Cooperative Agreement 2020MUMUK002

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548) to the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government. The grant will fund the Louisville Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Secondary Gang Prevention Program, which will hire a Project Specialist to coordinate a collective impact approach to reduce the number of youth recruited into gang membership within the...

The National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), a Virginia-based non-profit organization, was awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The funding will be used to create a community awareness toolkit with training curricula, videos, handouts, and other resources for law enforcement to educate the public on topics such as...

The United States Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $191,588 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) formula grant program to the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association. The PSN program aims to reduce gun and gang violence through coordinated enforcement, prevention, intervention, and reentry efforts across federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and community partners in the 44 counties of Eastern North Carolina. Key...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $181,002 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods formula grant program (CFDA 16.609) to the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The funding will support the implementation of a Project Safe Neighborhoods strategy across targeted areas in North Carolina's Western District experiencing increases in gun and gang violence. Key elements of...

This $201,426 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Project Safe Neighborhoods program (CFDA 16.609) will fund law enforcement and community outreach efforts to address rising gang violence in the Las Vegas resort corridor areas through September 2024. Specifically, the Nevada Department of Public Safety will use the funding to support overtime for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Gang Section as they conduct covert...

The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR), a non-profit organization, has been awarded a $250,000 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.548 - Delinquency Prevention Program). The award will support NICJR's efforts to strengthen and expand the Neighborhood Opportunity and Accountability Board (NOAB) model, which diverts at-risk youth from formal justice system involvement at the point of arrest...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $174,940 Formula Grant under the Project Safe Neighborhoods program (CFDA 16.609) to the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The grant will support the continued implementation of the Middle District of North Carolina's Project Safe Neighborhoods strategy across 11 counties through community outreach and education efforts. Key...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $309,631 Project Grant under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839) to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada (BGCSNV). This funding will support the implementation of the Crisis Prevention Institute's Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (NCI) training program at Cactus Park Elementary School and BGCSNV facilities. The NCI training aims to equip educators and BGCSNV professionals with skills to effectively...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $375,000 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grant (CFDA 93.276) to Gang Alternative, Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization based in Miami, Florida. Over the 5-year project period from September 2024 to September 2029, the funding will support Gang Alternative's comprehensive initiative to reduce youth alcohol and marijuana use in Broward County, Florida, with a focus on the Pompano Beach jurisdiction. Key...

The National Institute of Justice awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Northwestern University to extend an ongoing 28-year longitudinal study, the Northwestern Juvenile Project (NJP), to investigate violent behavior and victimization in under-resourced communities. The study will focus on patterns, trajectories, and predictors of violent behavior and victimization from adolescence through median age 42 among a sample of youth who were previously detained. The project aims to provide critical...