Cure violence global (CVG) and its project partners, cities united, first degree consulting, and roca impact institute, are joining together to provide comprehensive community violence intervention…

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $3,988,779 Cooperative Agreement under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to Cure Violence Global (CVG) and its project partners Cities United, First Degree Consulting, and Roca Impact Institute. The award supports comprehensive community violence intervention (CVI) and organizational capacity building efforts in Charlottesville, Virginia and Gainesville, Florida. Key activities include conducting needs assessments, providing training and technical assistance to 5 community-based organizations, and implementing evidence-based CVI and cognitive behavioral therapy approaches. The project aims to increase CBO capacity, enhance community-driven CVI strategies, and reduce violence in these communities by leveraging a community health development framework to engage multi-sector stakeholders. The award period is from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

Cure violence global (CVG) and its project partners, cities united, first degree consulting, and roca impact institute, are joining together to provide comprehensive community violence intervention (CVI) and organizational capacity needs assessment, training, technical assistance (TTA), organizational capacity building, and subawards to five community-based organizations (CBOS) seeking to implement or already implementing the CVG community violence intervention (CVI) approach and rocas rewire cognitive behavioral theory (CBT). They are targeting communities that have been historically underserved and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization in charlottesville, virginia and gainesville, florida. Additionally, the project will employ a community health development framework (CDH) to engage multisector stakeholders in a comprehensive community-driven coalition-building and strategic planning to develop and implement a CVI framework in each locale to ensure that CVI strategies are locally tailored and successfully and sustainably implemented. The goals of the project are to: increase CBOS capacity to implement, financially support, and sustain CVI strategies; increase collective community capacity to implement and sustain evidence-based CVI strategies; decrease the incidence of violence through the implementation of evidence-based CVI strategies, tailored to each communitys context; and increase the availability of tools and resources for implementing CVI strategies, with the ultimate goal of preventing and reducing violent crime in communities by supporting comprehensive, evidence-based community violence intervention and prevention programs.