Cooperative Agreement 2013MUFXK002

This federal Project Grant award of $1,961,000.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), will fund the An Achievable Dream Enrichment and Discipline Reduction Program. This community-based initiative aims to prevent justice involvement among high-risk youth and their families in Newport News and Virginia Beach, Virginia. The key activities include increased mental...

The City of Newport News received a $760,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to implement the Gun Violence and Violent Crime Reduction Initiative. The key objectives are to enhance law enforcement's technological capabilities, increase re-entry support and reduce recidivism for adult returning citizens, expand relocation and safety services for cooperating crime victims...

The Community Network Services Inc. was awarded a $1,450,800 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative program. The grant funds the Victor Program, which will engage community members and stakeholders over three years through 2025 in learning and applying violence intervention and prevention strategies based on the Cure Violence and P.I.E.R. models. The program...

This $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) will enable the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board (H-NNCSB) to establish a Traumatic Event Response Team to serve citizens in the Hampton and Newport News, Virginia communities. The funding will support the addition of a part-time Mobile Crisis Therapist and a full-time Community Outreach Specialist to the existing Community Outreach program. This...

The City of Newport News Police Department received a $295,742.63 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to deliver a Law Enforcement Victim Specialist Program. The grant period runs from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2022. As part of its discretionary grant program aimed at supporting demonstration projects and training to aid crime victims, this award will...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $926,299 cooperative agreement to the Fund For The City Of New York Inc. under the Children Exposed to Violence program. The Fund will implement the Newark Community Solutions-Youth Violence Prevention project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. Key services include convening a multidisciplinary planning team to inform youth-based violence prevention strategies,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Newark Community Street Team Inc. (NCST) to implement the STOP School Violence Program in Newark, New Jersey. This 3-year project, which commenced on October 1, 2024, aims to enhance school safety, improve academic outcomes, and foster a supportive community environment for students in Newark's high-risk South and West Wards. The key products and services to be...

The City of Newport was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant funding will be used over a five-year period from October 2024 to September 2029 to increase the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes include enhanced community partnerships, implementation of projects to...

The federal Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839), will fund the implementation of the Youth Justice Equity Program (YJEP) by the New Rochelle Community Justice Center (NRCJC), a project of Justice Innovation Inc. d/b/a Center for Justice Innovation. YJEP will serve 30-60 high school youth, ages 14-17, who have been impacted by community violence and/or are at risk...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), under the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548), provides $223,200.00 to Justice Innovation Inc. d/b/a Center for Justice Innovation to create the National Youth Violence Prevention Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program. The program aims to enhance the capacity of organizations and communities across the nation to develop, implement, and expand...