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Disclosure of Grant and Contribution Awards
Recipient Name: | Alberta Council of Women's Shelters |
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Location: | Edmonton, Alberta |
Date: | 2009-12-01 |
Value: | $40,824.00 |
Type: | Contribution |
Purpose: | Practical Frameworks for Change addresses the need to improve the level of services for women accessing shelters through the establishment of a standardized set of best practices across Alberta Emergency Shelters. The project, involving 10 Alberta Emergency Shelters, will focus on improving practices in the areas of safety, health, and cultural sensitivity to ensure that women receive improved services. It will involve action-based research, policy/protocol development, and implementation. Through its collaborative approach, the shelter staff will draw first on the learnings from attending the World Conference of Womens Shelters, Discovering the Common Core: Practical Frameworks for Change (Edmonton, September 2008), and secondly upon the learnings and experiences of a broad sampling of Albertas Emergency Shelters and the women they serve, thereby establishing, implementing and evaluating best practices in Safety, Health and Cultural Sensitivity. The result of this initiative will be an improved level of services provided to women accessing shelters, ultimately decreasing their risk of returning to violent situations, and increasing their capacity to build healthy and safe lives for themselves and their children. SUPPLEMENT: To support the convening of an action planning session with provincial and territorial representatives of associations of womens shelters. The representatives will develop a common action plan to facilitate the development of a national exchange of proven, promising and innovative practices from and for shelters. |
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