Empowerment Squared - OM for/pour Guided Roots

Empowerment Squared - OM for/pour Guided Roots

Grant programYouth Opportunities Fund
Grant typeYOF - Family Innovations
Amount awarded$297,100
Duration36 months
Year2023-2024
Location served
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Hamilton, Toronto
Population servedRacialized parents, guardians, and caregivers, Newcomer parents, guardians, and caregivers
Age groupNot applicable
Description Delivering a project at the idea or conceptual stage with a $297,100 grant over 3 years to create culturally anchored healing and learning spaces, facilitate community connections, and help develop skills for racialized and newcomer Muslim parents, guardians and caregivers who have experienced intergenerational, migrational, and cultural trauma in Scarborough, Mississauga, Hamilton and Toronto, and help them navigate the mental health care system and promote healing and overall family wellbeing.
Grant resultSupporting parents, guardians and caregivers to effectively navigate, access, and influence systems that affect family well-being