Support community-based initiatives that complement the city’s actions in 2020, 2021 and 2022. The city aims to take increased, coherent and joint action to address youth violence.

The program focuses on actions in two areas. Eligible projects should cover one of these areas.

Area 1 - Intervention with youth at risk

• Street work, community work and social mediation
• Occupational activities with an intervention component
• Education and social and interpersonal skills development

Area 2 - Strengthening community capacity

• Activities to develop local actors’ knowledge and skills (including carrying out local diagnoses)
• Group prioritization, problem solving or joint planning exercises
• Development of specific tools

The projects below are not eligible:

• Support for the overall mission of the organization
• Community support in housing
• Capital projects 
• Physical or mental health care

Young people ages 12 to 25 who are considered to be at risk of violence, both as victims and perpetrators, or of delinquency, or youth in difficulty or in social disruption.

Only organizations replying to a borough’s call for projects may submit an application.

First read the steps for submitting an application, then log in to the online form (GSS tool) and create an account for your organization.

• PDF file Prevention of youth violence (in French) [PDF 969 KB]
• PDF file GBA+ (in French) [PDF 120 KB]

• International report on promising practices to prevent violence among people under age 25 (2020), CIPC (in French)
• Québec report on violence and health (2018), Institut national de santé publique du Québec (in French)