May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)
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years.
It's the only aboriginal-led aboriginal women's
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long-term transitional facility in the province.
We have
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60 beds, three sites. And we work with women who are
escaping violence, men's violence, economic violence,
system violence and addiction issues and are looking for
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long-term supports and including residential.
So we work
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towards creating a safe environment for women and children.
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We have many funders.
Well, we have some big
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funders and then the rest we actually had to seek out per
diems.
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THE COMMISSIONER:
Who's the big funder did you
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say?
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MS. CYR: Family Services and Labour.
THE COMMISSIONER: The province.
MS. CYR: The province. And then we had to
search out per diems because we couldn't actually obtain
funding for a lot of our services so I now charge per
diems, particularly child welfare, Corrections, both
federally and provincially. We have, out of those 60 beds,
34 are mandated for women leaving Correction. They are the
only beds available, in most cases in the prairies
federally and they are the only beds available provincially
for women leaving Corrections because there is no halfway
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house mandated for women.
heavy --
And they oftentimes have
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