Public Safety Canada – Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF)

Program Summary:

The Youth Gang Prevention Fund (YGPF) provides time-limited funding for initiatives in communities that prevent at-risk youth from joining gangs, provides exit strategies for youth who belong to gangs, and offers support to youth so they do not re-join gangs, in communities where youth gangs are an existing or emerging threat.

Objectives:

The objectives of the YGPF are to reduce serious youth violence and youth gang threats in communities by:

• Supporting targeted initiatives that address specific risk and protective factors associated with youth violence and youth gangs in communities where these issues exist or are emerging trends;
• Promoting the implementation of evidence-based interventions to provide those young people with alternatives to joining gangs; and
• Developing and disseminating knowledge in order to encourage other communities to adopt effective methods to prevent youth violence and youth gang activity in Canada.