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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
Date: February 19, 2002
Author/Local: M. Lee/B. Goddard
871-6034/717-2687
RTS No. 2511
CC File No. 2201
CS&B: March 7, 2002
TO:
Standing Committee of City Services and Budgets
FROM:
Chief Constable and Director of Social Planning
SUBJECT:
Grant Allocations of Year 2002 - Community Safety Funding Program
RECOMMENDATION
THAT Council approve 18 grants totaling $300,000, for crime prevention and community safety activities as listed in Appendix A, including conditions on the grants, with cost to be shared on a 50/50 basis between the City and the Province. The source of funds for the City's portion to be the 2002 Other Grants Budget, to be approved in advance of approval of the 2002 Operating Budget.
CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS
The City Manager RECOMMENDS approval of the foregoing.
COUNCIL POLICY
On October 25, 1996, Council approved the establishment of a joint City of Vancouver and Ministry of Attorney General Community Safety Funding Program. Council also approved a three year commitment (1997-1999) of an annual grant budget of $150,000, to be provided in its annual Operating Budget without offset.
On December 14, 1999, Council approved the continuation of its participation in the joint City of Vancouver and Ministry of Attorney General Community Safety Funding Program for the year 2000. Council also instructed the Chief Constable and the Director of Social Planning, to report back before July, 2000 with a comprehensive plan for Community Policing Centres (CPCs) and the Community Safety Funding Program in Vancouver, including future directions, sustainability and working relationships between the funding and operating partners and the community.
On September 28, 2000, Council approved the continuation of its participation in the joint City of Vancouver and Ministry of Attorney General Community Safety Funding on an ongoing basis. The annual cost for the year 2001 is $150,000, subject to negotiating matching funding from the Provincial Government. The source of funding to be the Other Grants Budget.
Council established the 'Other' Grants budget to provide funding for grant requests which do not meet the criteria for Community Services, Cultural, Childcare or Environmental grants. The 'Other' Grant category provides funding for the annual recurring and miscellaneous categories as well as for several specific programs, including Vancouver Art Stabilization Fund, the Sister City Societies and the Community Policing Centres.
Approval of funding requires eight affirmative votes.
PURPOSE
This report recommends the year 2002 Community Safety Grant allocations for 17 Community Policing Centres (CPCs) which deliver crime prevention programs and community safety activities. The report also recommends that a grant be allocated to the Vancouver Crime Prevention Society to work with the Community Policing Centres, Vancouver Police Department and Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General in providing regular training and support to all CPCs collectively.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Community Policing in Vancouver is about local residents partnering with the Vancouver Police to help resolve problems relating to crime and safety in their neighbourhoods.
Community Policing continues to be a priority of the Vancouver Police Department and is supported by the City. Most Community Policing Centres have gained experience during this last year, and they continue to count on the support of over 800 volunteers. The Community Policing Advisory Committee (CPAC), which has representatives from all CPCs, also continues to provide advice to the Chief Constable on crime prevention issues throughout the city.
At this time, a Police Sergeant is assigned full time to co-ordinate the program and work with the community groups. Each of the 17 Community Policing Centres currently in Vancouver has a dedicated Neighbourhood Police Officer (NPO) attached to it, and some offices have two NPOs assigned to them. There are also some Neighbourhood Police Officers assigned to Offices that are not part of the Community Safety Program (Downtown Eastside, LittleMountain, Dunbar and Musqueam). For a complete list of all CPCs, please refer to Appendix B.
There are many examples of effective crime prevention programs and community safety activities being implemented by CPCs, including the following examples from 2001:
· volunteer bicycle patrols in South Vancouver, where 45 trained volunteers spent a total of 718 hours last year, patrolling the streets of Sunset, Fraserview, Victoria and Kensington neighbourhoods. In 2001 these patrols assisted in the recovery of 11 stolen vehicles, reported 251 abandoned autos, and issued 4500 Parking Audit tickets;
· implementation of a "business watch" program in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood, that allows for better communication between various Commercial Drive shops and other businesses. A map was developed through the GWCPC and was distributed to neighbouring businesses which contact each other when a known shoplifter is working in their area or if other fraudulent activities are occurring. The CPC helps organize meetings and distributes crime prevention information;
· a crime prevention fair held last summer by the Chinese Community Policing Centre. The fair was held at the Chinese Cultural Centre and had 12 information booths, 3 safety workshops, games and lucky draws. Hundreds of citizens, many of them seniors from the neighbourhood, attended;
· a very successful grow-op identification and information project has been coordinated by the Collingwood CPC. This program educates citizens to learn to recognize grow operations and then how to report on them. Workshops have been organized for Real Estate agents, as well as for visiting councillors from eastern provinces.
Grant applications were sent out in December 2001 and 18 requests for funding totaling $569,166.60, were received. The Joint Staff Steering Committee, which includes staff from the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, VPD and Social Planning, reviewed all applications and is making allocation recommendations based on established program criteria: merit of the application, community need for the activities, and effective outcomes of ongoing program services. For a review of Council's approved criteria for CPC evaluation, please refer to Appendix C.
The Community Safety Funding program provides needed support to the activities of the CPCs, but there are still some unevenness in the performance of individual CPCs. The Little Mountain/Riley Park CPC was not able to present a grant application this year. However, the VPD is committed to continuing to work with residents of that area in the implementation of crime prevention activities.
The Joint Staff Steering Committee recommends that 18 grants totaling $300,000 be approved. The approved grants will be paid in two installments. The first payment will be made as soon as the grants are approved, and the second payment will be made in July 2002. All offices are required to submit a six month progress report in July and a final report and financial statement by year end. In addition, some conditions are attached to a number of CPCs. For a review of those conditions, please refer to Appendix A.
All CPCs receiving a grant from the Community Safety Funding Program have signed the Operating Agreement with the City of Vancouver. Through this Operating Agreement, the City provides indemnification coverage for all CPC staff and volunteers involved in appropriately sanctioned program activities.
Staff from the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General have provided City staff with a letter indicating the Ministry's commitment to the year 2002 portion of the Community Safety Funding program. A copy of this letter is on file in the Social Planning Department.
Appendix A lists all grants requests, the recommended activities, and funding allocations.
Appendix B lists all the contact names, addresses, and phone numbers of Community Policing Centres.
Appendix C summarizes the criteria approved by Council in the year 2000, to review and evaluate Community Policing Centres.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
The source of funds for the City's share of the grants recommended is the 2002 Other Grants Budget, to be approved in advance of approval of the 2002 Operating Budget.
CONCLUSION
Community policing initiatives in Vancouver have been successful at engaging residents in crime prevention activities with the Police. The volunteer base has grown to more than eight hundred and numerous community safety programs have been delivered to thousands of citizens.
Approval of the grants recommendations outlined in this report will ensure the continuation of crime prevention and community safety programs being delivered at a neighbourhood level.
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2002 Community Safety Grant - Funded Activities, CONDITIONS and Comments | ||||
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Sponsoring Society &
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Activities |
Request |
Grant Recommend. |
CONDITIONS/Comments |
CHINESE BENEVOLENT ASSOC. OF VANCOUVER for
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Direct Services; Crime Prevention Edu.-Outreach; Visitors to Senior Housing; Graffiti Removal; Chinatown Foot/Bike Patrol |
$76,050.00 |
$22,000.00 |
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DAVIE STREET COMMUNITY POLICE CENTRE SOCIETY for
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Educational Seminars; Fax Fan; Anti Graffiti; Block Watch; Community Awareness & Outreach |
$29,500.00 |
$14,000.00 |
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DENMAN COMMUNITY POLICING SOCIETY for
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Apartment Security; Business Watch; Community Awareness; Training |
$12,000.00 |
$8,000.00 |
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FRASER STREET COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
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Block Watch; Community Outreach Child/Youth/Seniors; Education Outreach-Residents & Business; Bike Patrol; Newsletter; Speed Watch; Property Engraving; Neighbourhood Cleanups/Graffiti Removal |
$59,000.00 |
$30,000.00 |
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GASTOWN COMMUNITY SAFETY SOCIETY for
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Gastown Foot Patrol/Bike Patrol; Crime Stoppers; Community Awareness & Outreach; Volunteer Outreach |
$17,450.00 |
$10,000.00 |
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GRANDVIEW-WOODLAND COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICE SOCIETY for
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Anti-Graffiti/Mural; Block Watch; Park Watch; Community Outreach & Awareness; Homes Project; Traffic Programs |
$71,800.00 |
$31,000.00 |
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GRANVILLE DOWNTOWN SOUTH CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
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Graffiti Removal; Community Awareness; Child Find/Meal Ticket |
$38,930.00 |
$19,000.00 |
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HASTINGS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION for
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Block Watch; Anti-Graffiti; Outreach; Citizen Patrol and Crime Prev. |
$27,000.00 |
$16,000.00 |
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JOYCE STATION AREA PLANNING ASSOC. for
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Block Watch; Grow Operation Project; Drug & Alcohol Project; Volunteer Bike Patrol; Bike Roadeos; Community Outreach |
$32,000.00 |
$32,000.00 |
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KERRISDALE OAKRIDGE MARPOLE CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
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Block Watch; Seniors' Safety; Community Outreach; Child Find |
$12,000.00 |
$12,000.00 |
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MOUNT PLEASANT SAFER COMMUNITY SOCIETY for
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Homes; Foot and Bike Patrol; Education and Awareness; Training; Block Watch; Child ID |
$39,250.00 |
$21,000.00 |
Office open to the public a minimum of 20 hours a week with volunteer support. A written report, regarding volunteer activities, is to be submitted by June 15, 2002. |
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NORTH FALSE CREEK CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
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Bashline; Community Awareness/Outreach; Service to Community |
$9,099.00 |
$7,000.00 |
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QUEEN ALEXANDRA SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD SOCIETY for
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Community Education and outreach; anti-graffiti; block watch; bicycle safety; Citizens Patrol |
$39,250.00 |
$22,000.00 |
Office open to the public a minimum of 20 hours a week with volunteer support. A written report, regarding volunteer activities, is to be submitted by June 15, 2002. |
STRATHCONA AREA SAFETY SOCIETY for
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Block Watch; Community Outreach & Safety Seminars; Newsletters |
$16,612.60 |
$7,000.00 |
Office open to the public a minimum of 20 hours a week with volunteer support. A written report, regarding volunteer activities, is to be submitted by June 15, 2002. |
VANCOUVER CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY |
Training activities for CPAC and CPCs. |
$10,000.00 |
$7,000.00 |
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VANCOUVER POLICE AND NATIVE LIAISON SOCIETY for
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Reality Check |
$10,000.00 |
$10,000.00 |
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WATERFRONT COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
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Tourist Theft Prevention; Foreign Students Safety Project; Crime Alert Paging |
$33,000.00 |
$11,500.00 |
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WESTSIDE COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION SOCIETY for
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Bike/Foot Patrol; Block Watch; Senior's Safety; Combat Auto Theft; Schools Outreach; Community Communications; Speed Watch |
$36,225.00 |
$20,500.00 |
Crime prevention activities to include Kitsilano neighbourhood. |
Total |
$569,166.60 |
$300,000.00 |
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N.B.: Cheques will be payable to the SPONSORING SOCIETIES once the above grants are approved by Council.
VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT
COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRES
NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICING OFFICES
Revised 2002-02-18
COMMUNITY POLICING CO-ORDINATOR
Sgt. Bill Goddard
PHONE: 604.717.2687 FAX: 604.665.3952
DISTRICT ONE
Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant: Sgt. Steve GIBSON
PHONE: 604.717.2754
DAVIE STREET Community Policing Centre
1135 Davie Street
Vancouver, BC V6E 1N2
604.717-2924/2925 FAX: 604.717-2926
NPO: PC 1533 Steve RAI
Coordinator: Mr. Peter SYMONS
Number of Volunteers: 70
GRANVILLE DOWNTOWN SOUTH Community Policing Centre
916 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1L2
604.717-2920/2921 FAX: 604.717-2922
NPO: PC 1396 Jamie MUNROE
PC 1673 Anna NAGY
Coordinator: Mr. Ray PETERSON
Number of Volunteers: 52
WATERFRONT Community Policing Centre
#4 - 900 Canada Place Way
Vancouver, BC V6C 3L5
604.717-2916 FAX: 604.717-2917
NPO: PC 1261 Jim PATENAUDE
Coordinator: Mr. Adolfo WAINBERG
Number of Volunteers: 13
WEST END Community Policing Centre
870 Denman Street
Vancouver, BC V6G 2L8
604.717-2918 FAX: 604.717-2919
NPO: PC 769 Vicki CHU
Coordinator: Mr. Jim JOHNSON
Number of Volunteers: 30
YALETOWN Community Policing Centre
1239 Pacific
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2R6
604.899-6250 FAX: 604.899-6251
NPO: PC 744 Dave YOUNG
Coordinator: Mr. Jerry RICHARDSON
Number of Volunteers: 20
DISTRICT TWO
CHINESE Community Policing Centre
18 East Pender Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 3V6
604.688-5030 FAX: 604.688-5070
NPO: PC 1589 Wayne WINDRIM & PC 1293 Gerry WICKSTEAD
Coordinator: Mr. Jeremy LAM
Number of Volunteers: 50
DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE NEIGHBOURHOOD SAFETY OFFICE
12 E. Hastings
Vancouver, BC V6A 1N1
604.717-2946/687-1772 FAX: 604.687-1776
NPO: PC 1028 Dave DICKSON
Coordinator: Ms. Deb MEARNS
Number of Volunteers: 40
GASTOWN Community Policing Centre
219 Abbott Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 2K9
604.717-2929 FAX: 604.717-2931
NPO: PC 1658 Cal TRAVERSY & PC 1539 Tony CHAMBERS
Coordinator: Ms. Ruth KYD
Number of Volunteers: 22
GRANDVIEW-WOODLAND Community Policing Centre
1657 Charles Street
Vancouver, BC V5L 2T4
604.717-2932 FAX: 604.717-2923
NPO: PC 1323 Bill PAKE
Coordinator: Ms. Penny HARRY
Number of Volunteers: 50
HASTINGS NORTH Community Policing Centre
2001 Wall Street
Vancouver, BC V5L 5E4
604.717-2933 FAX: 604.717-2979
NPO: PC 649 Barry HAZARD & PC 1279 Marty FOSS
Coordinator: Ms. Susan McELGUNN
Number of Volunteers: 11
STRATHCONA Community Policing Centre
1202 E Pender Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 1W8
604.717-2927 FAX: 604.717-2928
NPO: PC 1815 Mandy SCORRAR
Coordinator: Ms. Helen LI
Number of Volunteers: 20
VANCOUVER POLICE & NATIVE LIAISON SOCIETY Community Policing Centre
324 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 2T2
604.687-8411 FAX: 604.682-2967
NPO: PC 1369 Mike McDONALD & PC 1264 Tony SARTORI
Coordinator: Ms. Freda ENS
Number of Volunteers: 10
DISTRICT THREE
Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant: Brad Wallace
PHONE: 604.717-2808
CEDAR COTTAGE Community Policing Centre
2777 Commercial Drive
Vancouver, BC V5N 4C5
604.717-2938 FAX: 604.717-2939
NPO: PC 981 Gerry BURKE 717-2914
Coordinator: Ms. Barb WRIGHT
Number of Volunteers: 100+
COLLINGWOOD Community Policing Centre
5160 Joyce Street
Vancouver, BC V5R 5T8
604.717-2935 FAX: 604.430-4955
NPO: PC 1714 Teresa BUCKOLL
Coordinator: Ms. Chris TAULU
Number of Volunteers: 130+
SOUTH VANCOUVER Community Policing Centre
5657 Victoria Drive
Vancouver, BC V5P 3W7
604.717-2940 FAX: 604.717-2941
NPO: PC 1256 Mark JARVIE
Coordinator: Adrien BALAZS
Number of Volunteers: 75
MOUNT PLEASANT Community Policing Centre
113A-370 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5T 1X6
604.717-2936/2982 FAX: 604.717-2937
NPO: PC 1368 Joanne McCORMICK
Coordinator:
Number of Volunteers: 35+
DISTRICT FOUR
Neighbourhood Policing Sergeant: Sgt. Brian McNulty
PHONE: 604.717-2869
GRANVILLE ISLAND Community Policing Centre
1405 Anderson Street
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
604.717-2944 FAX: 604.717-2945
NPO: PC 162 Larry YIP
Coordinator: Ms. Thea GILL
Number of Volunteers: 15
KITSILANO Community Policing Centre
Vancouver Firehall #1
2460 Balaclava Street
Vancouver, BC V6K 4M9
NPO: PC 1055 Pat PAGAZZI
Coordinator: Ms. Jackie NEWTON
Number of Volunteers: 5
(operates in conjunction with the Granville Island CPC)
LITTLE MOUNTAIN/RILEY PARK/SOUTH CAMBIE Community Policing Centre
4438 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5V 3R3
604.717-2942 FAX: 604.717-2943
NPO: PC 1350 Ian CARTER
Coordinator: Ms. Shelagh LEGGATT
Number of Volunteers: 63
KERRISDALE OAKRIDGE MARPOLE Community Policing Centre
295-5655 Cambie Street
Vancouver, BC V5Z 3A4
604.717-3434 FAX: 604.717-3432
NPO: PC 651 Nick STEBBING
Coordinator:
Number of Volunteers: 57
MUSQUEAM DUNBAR SOUTHLANDS COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRE
4747 Dunbar
Vancouver, BC V6S 2H2
604.717-3446 FAX: 604.717-3447
NPO: PC 1074 Tim FANNING
MUSQUEAM NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE OFFICER
6735 Salish Drive
Vancouver, BC
263-3261
NPO: PC 1564 George LAWSON
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EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR COMMUNITY POLICING CENTRES
Evaluating the performance of Community Policing Centres is a complex but necessary task. The evaluation of CPCs may help with future funding requests as well as with the assignment of resources. The evaluation will involve the following criteria:
Number of active volunteers
An appropriately functioning CPC should have a good number of volunteers (hopefully from the immediate neighbourhood) active in the sponsoring Society as well as in the delivery of crime prevention programs. It is difficult to establish an ideal fixed number of required volunteers, since each neighbourhood has different profiles and needs. It seems, however, that successful CPCs usually have over 50 volunteers and some have as many as 120 volunteers.
Ability to operate an accessible affordable office and consistency in hours of operation
A Community Policing Centre should be accessible to the surrounding community, and the Centre should include a physical space that ideally has a reception area, meeting space and office(s). The location of a CPC in a high traffic area seems to enhance not only its visibility and its capacity to implement crime prevention programs, but also its ability to attract volunteers as well. Consistent hours of operation throughout the week should facilitate interaction with the community.
Any new CPC must be secured within the community's resources without reliance on any City capital or additional operating funding.
Positive and dynamic rapport between assigned NPO and volunteers
A dynamic interaction between the Neighbourhood Patrol Officer assigned to a CPC and the volunteers is a key element of success. Neither the Police Department, nor the volunteers, acting on their own, could make neighbourhood safety programs work. Existing CPCs that have managed to develop positive interactive relationships are usually successful.
Ability to deliver consistent and effective crime prevention programs
This is the "raison d'être" of a CPC. An evaluation process would have to look not only at whether a CPC is operating crime prevention programs or activities, but also at how consistent and effective these programs are. The consistency refers to the permanency of those programs over time, and effectiveness has to be measured both in terms of actual reduction of crime or a positive impact on the public's perception or fear of crime.
Ability to positively engage diverse local community (residents and business)
Neighbourhoods in Vancouver are very diverse. It is assumed that the success of a CPC will have to be measured, among other criteria, by its ability to engage members of these diverse communities, whether that diversity relates to ethnic background, language, age group, geography, activities or other parameters. A CPC can not appear to represent the interests of just one particular group in the neighbourhood.
Engaging the local community could take the form of volunteers joining the sponsoring society, volunteers participating in crime prevention programs or donation of free space or resources to the CPC.
Positive community feedback
The best measure of the success of a CPC has to be the feedback provided by the very same community that it is supposed to serve. This feedback could be provided to the Police Officers working in the area, to CPC volunteers, or directly to funding agencies providing support to the CPC.
Diverse funding sources
The grants provided by the City of Vancouver and the Ministry of the Attorney General, through the community safety fund is targeted for program funding only. Funding needs may go beyond the program funding, and CPCs quite often require operational and capital dollars as well. Meeting these diverse funding demands requires access to other funding sources beyond what the community safety fund has to offer. Access to these other funding sources can be a measure of success.
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