Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention Fund

The Northern and Indigenous Crime Prevention Fund (NICPF) supports the adaptation, development, implementation and evaluation of innovative and promising culturally sensitive crime prevention practices which address known risk and protective factors to reduce the vulnerability to crime and promote community safety approaches in Indigenous communities both on and off-reserve and in the North. The NICPF also focuses on building capacity and knowledge to identify and promote Indigenous crime prevention and community safety best practices.

Objectives

In order to effect positive changes in risk and protective factors and foster crime prevention in Northern and Indigenous communities, the NICPF will :

• support the adaptation, development, implementation and evaluation of innovative and promising culturally sensitive crime prevention practices which address known risk and protective factors to reduce vulnerability to crime among at-risk population, particularly children, youth, and high risk offenders in communities;
• Support the dissemination of knowledge and the development of crime prevention and community safety tools and resources for Indigenous and northern populations;
• Support capacity building as part of the implementation of culturally sensitive crime prevention practices among Indigenous and northern populations.

Date modified:

2024-11-01