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....
This $2,000,000 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) will fund a collaborative effort between two Cleveland-based nonprofit organizations, the Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance and the Brenda Glass Multipurpose Trauma Center, to enhance and expand their hospital-linked community violence interruption and prevention services. The funding will allow the...
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,...
This $2,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) aims to prevent and reduce violent crime in Toledo, Ohio. The project will develop an integrated, community-driven, evidence-informed ecosystem of community-based violence intervention and prevention (CVIP) services. Key activities include conducting an enhanced needs assessment, analyzing patterns of gun...
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,...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $641,050 under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) federal grant program to Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. BOSS will implement the Center of Excellence: Trauma Informed Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative to provide violence intervention and prevention services in Oakland, California,...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,999,998 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to Force Detroit. The 3-year grant will support Force Detroit's implementation of the Keepers Community Violence Intervention (CVI) program in Detroit's Warrendale Cody Rouge neighborhood. The program aims to reduce gun violence and associated impacts through evidence-based, culturally competent services. Key activities include...
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...
This $1,998,264 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance supports the "Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative" (CFDA 16.045). The grant funding will enable Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center & Rosemary Anderson High School (POIC+RAHS), a non-profit community organization, to implement the "Community Safety Worker (CSW) Model" program over a 3-year period from October 2024 to September...
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 the Oklahoma County Diversion Hub, Inc. The grant aims to expand a pilot Community Violence Intervention (CVI) program in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The project will deploy credible messengers to provide individuals at highest risk of violence with mediation and life-stabilizing services. Key activities include enhancing community...