Child-centred Family Justice Fund - Family Justice Initiatives Component

Objectives

Some parents need support to make decisions about their children's care. They need tools to help them minimize conflict, co-operate and work out child-focused parenting arrangements. Parent education courses, mediation, and other court-related services are all types of services that can be used to achieve these goals.

While the Government of Canada does not provide services to Canadians directly because this is a provincial/territorial responsibility, it is committed to promoting the development and maintenance of family justice services. The Family Justice Initiatives component of the Fund supports provincial and territorial family justice programs and services that assist parents dealing with child support, support enforcement, and parenting arrangement issues (e.g., parenting agreements and orders, contact orders, custody orders and access rights).

Activities

A set of primary areas of activity (PAAs) was identified at the outset of the Strategy by the Department of Justice Canada in consultations with provincial and territorial officials. The PAA's are: (1) coordination of family justice services; (2) development, delivery, enhancement and expansion of innovative family justice programs and services (3) development, delivery and enhancement of dispute resolution mechanisms to determine, vary or recalculate child support amounts (4) development, enhancement and delivery of innovative support enforcement activities (5) support of the enhancement, variation and recognition of inter-jurisdictional support orders (6) research, analysis, monitoring and evaluation of activities; and, (7) public awareness and training.

Who is eligible?

Provincial and territorial departments, agencies, or other organizations designated by provincial and territorial governments as responsible for child support, the enforcement of support orders and agreements and parenting arrangement programs and services are eligible to apply for contribution funding under the Family Justice Initiatives Component.

How to Apply

Proposals are developed by provincial and territorial partners and submitted to the Department of Justice Canada for approval. The Department of Justice's Programs Branch has developed a Funding Guide that helps you prepare an application for funding. The guide provides you with eligibility criteria, information about the application process, an application form, and a glossary of terms.

Contact Information

For further information, you can:

1. Phone the Program Development Unit at 613 957-0642
2. Fax us at 613 952-9600
3. Or write to us at:
   Department of Justice Canada
   Program Development Unit
   Family, Children and Youth Section
   284 Wellington Street
   Ottawa , ON K1A 0H8