Manitoba spends $1.3 million on sexual assault crisis response and healing program – Winnipeg | 24CA News
Manitoba is spending $1.3 million on a brand new sexual assault disaster response and therapeutic program, which is able to increase the accessibility of specialised providers for survivors of sexual assault and intimate companion violence, Families Minister Rochelle Squires, minister liable for the standing of girls, introduced Sunday.
“Improving the availability of patient-centred, community-based options for sexual assault or intimate partner violence survivors is a critical goal we are delivering on today,” stated Squires.
“This program will be an additional resource to enable community service providers to provide forensic nursing services in a non-hospital setting as part of a trauma-informed continuum of care.”
It will complement the Provincial Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence program, rising the sources obtainable. It features a data keeper and survivor council, reflecting the core rules of the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
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“Ka Ni Kanichihk is working with the community to ensure folks who need sexual assault crisis response and healing programs are properly supported and have access where they are comfortable in their community,” stated Dodi Jordaan, govt director, Ka Ni Kanichihk.
“Today’s announcement is a positive first step in meeting people where they are at, eliminating barriers and providing care centred on the needs of survivors and we look forward to working with community partners and Manitoba on much-needed prevention programs.”
Additionally, this system will enhance on the provinces health-care system capability by complementing the present Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program at HSC Winnipeg, added Squires.
“Providing holistic, person-centred care that is culturally based and trauma-informed to support survivors is at the heart of this program,” stated Ayn Wilcox, govt director, Klinic Community Health.
“Building on the expertise of survivors and those providing services to them, this innovative, collaborative model will allow us to reshape how we collectively respond in a way that allows for true healing: body, mind and spirit.”
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