Image: Flicker / Three organizations in Chilliwack will receive provincial funding designed to advance public safety, help prevent violence and promote healing.

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Civil forfeiture grants

Three Chilliwack groups to receive over $100K in provincial funding from civil forfeiture grants

May 15, 2024 | 11:52 AM

CHILLIWACK — Three organizations in Chilliwack will receive provincial funding designed to advance public safety, help prevent violence and promote healing.

According to a news release from the provincial government, three programs in Chilliwack will receive a total of $120,000 to further crime prevention and remediation projects.

The following Chilliwack projects are receiving civil forfeiture grants:

• School Peace Circles, Chilliwack Restorative Justice and Youth Association- $40,000
• Specialized Victim Assistance Program, Chilliwack Community Services- $40,000
• When Love Hurts, Sardis Doorway for Mothers & Children Society- $40,000

“The Chilliwack Restorative Justice and Youth Association is a great organization that I’m glad to see will benefit from this funding,” said Dan Coulter, MLA for Chilliwack. “We’re taking money from criminal activity and putting it back where it belongs, into services for people in our community.”

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The provincial government is allocating $8.2 million in one-time grants through the civil forfeiture grant program to support 189 community projects across the province. These projects are being led by local governments, community-based not-for-profits, school districts, health authorities, academic institutions, police departments and Indigenous organizations.

The Civil Forfeiture Office was established in 2006 with the purpose of removing the tools and proceeds of unlawful activity and redirecting them back into programs that support community safety and crime prevention initiatives.