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SUPPORTS FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME IN MERRITT
October 8, 2009
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
Government is fully funding services for violence against women programs and victims of crime through an investment of $43.5 million province wide.
Funding for local services in Merritt total $150,000 annually. Services include:
- A police based victim service program that provides emotional support, information, referrals and practical assistance to victims of all crime. (There are 94 similar programs across the province)
- A Stopping the Violence program which provides counselling for people who have experienced childhood abuse, sexual assault and violence in their relationships (there are 98 Stopping the Violence Programs elsewhere in the province)
- A Children Who Witness Abuse counselling program for children ages 3 – 18, who have witnessed abuse, threats or violence in the home (there are 89 of these programs across B.C.)
Provincial funding includes:
- $12.34 million for the Crime Victim Assistance Program which covers costs for medical, dental and prescription expenses, counselling services, income support and vocational services, relocation and home-security systems and provides other benefits to assist eligible victims of crime and their families to recover from the impacts of crime.
- $16.9 million for over 250 counselling and outreach services delivered through transition houses. These are services formerly delivered through the Ministry of Housing and Social Development.
- Of that $16.9 million, 12.8 million funds counselling and $3.5 million funds outreach.
$12.52 million for police and community-based victim service programs. - The remainder of the $43.5 million goes to operating costs for the ministry to run these programs.
- The Province also provides a further $32 million through the Ministry of Housing and Social Development to fund 63 transition houses, providing 664 beds in 57 communities as well as 27 safe houses.
- Since 2001 there has been an increase of two transition houses and 11 safe houses.
- All transition houses are now open on a 24/7 basis to provide women with a safe refuge when escaping an abusive relationship.
- In 2003 the province created VictimLINK, a new crisis line for victims of family and sexual violence that gives victims access to help 24 hours a day, seven days a week in over 130 languages.
Letters to the Editor
Oct. 19, 2009
Letter to the Editor
BILL 13 NOT A HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE
By Bill Bennett
Minister of Community and Rural Development
Submitted to: Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province, Nanaimo Daily News, Keremeos Review
Status: Not Published
The legislation before the House relating to signage in Vancouver, Richmond and Whistler authorizes these three municipalities to more swiftly enforce their own municipal bylaws. It most emphatically does not authorize local government to create sign bylaw content that engenders abuse of human rights. [Read More]
