Project Grant 15PBJA23GG05361HATE
- The City of Miami Beach received a $152,880 Project Grant award 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 funding will be used by the Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD) to work with liaisons from the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities to research data, policies, and evidence-based programs, foster stakeholder relationships, listen to community members, and...
- The City of Minneapolis has been awarded a $400,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040). This funding will enable the city's Civil Rights Department to implement a comprehensive, city-wide hate crime response campaign. The primary goals are to increase community outreach and engagement, enhance hate...
- The State Of Florida Office Of The State Attorney 9TH Circuit was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant will fund a comprehensive approach to addressing hate crimes in Florida's 9th Judicial Circuit, including establishing an online hate crime reporting system, conducting mediation for non-violent hate...
- The Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD) received a $550,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program) to implement the "Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program." The 36-month project aims to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and...
- This $2,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) supports Montgomery County, Maryland's initiatives to address a significant increase in bias incidents and hate crimes. Key deliverables include: (1) funding hate crime analyst positions to identify and investigate hate crimes and bias incidents, (2) conducting annual training for police staff on...
- The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $800,000 Project Grant to the County of Macomb, Michigan under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040). The grant will fund a full-time trial attorney to address hate crimes in Macomb County, which has a diverse population ranging from urban to rural communities. Key activities include training 20 county, city, and township police agencies on hate crime recognition,...
- The County of Orange, doing business as the Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA), has received a $1,600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040). This funding will enable the OCDA to expand its Hate Crimes Unit by hiring an additional prosecutor. The grant supports the unit's efforts to not only prosecute hate...
- This $1,600,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) will support the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) Hate Crime Task Force in expanding community outreach, training, and hate crime reporting initiatives from October 2023 through September 2027. The funding will enable the LASD Hate Crime Task Force to partner with...
- The Nassau County District Attorney's Office was awarded a $400,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026. Under this award, the DA's Office will enhance its Hate Crimes Unit by allocating funding to salaries for a Unit Chief, ADA, and additional...
- The City of Chicago received a $399,976 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) to implement a Hate Crime Reporting Community Pilot Program. The program aims to encourage reporting of hate crimes, hate incidents, and community tensions in Chicago communities with higher levels of hate crimes. Key activities include collaborating with...
The Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD) received a $1,600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance's Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Education, Investigation and Prosecution Program (CFDA 16.040) to establish the MDPD Hate Crimes Prevention and Investigation Program. The funding will support a comprehensive action plan to launch a public outreach and education campaign, provide hate crimes training for police officers, and enhance criminal investigations aimed at prosecution of hate crimes in the Miami-Dade County area. Key partners include the State Attorney's Office, FBI, Florida International University, and the community organization Survivors Pathway. The project aims to improve identification and reporting of hate crimes, with outreach to victims driving the process. Enhanced criminal investigations through coordinated, data-driven efforts are also a core component of the initiative, which has an award period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2027.
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