The Government of Canada announced a call for applications for the Grants and Contributions Program to Voluntary Organizations, which will provide funding to nonprofit organizations that offer programs that help individuals in the criminal justice system to reintegrate into society.
Eligible recipients:
The Minister may provide funding to the following classes of recipients in support of the objectives of the GCP-VO, only if they have the legal capacity to enter into an agreement. This call for applications has two independent streams.
- Stream 1 – For the $12.6 million in Canada Black Justice Strategy-associated funding for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 (1-year Project):
- Black-led Canadian not-for-profit organizations
- Canadian not-for-profit organizations that serve primarily Black populations
- Stream 2 – For the $1.8 million in ongoing funding towards core expenditures for corrections and community reintegration programming:
- Canadian not-for-profit national organizations.
For more information about eligibility, click here.
Eligible projects:
The projects eligible for funding must focus mainly on Black offenders, which can include:
- Black-specific initiatives
- legal and court support services
- training and educational initiatives
- prison in-reach and release planning
- cognitive skills development programs
- peer-to-peer and self-support initiatives
- women and Indigenous-specific programming
- residential beds in halfway and transitional houses
- sex offender and substance abuse treatment programs, and
- federal parole supervision and community assessments
Funding can also be used to support mainly Black victims, families of offenders and communities by delivering:
- victims assistance programs
- dialogue between offenders and families, and
- restorative justice and conflict resolution services
Submission Deadline: Completed applications must be submitted online no later than Friday, January 23, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) PST.
For further information about the funding or to apply, click here.
