Mount Carmel Clinic to administer safety program

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This article was published 29/05/2023 (1226 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Manitoba Justice announced $200,000 in funding for Mount Carmel Clinic to administer the Thunderwing Project and an additional $100,000 to enhance the project to support women who are in contact with the criminal justice system.

Thunderwing is a community mobilization project that co-ordinates and mobilizes resources across sectors and aims to improve community safety and family well-being, a government press release said. It has operated since 2013, after starting as a pilot in Winnipeg’s William Whyte and Dufferin neighbourhoods owing to high rates of violent crime.

The Department of Justice, which until now has administered Thunderwing, decided to reallocate $200,000 to a grant for a community-based organization to provide and expand the project, consistent with how community mobilization is funded throughout the rest of Manitoba. In November 2022, Mount Carmel Clinic was selected through an expression of interest process as the successful community-based organization to administer the project.

The province is providing Thunderwing with an additional $100,000 in funding for an additional position to focus on supporting women who are in contact with the criminal justice system.