The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Advance Peace a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to implement the Advance Peace (AP) model in 11 cities nationwide. The AP model combines street outreach, case management, mental health support, employment assistance, and job training to interrupt gun violence cycles by building relationships with individuals most likely to be involved in such...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.045 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative) awarded a $1,995,400 Project Grant to Promise Neighborhoods Of Lehigh VAL Ley, a non-profit community development organization based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The grant will fund a 3-year initiative to implement a trauma-informed, whole-family community violence intervention (CVI) approach to reduce gun violence among high-risk individuals and their families in Allentown. The key...
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 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) will fund the creation and piloting of a gun violence intervention and prevention model in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The award recipient, Justice Innovation Inc. (doing business as the Center for Justice Innovation), will develop a multi-phase program called "The Heights" that engages...
The City of Fresno received a $300,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to fund the Advance Peace Fresno Violence Prevention and Intervention Program. The program aims to reduce cyclical and retaliatory gun violence in urban neighborhoods through street-level outreach, an 18-month violence interruption fellowship for at-risk individuals, and trauma-informed...
The U.S. Department of Justice's 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 Adult Friends For Youth (AFY), a non-profit organization in Honolulu, Hawaii. The purpose of the "O Ke Ala Maluhia (The Peaceful Way)" project is to create safer communities by targeting high-risk youth prone to extreme violence and gang activity in disadvantaged communities in Oahu. The project...
The Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI) received a $1,000,000 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). The purpose of this 3-year project is to assess the impact of an innovative community violence intervention strategy called the Peacemaker Fellowship on reducing cyclical and retaliatory gun violence in Pomona, Stockton, and Fort Worth. The project will...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1,834,829 Project Grant to the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA #16.045). The grant funds a 3-year project to: (1) expand the number of Cure Violence intervention sites from 5 to 6, extending into the Newburg neighborhood; (2) add one outreach case management staff to support long-term services in Newburg; (3) provide enhanced restorative justice facilitation...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded a $2,500,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to the City of Minneapolis to implement the Minneapolis Community Violence Intervention Project. This initiative will deploy "violence interrupters" - trusted community members with deep neighborhood connections - to de-escalate conflicts, prevent violence, and provide support and mentorship to at-risk youth in...
This three-year, $1.44 million project grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045), will fund the CHANGE MATTERS Community Based Intervention & Prevention Initiative in Waco, Texas. Led by Greater Waco Collective Impact Initiative, the Initiative aims to reduce violent crime rates through comprehensive community violence intervention strategies targeting individuals, families,...