The reverence project (TRP), advocate for peace and urban unity (apuu), and developing options INC (DOI) are organizations, among others, that form foundational elements of the LOS angeles gang…

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to support violence intervention and prevention efforts in South Los Angeles. The grant will fund three community-based organizations - The Reverence Project, Advocate for Peace and Urban Unity, and Developing Options Inc. - to enhance existing outreach, intervention, and case management services targeting high-risk youth aged 12-24. Key activities include hiring additional violence interventionists and case managers, developing a collaborative community violence intervention plan, and improving equitable access to services. The project aims to reduce violent crime perpetration and victimization in the community through data-driven, trauma-informed approaches. The three-year grant period runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026.

The reverence project (TRP), advocate for peace and urban unity (apuu), and developing options INC (DOI) are organizations, among others, that form foundational elements of the LOS angeles gang reduction and youth development (gryd) and community violence intervention (CVI) programming in south LA. The CVI groups in this application have a direct impact on crime through violence intervention, youth programming, and responding to incidents in the community. The groups look to enhance existing outreach and violence intervention work and expand collaboration and capacity with the following goals: create capacity for community violence programming organizations, enhance high-risk intervention and case management, develop a data-driven and collaborative community violence intervention plan, and create equitable community access to services. The proposed community violence work will be collaborative through community input and data assessment from a university of california at LOS angeles researcher. TRP, apuu, and DOI have built a CVI framework to improve and sustain CVI programming. The grant will add violence interventionists, case managers, and development positions to the three organizations. The positions will expand current street outreach and intervention work and build high-risk intervention and case management programming to focus on black and latinx aged 1224 who are at the highest risk of becoming either the perpetrators or victims of violent crimes in south LA.