Debra Dynes Family House - OM for/pour Community Resilience and Trauma Centre (RTRC)

Debra Dynes Family House - OM for/pour Community Resilience and Trauma Centre (RTRC)

Grant programYouth Opportunities Fund
Grant typeYOF - Youth Innovations
Amount awarded$255,000
Duration36 months
Year2018-2019
Location served
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Population servedBlack/Afro-diasporic/Afro-Caribbean and/or Afro-Latinx youth, Newcomer youth, Racialized youth (other than Black youth), Youth at-risk of dropping out or have dropped out of school, Youth in low-income situations or from low-income families, Youth living with disabilities or special needs between the ages of 12 to 29, Youth vulnerable of becoming or are in conflict with the law
Age group15 to 19 years, 20 to 25 years, 12 to 29 years for youth with special needs or disabilities
Description$255,000 over 36 months to conduct community-based research exploring how a lack of belonging, discrimination, and social isolation contribute to racialized young men feeling disengaged from society and engaging in street level violence in Ottawa.
Grant resultAddressing racism and its impacts on youth in urban, rural and/or Northern communities