American community supported by a network of community leaders and
Hispanic service providers, the project will use a community
capacity-building framework to provide education, prevention, information and
referrals; develop and train community champions; and establish and sustain
partnerships.
Key activities;
educational workshops for women, families, and service providers; community
forums with police and CAS; training for violence-prevention champions; and a
culturally appropriate Spanish language media campaign.
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A communications/ media
plan will be developed and implemented.
At least 6 targeted trainings or community presentation will be
delivered, at least one community forum will be organized, and at least 15
community champions will be trained. |
Community leaders and
residents in the Spanish speaking communities will feel more comfortable
talking about family violence and will reach out to families in crisis. More knowledge in the community about
community services and possible referrals for families. The cycle of violence in families will be
broken. |
Contributes to: -the CPO priority on
violence against women issues -the CPO priority on
building capacity in the community and building partnerships |
Centretown CHC, South East
Ottawa CHC, Sainte Famille Church, IWSO, and the Neighbours, Friends and
Family Steering committee |
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Lowertown East Security Committee of Ottawa 40 Cobourg St. Ottawa, ON K1N 8Z6 |
$24,000 2007 -
$20,000 Also have funding from
Trillium Foundation. Connection with community
development agenda? |
“Safe and Healthy
Community: Long term vision”
The Safe and Healthy
Community project is directly aimed at bringing down the barriers between
community members and each other, the law and community organizations. It is the result of 18 months of meetings,
community based programming and research undertaken by the community
stakeholders of the Lowertown East Security Committee of Ottawa(LESCO). |
Activities will
include: monthly community dinners, summer activities in the Park, prevention
workshops, a community forum and other activities.
A community coalition
will be built. And an Ad Hoc residents committee will be created. |
Community
awareness of and participation in crime prevention and other community
activities will increase. Community
cohesion will improve. Community-police
relationships will improve. A crime
prevention framework will be established. |
Contributes
to: -the CPO priority on high
crime neighbourhoods -the CPO priority on
building capacity in the community and building partnerships |
LESCO partnership include:
Action-Housing, Le Patro, Lowertown Community Resource Centre, Ottawa
Community Housing, Good Neighbours Community House, Ottawa Police, Options
Bytown, Vieillir Chez Soi, Couns Bedard’s office, Lowertown residents |
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Pinecrest-Queensway Health and Community Services 1365 Richmond Road, 2nd
Floor Ottawa, ON K2B 6R7 |
$30,000
(2007- $30,000) Connection with community
development agenda? |
“United
Neighbours-Phase 2”
United
Neighbours-Phase 2 is a participatory action project that seeks to develop
recommendations based on needs identified through a mass community research
project. These recommendations will
be formulated into action plans revolving around sustainable community
develop and strategic planning through working groups, all of which are
underscored by crime prevention theory and praxis. Using a community mobilization approach, building of the
successful model, “No Community Left Behind”, will identify risk and
protective factors for residents in west-end Ottawa, assess needs within the
community directly related to crime prevention and map our programs and
services that address these needs. |
A community action
plan will be developed. Partnerships
will be built.
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Increased
numbers of community members knowledgeable about and involved in crime prevention,
increased community cohesion, joint vision on youth crime, action plans
developed, communication plan developed, implementation plan developed. |
Contributes
to: -the CPO priority on high
crime neighbourhoods -test case for a suburban
neighbourhood -the
CPO priority on building capacity in the community and building partnerships |
Partners: OPS, Bay Ward
Safety Committee, YSB, CAS, Neighbourhood Watch, Tenants Associations,
Community Houses, Seniors Services, West End
Chaplaincy, business, Boys and Girls Club, Ottawa Community Housing,
Schools, City of Ottawa, local churches, and local businesses. |
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Somerset
West Community Health Center 55
Eccles St. Ottawa K1R 6S3 |
$17,000 |
“You(th) Can Do it”
A community initiative
that addresses gaps in youth programs within the Hintonburg, Mechaniscville
and Rochester Heights communities (included would be those individuals
residing in the Emergency Shelter on Forward Avenue) This prevention project
focuses on addressing the root causes of crime through promoting the healthy
development of youth. The aim is to
reduce isolation, encourage healthy peer interactions and promote social
inclusion. This will be achieved
through structured community-based youth programs, community outreach, and
youth-led community development. |
Outreach workers will
conduct an extensive outreach program to connect youth to services, will
develop services as identified needs arise and will also develop a youth
community development plan.
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Decreased
youth crime, vandalism, and substance use.
Increased youth programming and youth participation in programming. Decreased
family stress. |
Contributes to: -the CPO priority on youth -a focus on a known risk
factor in an at-risk population |
The Door Youth Centre,
Hintonburg Community Centre |
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