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Feds spending $5.1 million on intimate partner violence groups in N.S.

By Jacob Moore Apr 3, 2025 | 2:44 PM

Organizations that deal with intimate partner violence are getting more money from the federal government for prevention and support services.

Twenty-eight groups in Nova Scotia are getting a total $5.1 million as part of a federal program, which the province signed onto a few years ago, according to a news release.

It’s the second year of funding. Last year was the first, which gave $3.1 million to several groups for a total of 16 projects.

Of the 28 projects, 26 will get funding for several years “to ensure long-term impact,” the release said.

Seven women and one man have been killed as a result of intimate partner violence since October.

Here’s a list from the province of all the projects that are part of second year of funding:

  • Access to Justice and Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality — free legal advice to transition house clients to support them in addressing intimate partner violence through family and civil justice systems
  • Adsum House, Halifax Regional Municipality — financial support for women and families experiencing gender-based violence
  • Adsum House, Halifax Regional Municipality — wraparound supports to help families find safe and affordable housing free from violence
  • Africadian Empowerment Academy, Halifax Regional Municipality — social and employment programs rooted in Afrocentrism for youth of African descent
  • Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre, Antigonish and Guysborough counties — culturally relevant programming for Indigenous and Black and African Nova Scotians
  • Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre — healthy relationship programming
  • Atlantic Muslim Resource Centre, Halifax Regional Municipality — gender-based violence programming and supports for men and boys from the faith-based community
  • Be The Peace Institute, Halifax Regional Municipality — two-day event to bring together the gender-based violence sector in an effort to foster collaboration (one-year funding)
  • Bridges Institute, Colchester County — healthy relationship programming for young men and boys in grades 6 to 9
  • Bridges Institute, Colchester County — outreach to and counselling for Indigenous and African Nova Scotian men
  • Coverdale Justice Society, Halifax Regional Municipality — programming for 2SLGBTQI+ people in the criminal justice system who have experienced gender-based violence
  • Delmore (Buddy) Daye Learning Institute, Halifax Regional Municipality — series of virtual and in-person events that engage Black and African Nova Scotian women leaders
  • Elizabeth Fry Society of Cape Breton, Cape Breton Regional Municipality — gender-based violence supports
  • Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality — employment readiness, economic wellness programming for criminalized women and gender-diverse individuals
  • Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality — sexual health education program
  • Family Services of Eastern Nova Scotia, provincewide — prevention programming for men and boys
  • Get Everyone Online (GEO) Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality — exploring assistive technology for women with disabilities (one-year funding)
  • Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality — accessible, multilingual information resources to improve legal materials for victims of intimate partner violence
  • Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Halifax Regional Municipality — programming for Indigenous youth with a focus on gender-based violence
  • Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Halifax Regional Municipality — peer-to-peer training and education to address healthy relationships and responses to trauma
  • Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Halifax Regional Municipality — gender-based violence supports for at-risk Indigenous youth
  • Nova Scotia Association of Black Social Workers, Halifax Regional Municipality — microgrants to support Black and African Nova Scotian community-centred approaches to gender-based violence
  • Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities, provincewide — improving supports for women with disabilities who experience gender-based violence
  • Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association, Colchester County — programming for Indigenous women at-risk or experiencing gender-based violence
  • Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association, Colchester County — funding for an Indigenous-led empowerment fund
  • Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association, Colchester County — addressing the issue of sexual violence
  • Women’s Centres Connect, provincewide — development of a streamlined data collection system
  • YWCA Halifax, Halifax Regional Municipality — safe housing and wraparound supports for women fleeing human trafficking
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