Office for disability issues: 819-994-5559. (Funding).

A Community Investment Fund for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities, the Affirmative Industry Association of Nova Scotia will develop the infrastructure for a fund and a best practice "mentored ownership" model to overcome business financing barriers for disabled entrepreneurs in Nova Scotia and the other Atlantic provinces. This project will develop both a review process for business applications and a mentorship process with the help of Saint Mary's Business Development Centre. A business plan and funding streams for the investment fund will also be developed for its long-term viability and sustainability. $114,500

Ateliers des Jeunes des Bois-Francs, Victoriaville. To enhance its apprenticeship program, by adding activities designed to improve the social skills of young people while fostering their social adjustment and their integration into the labour force. The main activities developed to achieve these objectives include information sessions, substance abuse awareness sessions, workshops on budgeting, and meetings informing youth about various employment integration services. 819-758-0010 $32,393

L'Avenue inc. Montreal. For its project, Un Reseau de Petites Avenues - Developpement d'une approche de prevention du crime et de la victimisation, which intends to offer a program for Reseau tenants who are experiencing difficulties in integrating socially and economically in the community. Through workshops on the topics of spousal abuse, restorative justice, substance abuse and victimization, it aims to develop safe behaviours among tenants with respect to their social relationships, physical environment and lifestyle. 514-256-8743 $19,860

C.A.F.E. Sans Murs, Projet Paradoxe, Montreal. For its P.A.S.A.T. (prevention par les arts, la sensibilisation et l'amenagement du territoire) project. It is intended to reduce the mood of insecurity and violent behaviour in Pointe-Saint-Charles. Among its activities is a child component, which consists of the production of a video on preventing youth crime and a parents component, that includes awareness activities and parental involvement in the video project. 514-931-5204 $50,000

Carrefour des 6-12 ans de Pierrefonds-est Inc. For its Projet cour d'ecole, which consists of training young people in grades 2, 5 and 6 to act as mediators in two schoolyards. The project's main objectives are to reduce violent behaviour, increase the schools' interest in adopting crime prevention programs and acquaint the educational community with these programs as a way of resolving conflicts in the schoolyard. The project will give the youth the ability to resolve conflicts with other students in a positive way and to call on the support of a peer or an adult in conflict situations. 514-685-9598 $28,600

La Caserne 18-30 - CCSE Maisonneuve, of Montreal. For its project, Je sais ou je m'en vais!, which is designed to reduce crime among people aged 18 to 30 in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood. The project aims to equip and empower them to take charge of their own destinies, enhance their quality of life and reintegrate them into the life of their community. The organization will develop prevention and intervention tools with the target group, and strengthen ties among the organizations working with them. Training sessions, socio-community activities and sessions led by facilitators will also be organized to address young people's needs and to involve them in community life in the neighbourhood. 514-872-1644 $50,000