Project Grant 2007PGBX0051

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548) to the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government. The grant will fund the Louisville Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods Secondary Gang Prevention Program, which will hire a Project Specialist to coordinate a collective impact approach to reduce the number of youth recruited into gang membership within the...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $963,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government. The grant will fund the Louisville Group Violence Reentry Project, which aims to reduce gun violence related to gang members returning to the community and ensure their successful reintegration. The project will create a collaborative process between criminal justice agencies and community organizations...

The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs awarded Justice Innovation Inc. $997,351 under the Community-Based Violence Prevention Program (CFDA 16.123) cooperative agreement effective May 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The award will support the South Bronx Youth Opportunity Initiative to reduce youth gun and gang violence in Bronx Community District 3, New York. Key deliverables include establishing a cross-sector collaborative working group, implementing outreach and...

This Project Grant award of $1,200,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The funding supports the "No Shots Fired" (NSF) initiative implemented by the Charity Apostolic Church, which provides holistic support services to high-risk youth and adults in underserved communities to address the challenges that contribute to gang violence involvement. The NSF program employs...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded the City of Philadelphia $615,000 to implement the Group Violence Intervention (GVI) Program Expansion. This project will expand the existing GVI gun violence reduction strategy to serve juveniles aged 12-18 years through case management, mediation, service coordination, and other supportive services. The initiative aims to interrupt cycles of retaliation, teach that violence is not...

Gang Alternative, Inc. will use a $739,322 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to develop coordinated prevention and intervention strategies for youth and families impacted by opioids. The funding will support youth-focused prevention and treatment programming at the individual, family, and community level in high-poverty areas of North Miami Beach, Florida. Services will be provided under the...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $181,002 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods formula grant program (CFDA 16.609) to the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The funding will support the implementation of a Project Safe Neighborhoods strategy across targeted areas in North Carolina's Western District experiencing increases in gun and gang violence. Key elements of...

The United States Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $191,588 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) formula grant program to the North Carolina Gang Investigators Association. The PSN program aims to reduce gun and gang violence through coordinated enforcement, prevention, intervention, and reentry efforts across federal, state and local law enforcement agencies and community partners in the 44 counties of Eastern North Carolina. Key...

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...

This is a Formula Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, under the Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609) program. The $325,359 award will be administered by the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) as the fiscal agent for the Northern District of California. While the specific proposed activities and expected outcomes are not yet known, the grant aims to address violent...