Organizational Profile The Elizabeth Fry Society of Greater Vancouver is the founding organization from which has grown a national movement. We have worked for over 65 years with female offenders and with high risk women and children to improve their life outcomes and reduce their risk of involvement in criminal justice system. Our programs work to break the cycle of poverty, addiction, mental illness, homelessness, and crime. We provide residential, community, and prison programs to over 13,000 clients annually though the efforts of 88 staff and over 300 volunteers. Some highlights of E. Fry work to-date include: • Widespread acceptance of schooling, addiction counseling and restitution to the community as part of a rehabilitative strategy for offenders; • Opening of the first non-government group home for youth and girls; • Creation of employment training programs for women that have been accepted and run as a federal government program (The Bridges Program); • Implementation of a volunteer program to provide information about legal rights and responsibilities and to enable clients to represent themselves. This is now a national model across Canada ; • Opening of the first shelter of its kind that enabled homeless women and their children to be housed together; • Was instrumental in the acceptance of methadone for heroin treatment in the 1960's; and opened the first residential program for women on methadone.   Thus the Elizabeth Fry Society has the expertise, experience, and credibility with offenders to undertake this new initiative. In order to do so we have brought together three partners to assist us in this important initiative.