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• The Women’s Policy Office and Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs will support the
mapping out of existing programs related to core services needed in Aboriginal
communities with federal partners and Aboriginal governments and
organizations.
• The Women’s Policy Office will encourage the development of appropriate
second stage and long-term housing models for Aboriginal women, especially in
remote communities.
• The Departments of Health and Community Services, Education, Justice, and
Human Resources, Labour and Employment will continue the use and
development of risk assessment tools for early intervention with young couples
and children.
• All Violence Prevention Initiative departments and agencies will review and
improve, where necessary, access for Aboriginal people to violence related
support programs.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY # 5: ENHANCING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Goal:
By 2012 Government will have developed a research plan with priorities,
indicators of violence, and appropriate data collection and measurement
tools The existing research about key indicators of violence for vulnerable
populations, measurements of success in violence prevention, and client
satisfaction and attitudinal research needs to be improved. Baseline information
will be improved early in the Initiative’s plan in order to establish clear indicators
for changes in awareness levels, satisfaction of services and overall performance
measures.
Objectives:
1. Develop violence indicators to monitor progress of violence prevention
activity by 2009
Actions:
• The Women’s Policy Office will lead the development of policy and priorities on
data collection and research on violence prevention.
• The Women’s Policy Office will establish key indicators of success for target
populations.
• The Women’s Policy Office will lead a process to develop and implement client
satisfaction surveys in all partner departments.
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