Cooperative Agreement 2018DGBXK004

Federal Grant Award Summary The City of Knoxville received a $175,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027. The award funds the establishment of the Crime Gun Liaison Program (CGLP), designed to address persistent gun violence through accelerated intelligence gathering,...

The City of Tacoma Police Department (TPD) was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738). The grant will fund the implementation and evaluation of three technologies to improve TPD's capacity to investigate gun crime: 1) ShotSpotter technology to identify gunshots and provide precise locations, 2) fingerprint analysis technology to analyze fingerprints...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The grant will support the enhancement and expansion of the Advance Peace Peacemaker Fellowship program to address urban gun violence in high-risk neighborhoods. Key project activities include multiple daily contacts, life management planning, social services navigation,...

This $1,633,510 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) will support the development and implementation of a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy to prevent and reduce gun violence among high-risk youth aged 14-24 in Clark County, Ohio. The grant recipient, Opportunities For Individual Change, Inc. (OIC), will lead a multi-disciplinary coalition to...

The City of Orlando has been awarded a $1,550,438 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 implement a comprehensive Community Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVIP) program. The program combines the evidence-based Cure Violence and Advance Peace strategies to reduce violent crime and promote public safety in targeted Orlando communities. Key activities include developing...

The Tucson Police Department (TPD), in partnership with Goodwill of Southern Arizona, has been awarded a $175,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to implement a Community Violence Intervention (CVI) ecosystem called the Village Program. The grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2026, will allow TPD and Goodwill to hire a CVI case/data manager, maintain an updated...

The City of Oakland's Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) received a $2,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045). The funding will enable the DVP to expand and enhance Oakland's Ceasefire strategy by hiring three full-time life coaches for 33 months to deliver intensive life coaching services to 75 individuals at imminent risk of gun violence....

The City of Cincinnati was awarded a $6,250,000 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 aims to enhance the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts by funding the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers. Anticipated outcomes include increased community engagement, implementation of...

The City of Youngstown received a $1,612,170 Project Grant award under the Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to enhance the Youngstown Police Department's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The anticipated outcomes of this 5-year grant include the Youngstown Police Department engaging in planned community partnerships, implementing projects to analyze and assess problems, making changes to personnel and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $499,931 Cooperative Agreement under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program to The Ohio State University (OSU). Over a two-year period from October 2024 to September 2026, OSU will partner with law enforcement personnel in at least five major cities to develop and implement products and resources to support the expansion of a place-based violence...