COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND SAFETY

Commitment 4.4.1: We will strengthen initiatives and partnerships to prevent and reduce family violence by:

• Supporting five family violence shelters across the NWT, including support for the overall capacity of the people who work in these shelters
• Providing funding to develop family violence protocols and response teams in regions with no shelters
• Supporting programming for children who have witnessed violence
• Continuing to implement ‘What Will it Take?’, the social marketing campaign on family violence

In addition to supports for at-risk children and families through Building Stronger Families action plan, the Department continues to work in collaboration with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to strengthen initiatives and partnerships to reduce and prevent family violence. The Department supports five family violence shelters across the NWT. This includes support for the capacity of the people who work in these shelters through the Shelter Support Network. In regions without shelters, the Department provides support through the development of family violence protocols and response teams.

Through the “What Will It Take?” social marketing campaign, the Department will continue to deliver workshops, toolkits, and public service announcements aimed at encouraging bystanders to step in. This will be enhanced with a focused media campaign aimed at dispelling commonly held myths about family violence.