The Agency Chiefs Tribal Council Community Justice Program has been awarded $147,734 in funding over the next two years.
The program supports the development and delivery of alternative justice measures for both youth and adults in the Big River, Pelican Lake, and Witchekan Lake First Nations communities.
These measures include traditional sentencing circles and healing programs, as well as a range of crime prevention, victim services and education activities.
Since 1998, the ACTC Community Justice Program has provided culturally-relevant programming to each of the three member First Nations communities, including public education and crime prevention initiatives.
The program uses a restorative approach to diverting offenders away from the mainstream justice system to more culturally-appropriate community-based alternatives, where appropriate.
Through the Aboriginal Justice Strategy, the federal government will provide the ACTC Community Justice Program with $73,867 in fiscal year 2014-2015 and $73,867 in fiscal year 2015-2016.