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Disclosure of Grant and Contribution Awards
| Recipient Name: | Shelternet for Abused Women |
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| Location: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Date: | 2008-03-03 |
| Value: | $642,658.00 |
| Type: | Grant |
| Purpose: | The pilot project will test a newly designed e-Services program that facilitates immediate and interactive communication between an e-Counsellor and abused women to provide non-crisis support including a safety assessment and appropriate advice and references by the e-Counsellor. ‘’Online Counselling for Abused Women’’ is a progressive technology project to increase access to safe and secure online counselling for women. The project is an expanded pilot project that will test the e-Service through computers in shelters across the country and provide training to shelter staff so they can assist the women in accessing the service. 12 provincial/territorial shelter associations will participate in a selection process to ensure broad representation from diverse populations of women. Shelternet will work with Francophone from Quebec and outside Quebec; Aboriginal, Immigrant/Refugee; Disabled, Deaf, Northern, Remote and Rural women organizations. |
| Comments: | Multi-year project of 3 years (2008-2010). |
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