The City of Albuquerque will use a $1 million Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to expand trauma recovery services for victims of violent crime through September 2023. Funded under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program, the grant will support the Albuquerque Trauma Recovery Center (TRC) in providing wraparound care including individual and group psychotherapy, case management, and trauma-informed psychiatry to youth and...
The City of New Orleans Human Services Department (Health Department) received a $2,245,000 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). The grant will fund the implementation of the New Orleans Community Violence Intervention Program (NOCVIP) over a 3-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The program's key activities include: Establishing a team of...
The City of Montgomery, Alabama was awarded a $2,000,000 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 program to lower the rate of violent crimes in the city by 10%. The project activities will include community engagement through neighborhood safety improvements, street outreach to high-risk individuals, providing counseling services to violence...
The City of Omaha was awarded a $1,890,251 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 will fund efforts to collaboratively expand ongoing, targeted violence intervention programs aimed at reducing retaliatory gun violence in Omaha through 2025. Key activities include expanding the Omaha Police Department's Project Safe Neighborhood focused...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has awarded a $167,378 Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609) Formula Grant to the New Mexico Department of Public Safety (NMDPS). The award will support NMDPS's efforts to reduce violent crime, with a focus on gun crimes, in the greater Albuquerque metropolitan area of New Mexico over a 3-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The key components of the project include: (1) data-informed decision-making, where...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women has awarded a $1,445,872 Formula Grant under the Violence Against Women Formula Grants program (CFDA 16.588) to the Crime Victims Reparation Commission in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This 2-year grant aims to support comprehensive efforts to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in the local community. The funding will enable the Crime Victims Reparation Commission to develop and strengthen...
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 Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $2 million under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) federal grant program to Salt Lake County's Human Services Department. The funding supports the Magna Township Safety and Success Project, which intends to reduce community violence among at-risk youth and young adults aged 25 and under in Magna, Utah through expanding an existing community violence coalition....
This $2,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by 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 primary goal is to reduce gun violence and transform the lives of high-risk individuals in two high-crime neighborhoods in Washington, D.C.'s Ward 8 through a long-term, comprehensive life transformation program. Key components include intensive case management, wraparound services,...
The City of Omaha received a $2,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.045 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative) to expand the Engaging Networks within the Community of Omaha to Maintain and Promote a Safe Society (ENCOMPASS) hospital-based violence intervention program. The grant will enable the city to: (1) Expand street outreach and whole-family response efforts; (2) Expand the ENCOMPASS...
The City of Albuquerque is using a $2,050,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) to expand the scope of its existing Community Safety (ACS) and Violence Intervention Program (VIP). The funding will enhance service delivery in violence prevention, intervention, and support within Albuquerque, with a focus on underserved and unserved populations, including communities of color. Key objectives include increasing assertive outreach, advocacy, mental health services, and comprehensive case management to better support victims of violence, physical assault, sexual assault, opioid abuse, and domestic violence. The grant will also support the City's exploration of establishing an Office of Violence Prevention to bring together various violence intervention programs in a cohesive manner, modeled after successful approaches in other cities. The anticipated outcomes are improved ability to address community needs and development of a blueprint to evolve the City's current violence intervention efforts.