Interim Place (Peel Committee Against Woman Abuse), Mississauga & Peel Region

This grant funds a full-time Sexual Violence Community Support and Outreach Counselor to deliver support to women who have experienced sexual violence. Counselling supports will be provided to 50 women within a six-month period and bi-weekly counselling sessions will be offered to all participants in the program. A maximum of eight feminist, trauma-informed counselling sessions will be offered. Accompaniments to various appointments, including court and hospital, will be available to women on a case-by-case basis.

Grant amount: $23,000