CoSA Canada Inc.: federal grants and contributions: 7 agreements; $16.1M value; 2 departments; 7 programs.
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The purpose of this contribution is to provide funding to CoSA to work with ex-offenders who have committed one or more sexual offences and who require support to live a positive, crime free life.
CoSA Canada supports the safe and healthy reintegration of individuals with a history of sexual offending to prevent recidivism and further victimization. As a national organization, it strengthens local CoSA sites by promoting evidence‑based best practices, fostering partnerships with government and criminal justice stakeholders, and supporting research, public education, and sustainable funding to enhance community safety.
CoSA Canada represents the interests of Circles of Support of and Accountability at the national level and builds capacity of the local CoSA sites to do their work. There are CoSA program sites in fourteen communities across Canada which help individuals who have a history of sexual offending to reintegrate into the community with a support group of training staff and volunteers. CoSA Canada nurtures partnerships with government stakeholders and criminal justice organizations at the national level. In addition, the organization works to develop and champion good practices nationally, ensuring
The Circles of support and Accountability (CoSA) takes a Restorative Justice approach to supporting and holding accountable individuals who have committed sexual offences to reintegrate into the community. During the pandemic, CoSA sites began to experiment with virtual circles using video platforms or phone conferencing. Though in-person circles are preferred over virtual circles in most circumstances, the CoSA network recognizes the opportunity of serving Core Members (CM) who live in more remote communities through this innovation on the model. Remote communities not only cannot sustain a l
This project will enable CoSA Canada to build on their commitment to understand the experiences and needs of victims of sexual harm. CoSA has articulated a clear commitment to restorative justice principles and the centering of victim experience. This project will enable the CoSA Canada network to actualize this commitment in several phases of development including consultation, design, implementation and evaluation.
CoSA Canada Inc. has applied for funding under the Grants Program to National Voluntary Organizations (GP to NVOs) which supports not-for-profit or national voluntary organizations that are active in the area of corrections, conditional release and/or community reintegration. The funding is meant to help these organizations maintain a national structure and cover core operating expenses. In the context of this program, the purpose of the grants is to contribute to the development of criminal justice policies and delivery of services.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.