Priorities
Vets grant applications to determine if they align with the mandate of the committee. Prepares reports to committee with recommendations based on our Priorities Purpose document. Follows up with recipients to ensure accountability and to best capture the intent and process for our annual report.
Chair: Marcie McLean
Communications
Manages the website and social media accounts, books speakers for regular VFCYJC meetings, assembles the annual report and prepares advocacy letters/campaigns as directed by the parent committee.
Chair: Jeff Bateman
Court Watch
Attending Family or Youth Court to observe the process, report back to the sub- and main committees on the experiences of youth and families. This is to be an ongoing check in by various members of the Youth Matters or Family Matters committees.
Chair: Marie-Térèse Little
Youth and Family Matters
Youth: Works to engage youth and investigate the issues that are problematic for youth specifically (rather than the family, school etc.)
Family: Works to understand the issues faced by families – may liaise with 1Up (single parent resource centre), parenting support groups, and conflict resolution agencies. There is likely some crossover with Court Watch as family dynamics are impacted by separation and divorce actions.
Chair: Cynthia Day
Capital Region Action Team for Sexually Exploited Youth (CRATSEY)
Works to identify protective measures for youth who are or have been victims of sexual exploitation or human trafficking.
Chair: Bill McElroy
*Restorative Justice (Reporting status, not an official sub-committee)
Restorative Justice has been supported with letters and some funding by the committee since 2006 to develop training materials, to train trainers to help launch several community programs, one of which is now a sizeable non-profit with trained volunteers who provide services across the CRD. Restorative Justice Victoria reports regularly through the committee and annually as a resource agency with statistics, program outcomes, project details, partnerships and other relevant matters.
Liaison: Gillian Lindquist, Restorative Justice Victoria
*Reporting status, not an official sub-committee
*Youth Mental Health Task Force
Advocate for mental wellness options for youth, track waitlists and availability, facilitate communication between agencies and with the public and address recidivism and criminality.
*Not an official sub-committee
Reports
Millennium Project Final Report
2016 – Priority Shaded – Truth and Reconciliation
Bright Ideas Youth Conference
Court Watch
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children
2013 – CASA Court Watch Student Placement Report
Family and Youth Matters
2014 – Sampling of Research on Family Breakdown
Children Who Display Sexually Harmful Behaviours
Youth Mental Health
Territorial Acknowledgement
The Victoria Family Court and Youth Justice Committee meets on the unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Lekwungen-speaking and WSÁNEĆ nations. We acknowledge and thank the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, also known as the Songhees, Esquimalt and Beecher Bay First Nations communities for allowing us to live on their lands.
The VFCYJC further acknowledges that the capital region spans the Traditional Territories of Coast and Straits Salish and Nuu-chah-nulth peoples and that, by virtue of being represented by all 13 municipalities, our committee is responsible to help build respectful and enduring relationships with our First Nations neighbours.
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