Cooperative Agreement 2015PBFXK002

The City and County of Denver Police Department was awarded a $420,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to alleviate poverty, reduce crime, and improve police-community relations in a Southwest Denver neighborhood from March 15, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Through this funding, the Police Department will work with community organizations to develop and...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice awarded RTI International a $637,685 cooperative agreement under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative program. RTI will conduct a four-year mixed methods implementation and quasi-experimental impact evaluation of the expansion and enhancement of Greensboro, North Carolina's Community Connectors violence intervention and prevention initiative. The evaluation will examine...

The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) Correctional Industries Division was awarded a $249,993 Project Grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The grant funding will allow CDOC to develop and implement a comprehensive crisis intervention training program for its correctional and parole officers. This will include developing and delivering evidence-based crisis intervention curriculum, providing...

The Circle of Brotherhood Inc. (COB) received a $2 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) program. The grant will fund COB's delivery of community violence intervention and prevention services in Miami, Florida from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Specifically, COB will use the funding to expand and enhance its current...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,999,998 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to Force Detroit. The 3-year grant will support Force Detroit's implementation of the Keepers Community Violence Intervention (CVI) program in Detroit's Warrendale Cody Rouge neighborhood. The program aims to reduce gun violence and associated impacts through evidence-based, culturally competent services. Key activities include...

The Community Collective for Youth and Family Resilience and Violence Prevention (CCYFR) project will deliver evidence-based interventions and programs to help families impacted by violence in Boulder and Broomfield counties, Colorado. Funded by a $900,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children Exposed to Violence program (CFDA 16.818), the University of Colorado will lead a...

This Project Grant award of $157,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) will support the Forsyth County Crisis Intervention Team (CIRT) in Forsyth County, Georgia. The funding will allow the county to create a second co-responder team to capture missed crisis response opportunities and continue tracking key performance metrics. The grant aims to prioritize services for individuals with moderate or high risk of...

The City and County of Denver, District Attorney's Office (DDAO) received a $533,200 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741). The grant funds the Denver Cold Case Collaborative, which investigates and prosecutes violent crime cold cases where suspect DNA profiles exist. Key activities supported by the award include maintaining a dedicated cold case prosecutor, providing forensic scientist and...

The National Center for Policing Innovation (NCPI), in partnership with CIT International, Inc., has been awarded a $800,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). This funding will be used to establish the Mid-Atlantic Regional De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training Center (MARC) and deliver a comprehensive regional training initiative focused on de-escalation techniques, particularly for...

The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (ACDHS) was awarded a $1,999,998 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 funds will be used to implement the Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (READI) program, an evidence-based model focused on reducing violence among high-risk individuals in three target communities in Allegheny County,...