Support program to help victims of crime and promote their recovery - Stream 1

• Completed and signed application form, with Annexes A and B
• One or more letters of support for the proposed project
• Copy of the latest annual report adopted at the previous annual general meeting
• Where applicable: copy of the constituting act and by-laws, certified board resolution authorizing the application, and the latest financial report adopted at the most recent annual general meeting, with the name of the auditor
• For individuals: CV and a support letter from a specialized organization related to the proposed project

Who is eligible?

• Individuals
• Legally constituted non-profit organizations and organizations recognized under a Quebec law
• Recognized Indigenous communities and the tribal councils or Indigenous governments representing them
• MRCs and municipalities
• Organizations in the Quebec health and social services network, and organizations in the education and higher education network, for expenses not funded by budget rules

Who is not eligible

• Organizations without an establishment in Quebec
• Applicants in default of obligations to the Minister, another ministry, or an organization
• Organizations in bankruptcy
• Non-profit organizations constituted to serve only the personal interests of their members
• Organizations owing the Minister without a repayment agreement, or not respecting an existing agreement; organizations that have not completed their first year of activities unless recognized by the Minister as a centre d’aide aux personnes victimes d’infractions criminelles; organizations that do not meet the required integrity standards; and organizations listed in the Registre des entités non admissibles aux contrats publics (RENA)

Eligible expenses

• Salary or part of salary, including social benefits
• Professional fees
• Advertising, promotion, and communication costs; design and printing costs; and tools necessary for the project
• Travel or training costs, according to the current scales
• A portion of taxes up to 50%, project evaluation fees up to 10% of eligible project expenses, and indirect research costs for universities up to 27% of total eligible expenses

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Activities or routine operations of the applicant, including staff remuneration
• Expenses incurred before the project starts, or expenses already reimbursed by another program
• Debt repayment, accumulated deficit, or borrowing
• Sponsorships or donations
• Land, property, or other capital asset acquisitions, including depreciation expenses, plus cost overruns that are not eligible for additional financial assistance

• Quality of the application, including the nature of the activity or project, the quality of the means proposed to achieve the objectives, and the experience and skills of the people involved
• Relevance of the application, based on the needs of the environment or intervention territory and consistency with the program objectives
• Capacity of the organization to carry out the request, based on the human, financial, material, and organizational resources available
• Innovative concept of the application, based on new solutions or innovative means to achieve the objectives
• Scope of the application, support from the environment, and the financial structure of the project, including partner contributions, a detailed balanced budget, viability, and transferability

• Complete and sign the chosen financial assistance application form, with Annexes A and B
• Email programmefavac@justice.gouv.qc.ca to obtain an access link and password for ownCloud
• Submit the signed application form and all required documents electronically through the ownCloud file hosting service administered by the Ministry of Justice
• If the access-link request is sent after 11 September 2026 at 18 h, send the paper application by post to Ministère de la Justice, Direction de l’aide aux personnes victimes d’infractions criminelles, 1200, route de l'Église, 9e étage, Québec (Québec) G1V 4M1, with the postmark serving as proof of the filing date

• Applications are analyzed by a committee after submission
• If one or more required documents are missing or incomplete at the time of filing, the application is inadmissible