Youth Justice Fund: Guns, Gangs and Drugs

Objectives

The Guns, Gangs and Drugs component responds to youth involved in the justice system and involved in, or vulnerable to, gun, gang and drug activities. It promotes the provision of community-based educational, cultural, sporting and vocational opportunities to these youth to allow them to make “smart choices” and resist gang involvement or exit gangs.

The Guns, Gangs and Drugs component can support a wide range of activities. These include issue-specific, arts/cultural, educational and sport programming, skills development and vocational training.  Approaches that link youth to community programs; bring stakeholders together to share best practices; develop a knowledge base on interventions that effectively address needs or enhance program delivery for youth; or develop and implement other models that help youth resist gang involvement or exit gangs can also be funded.

Funding Priorities

For general information on eligible activities, see Youth Justice Fund.  For a full listing of eligible activities, see Terms and Conditions for Youth Justice Fund Grants and Terms and Conditions for Youth Justice Fund Contributions.

For further information, please contact:

Lise Lamontagne
Program Analyst
Youth Justice Fund, Youth Justice Policy
Department of Justice Canada
180 Elgin Street, 7th Floor
Ottawa, ON   K1A 0H8
Phone: 613-941-4179
Fax: 613-954-3275
Email: lise.lamontagne@justice.gc.ca
Website: http://canada.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/yj-jj/fund-fond/fund-fond.html