The Victim Quick Response Program+ provides short-term support for essential expenses for victims, their immediate family members and witnesses in the immediate aftermath of a violent crime to help:
- reduce the impact of the crime
- enhance safety
- meet immediate practical needs
This program supports individuals who have no other financial means (e.g. private insurance) and where there is no publicly-funded program available.
Program Eligibility
The applicant must be a victim of an eligible Criminal Code offence either as the direct victim or an immediate family member of the direct victim.
- Child Abuse
- Criminal Harassment
- Elder Abuse
- Hate Crimes
- Historical Child Abuse
- Homicide (including attempted murder)
- Human Trafficking
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Non-Consensual Distribution of Intimate Images
- Sexual Assault
- Serious Assault
- Voyeurism
Eligible applicants can access supports for critical needs, such as:
- emergency home safety expenses
- practical expenses and basic necessities
- travel and related expenses
- crime scene clean-up
- short-term counselling services
- support required for serious injuries
- basic funeral expenses for families of homicide victims
Please contact Victim Services of Brant 519-752-3140 to inquire about eligibility. Application deadlines apply, please phone to inquire.