Justice Federal Victims Strategy Evaluation
Appendix C: Case Study Interview Guide: Victims Fund Projects
Ference Weicker & Company is a management consulting firm that has been contracted by Justice Canada to assist in conducting an evaluation the work that the Department does under the Federal Victims Strategy (Justice FVS). As part of the evaluation, Ference Weicker is interviewing organizations that have received funding through the Justice Canada Victims Fund. The interview will take 30 to 45 minutes. Your responses will be aggregated with those of other respondents so no individuals will be identified in the final evaluation report.
Questions
1. According to Justice Canada records, your organization received funding for the following project:
Name of the Project:
Description:
Year Approved:
Funding Provided By Justice Canada:
Total Cost of the Project:
Project Objectives:
2. How successful was the project in achieving these objectives?
3. In what respects was the project successful? In what respects was the project less successful than you might have hoped or expected?
4. We would like to update and add to the information the impacts of the project that were reported in the Project Summary Report (refer to table developed based on the document review). What impact has the project had in terms of:
- Enhancing capacity for the delivery of appropriate, responsive victim services? In what respects has the capacity of victim serving agencies increased (e.g. having additional staff or increased access to needed tools, knowledge and training, etc.)?
- Increasing awareness and knowledge of victim issues, legislation and available services? Amongst which types of victims (e.g. youth, elderly, new Canadians) and other groups has awareness increased most significantly (e.g. criminal justice system personnel, allied professionals, and the public)? What strategies have been used effectively to increase awareness (e.g. knowledge and expertise exchanges, NVCAW, factsheets, pamphlets, handbooks, etc.)?
- Expanding the scope (e.g. type of victimization) and reach of victim services (e.g. geographic, use of technology) in your province or territory? In what areas has the scope or reach increased?
- Reducing the hardship for victims of crime? In what ways?
- Increasing access to services for victims interacting with the criminal justice system (availability of services, address needs/gaps in service)? For what regions, types of services, or target groups has access increased most significantly? In what respects has access increased (e.g. hours, languages, or location, range or volume of services available)?
- Contributing to a more effective voice for victims in the criminal justice system (increased access to victims’ services, increased level of awareness)? How has the position of victims in the justice system improved over the past five years as a result of Justice FVS?
5. What other impacts, positive or negative, have been generated by the project?
6. What key factors (including both those internal and external to the programming) facilitated or contributed to the success of the project?
7. What key factors (internal and external) constrained or limited the success?
8. What lessons have your learned and what best or promising practices have been identified with respect to effectiveness of various approaches or strategies?
9. Has your project continued to operate after the project funding period ended? In what ways? What parts have not continued?
10. To what extent are these impacts expected to continue on or increase over the next three to five years?
11. How have the results of your project been disseminated/communicated? To whom have they been communicated?
12. What would have happened to your project if you had not received Justice Canada assistance?
- The project would have proceeded as planned
- The scope of the project would have been reduced
- The project would have been implemented as planned but over a longer time period
- The start of the project would have been delayed
- The project would have been cancelled
- We would have undertaken a different type of project
- Another department would have been approached for funding to replace the requested Justice Canada assistance
- We would have looked for non-government funding
- Other, please specify...
- Don’t know/No response
12a. [If “Approached another department for funding to replace the Victims Fund support”] What program(s) or other source(s) of assistance would you have approached for funding in the absence of Justice Canada assistance?
12b. How likely is it that the project would have gone ahead in some form even without the assistance provided by Justice Canada?
0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%, Other
13. Lastly, do you have any recommendations or comments regarding the Victims Fund?
Thank you for your participation!
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