Project Grant 2008DDBX0466

The City of Los Angeles Police Department was awarded a $997,351 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Community-Based Violence Prevention Program (CFDA 16.123). The award's GET-IT-STRAIGHT PROGRAM will provide 12-week delinquency prevention training sessions consisting of intake and assessment, comprehensive case management, mental health services, and healing circles for at-risk youth...

The Gang Alternative, Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The grant will fund Gang Alternative's multi-faceted Project BRAVE initiative to improve school security and reduce violence in Broward County Public Schools through September 2025. Key services include equipping educators and school resource officers to identify and respond to risks like...

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...

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 City of Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), through a $375,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance's Economic, High-Tech, and Cyber Crime Prevention program (CFDA 16.752), will implement the 2023-2025 "Protect LA from Counterfeit Goods and Product Piracy" program. The program aims to reduce and prevent the spread of counterfeit/illicit pharmaceutical drugs and electronics/automotive parts throughout the Los Angeles region. Key...

The Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office was awarded a $2 million project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program. The grant will fund the Gang and Gun Reduction and Intelligence Project (GGRIP) from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. GGRIP aims to reduce gang, gun and drug crimes in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania through aggressive intelligence collection, investigation and...

The San Diego Association of Governments received a $409,699 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to support the San Francisco Violence Reduction Initiative. The Initiative will identify individuals at highest risk of gun violence victimization or perpetration and connect them to intensive mentoring and social services from the Street Violence Intervention Program for at least one year. Modeled after successful programs in other...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) was awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to establish a Crime Gun Intelligence Center (CGIC). The LASD CGIC will partner with several local and federal agencies to focus on reducing gang-related shootings and murders in the Century and Compton station areas. Funding will support personnel, equipment, supplies, training, and...

This $340,000 Project Grant award under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.540) program, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), supports two key initiatives by the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia (OAG). The first initiative is the expansion of the Leaders of Tomorrow grant program, which funds local non-profit organizations for crime reduction, violence interruption, and youth...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the U.S. Department of Justice awarded a $167,195 Formula Grant through the Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609) program to the Rosamons Gifford Charitable Corp. This 3-year award, effective October 1, 2023, will support comprehensive strategies to reduce violent crime, gang activity, and illegal gun trafficking in the Southern District of New York, with a focus on the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. Key activities funded include analytical...