Read the official news release from Women and Gender Equality Canada here.
The Community Wellness – Canadian MARAC Pilot (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference) project is coordinating a multi-agency response to high-risk domestic violence cases.
The Canadian MARAC is a structured, multi-agency meeting that brings together community agencies to share information on high-risk domestic violence cases. Based on the risks and needs identified by the survivor and professionals around the table, a coordinated safety plan is developed that includes clear actions by community agencies to increase the survivor’s safety.
The Canadian MARAC is an adaptation of the MARAC model originally developed in Wales in 2003 and now implemented in more than 250 communities across the United Kingdom. The model has been shown to reduce repeat victimization, increase survivor safety, and strengthen connections to critical supports and services.
WomanACT has been piloting the Canadian adaptation of the MARAC model and is now expanding this work to scale the model both within Toronto and communities in Alberta.
This project has been funded through Women and Gender Equality Canada
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Priya Shastri
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