Communities throughout British Columbia will benefit from more than $8 million in grants to support local projects promoting crime prevention, Indigenous healing, restorative justice and solutions to gender-based violence. 

“Community organizations play a vital role in keeping our neighbourhoods safe and inclusive for everyone,” said Nina Krieger, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. “With the Civil Forfeiture Grant program, we’re supporting organizations working to make a difference in communities through projects helping youth, preventing gender-based violence and supporting Indigenous healing. At the same time, we’re taking away the proceeds fuelling organized crime.”

The Civil Forfeiture Grant program targets crime at its roots and supports public safety by converting forfeited assets that were the instruments or proceeds of unlawful activity into grant funding for community-safety initiatives. In 2026, 173 grants will be provided to organizations to support projects under the following streams, gender-based violence: 70 grants totalling $2.7 million, child and youth advocacy centres: 12 grants totalling nearly $2 million, crime prevention: 31 grants totalling more than $1 million, Indigenous healing: 27 grants totalling $1 million, restorative justice: 20 grants totalling $814,000, domestic-violence prevention/intervention programming: 13 grants totalling $510,00.