Cooperative Agreement 15PJDP21GK03875CBVP

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $899,929 Project Grant to Child Trends, Inc. to implement the research project "Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Advance Transformative Credible Messenger Mentoring for Justice Involved Youth of Color." The purpose of this 3-year project under the Juvenile Mentoring Program (CFDA 16.726) is to assist the Credible Messenger Mentoring Movement (CM3) in reviewing, clarifying, and refining practices that enable credible...

The Milwaukee County, Wisconsin was awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.045 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative) to enhance and expand its Advance Peace Peacemaker Fellowship program. The primary goals of the 3-year project are to utilize responsive strategies to achieve high-impact outcomes for individuals at high risk of involvement in urban gun violence. Key activities include multiple daily...

The City of Milwaukee Police Department was awarded a $15.7 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program to advance the practice of community policing through officer hiring and rehiring from October 2022 to September 2027. Funding under this Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program award will allow the Milwaukee Police Department to hire and rehire additional career law enforcement officers to...

This federal Project Grant award for $850,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251) will support a wide range of economic and community development activities in Milwaukee, WI. The grant recipient, Project R E T U R N Inc., a non-profit organization, will use the funds to carry out a project as described in the Congressional Record, though the full scope of...

The City of Milwaukee was awarded a $1.2 million Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP) to implement the Milwaukee Overdose Response Initiative from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The goal of the COSSUP program is to provide financial and technical assistance to address the opioid crisis. Through this funding, the City of Milwaukee's...

The Medical College of Wisconsin's Comprehensive Injury Center (MCW CIC) was awarded a $5,528,513 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA #16.045 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative) to serve as an intermediary administering resources for local, community-specific, and evidence-informed public health strategies to address violence in Wisconsin. The funding will be used to enhance and expand the Wisconsin Community...

This $724,834 Project Grant was awarded on August 13, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). The grant will support a wide range of economic development and community development activities to be carried out by the primary awardee, Boys & Girls Clubs Of Greater Milwaukee, Inc., a non-profit...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $930,000 Project Grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs Of Greater Milwaukee, Inc. for the "READY CENTER COLLECTIVE" initiative. This grant, funded through the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215), aims to prepare Milwaukee teens to...

The City of Milwaukee was awarded a $1,480,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (CFDA 20.939) federal grant program. This multi-year grant will fund the City's efforts to update its citywide Mobility Plan, develop a community engagement strategy, and conduct demonstration projects using quick-build materials. The project will occur in three phases: planning and preliminary design in the base phase,...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Transportation's Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 20.940) will provide $2,050,000 to the City of Milwaukee to transform 2.6 miles of the 6th Street corridor. The project aims to create a "complete street" with safe infrastructure for walking, biking, and transit, as well as green infrastructure to enhance the character and connectivity of the diverse communities along the corridor. Key planned...