The tucson police department will partner with three strong community agencies to provide immediate and efficient support to children and their families after exposure to violence, stabilizing their…

The Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded the City of Tucson $830,000 on June 1, 2026, under the Children Exposed to Violence program (CFDA 16.818) to establish a citywide referral system and deliver immediate support services to children and families experiencing violence exposure.

The Tucson Police Department will lead a multidisciplinary collaboration with three community partners to deliver behavioral health services, domestic violence survivor support, and workforce development assistance. Jewish Family & Children's Services will provide behavioral health services to children and adult survivors. EMERGE Center Against Domestic Abuse will deliver support for survivors of domestic violence. Goodwill of Southern Arizona will offer workforce development and education support to stabilize living situations for young people and their families. The effort aims to prevent future violence by addressing existing service gaps and stabilizing affected households in the short term while reducing overall violence long term.

The award covers the period from June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029, with place of performance in Tucson, Arizona 85701. This is a Project Grant assistance type.

The tucson police department will partner with three strong community agencies to provide immediate and efficient support to children and their families after exposure to violence, stabilizing their homes and preventing and disrupting future violencein essence, "stopping crime before IT starts." the tucson police department will lead the effort to address the existing GAP in services for children who are exposed to violence through the creation of a citywide referral system for these children and their families, with the partnership of behavioral health services from jewish family & children's services, support for adult and child survivors of domestic violence from emerge center against domestic abuse, and an array of workforce development and education support for young people and their families to help stabilize their living situations through goodwill of southern arizona. This collaboration, along with the systemwide multidisciplinary team that will oversee the work, will strengthen families and stabilize children in the short-term and reduce overall violence in the long-term.