Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child & Family Services

Published purpose

Through this 29-month project, Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people in Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Service’s catchment area. Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Service’s catchment area spans 35,000 square kilometres: from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in the east to Beausoleil First Nation in the west, and as far as north as Bancroft. Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Service will achieve their project by: recruiting and hiring full-time Anti-Human Trafficking Liaison Workers; conducting internal and external environmental scans and engaging with Indigenous communities to determine needs, address barriers, and align services; creating a regional human trafficking resource guide; developing and providing training internally to staff and externally to social service organizations to develop organizational capacity; and producing a written report and advocacy strategy to share findings with the community and to relevant government officials. By the end of the project, Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people.