The City and County of Denver received a $799,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) to expand and sustain secondary prevention and intervention strategies for high-risk youth and adults in West, Central, and East Denver. The funding will be used to train community-based organizations in evidence-based, culturally responsive practices and to support a two-pronged approach integrating violence...
The City of Aurora Police Department was awarded a $699,959 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738). The grant will support the development of a Crime Gun Intelligence program to generate timely and comprehensive National Integrated Ballistic Information Network and crime gun tracing data for use as proactive investigative tools. This intelligence will...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,998,264 was provided 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 grant supports the second year of a pilot program led by Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center & Rosemary Anderson High School (POIC+RAHS), a community-based organization in Portland, Oregon. The project aims to professionalize the field of violence prevention...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to the Aurora/Arapahoe Battered Women's Shelter, operating as the Gateway Domestic Violence Services Division. This 2-year grant, effective October 1, 2024, will fund the provision of culturally responsive services to meet the basic needs of victims of domestic violence, their children, and their pets in the Aurora,...
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 (CFDA 16.753 - Congressionally Recommended Awards) will support place-based community violence intervention (CVI) programming in Portland, Oregon to reduce the impacts of gun violence on public health, social well-being, and the local economy. The funding will enable the City of Portland's Community Safety Division to implement evidence-based, non-policing strategies in the Hazelwood, Eliot,...
The City of Aurora, Colorado received a $208,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (CFDA 16.741) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The funding will assist the Unified Metropolitan Forensic Crime Laboratory (UMFCL) operated by the City of Aurora in improving the timeliness and quality of forensic analysis services. Specifically, the grant support will help...
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 Endeavor Health, a non-profit healthcare provider in the Chicago area. The grant funds the development and implementation of a hospital-based community violence intervention program called "Endeavor to Heal" at three of Endeavor Health's hospitals. The program aims to decrease instances of violent injury in high-crime...
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...
The County of Boulder, Colorado will receive $499,998 from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) federal grant program. The Project Grant award will fund the Boulder County Domestic Violence Acute Response Team from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The Response Team will work to improve the criminal justice system's response to...