Cooperative Agreement 2011WYAXK002

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to Life Camps Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization, under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045). The grant will allow Life Camps Inc. to expand its Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) program into the Hollis neighborhood of Queens, New York. The VIP program deploys "credible messengers" to interrupt, de-escalate, and prevent...

The City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) received a $999,998 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will be used to expand the DVP's School Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) program by hiring three additional full-time violence interrupters. This will allow each of the seven high-risk Oakland schools participating in the...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to Youth Alive, a non-profit organization in Oakland, California. The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, supports a comprehensive project to address community violence in low-income Black and Latino neighborhoods in Oakland. The key activities include: Leveraging Youth Alive's existing Caught in the Crossfire (CIC) and Violence...

The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court was awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045). The grant will fund the implementation of the Violence Intervention Program (VIP) Alliance, a comprehensive initiative designed to prevent juvenile and young adult gun-related crimes from escalating into more serious offenses in Cleveland, Ohio. Key components of...

The YMCA of San Francisco was awarded a $978,143 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA #16.839). The purpose of this 3-year project is to implement the Tailor Made School-Based Violence Interrupters program in San Francisco middle and high schools. The program aims to intervene and reduce incidents of violence on and around school campuses by providing youth, families,...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant to Prisma Health-Midlands under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to develop and implement a Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program (HVIP) at Prisma Health Richland Hospital Trauma Center in Columbia, South Carolina. The HVIP aims to reduce community violence and recidivism among high-risk teens and young adults living in underserved, marginalized, and high-crime areas of...

Kings Against Violence Initiative, Inc. (KAVI) will receive $1 million under a cooperative agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to implement the NYC Enhancing School Capacity to Reduce Youth Violence Project. The goal is to reduce youth violence at four partner high schools in Brooklyn through staff training, family engagement, prevention programming, and improved communication between schools and the...

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the Moses-Weitzman Health System, Inc. under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) program. The grant will fund the "Heal Our Youth" intervention, a 10-week community-based program that combines restorative justice and mindfulness training for high school students in high-violence areas of Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York. The program aims to reduce community...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $223,200 Cooperative Agreement to Justice Innovation Inc. d/b/a Center for Justice Innovation, with project partners including John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Cure Violence Global, and Center for Employment Opportunities. The award, funded under the CFDA 16.548 Delinquency Prevention Program, will establish the National Youth Violence Prevention Training and Technical Assistance (TTA)...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to support violence intervention and prevention efforts in South Los Angeles. The grant will fund three community-based organizations - The Reverence Project, Advocate for Peace and Urban Unity, and Developing Options Inc. - to enhance existing outreach, intervention, and case management services targeting high-risk youth aged 12-24....