Project Grant SCD30014GR013

The International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) will deliver training and resources to address hate crimes through a $400,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2022 under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047). Over a three-year period concluding September 30, 2025, ICSVE will train law enforcement, community stakeholders, and victim...

Nonviolent Peaceforce will receive $1.5 million from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative program (CFDA 16.045) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Key activities to be delivered by Nonviolent Peaceforce and its community partners in North Minneapolis include a community violence assessment, formalizing a community coalition, providing customized training in unarmed...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded a $295,020 project grant to the International Center For The Study Of Violent Extremism on September 18, 2022 under the Financial Assistance for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention program (CFDA 97.132). The grant will support the Center's work countering violent extremism by raising local community awareness of the signs that someone may be escalating towards violence or terrorism and of the threats of targeted violence and terrorism. The...

The City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) received a $999,998 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the STOP School Violence Program (CFDA 16.839). The funding will be used to expand the DVP's School Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) program by hiring three additional full-time violence interrupters. This will allow each of the seven high-risk Oakland schools participating in the...

Through a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888), the nonprofit organization Peace Over Violence will provide intervention and prevention services to participants in the Para Los Ninos Youth Workforce Services program in Los Angeles, California. The goal is to...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded Utec Inc., a non-profit community development organization, a $900,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045). The grant supports a 3-year effort by Utec to strengthen and expand street outreach and reentry services to reduce and prevent community violence targeting young adults aged 17-25 in Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill, Massachusetts. Key activities include: Forming a...

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,...

The City of Orlando has been awarded a $1,550,438 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.045 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative) to implement a comprehensive Community Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVIP) program. The program combines the evidence-based Cure Violence and Advance Peace strategies to reduce violent crime and promote public safety in targeted Orlando communities. Key activities include developing...

Through the U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526), Caminar Latino Inc. has been awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement to implement the Advocate Training Institute for Peace and Safety (ADVOCATE TIPS) project. Over 24 months, this project will provide training and technical assistance to culturally specific organizations across OVW grant programs to build their capacity for serving culturally diverse communities...

The Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) awarded a $346,069 Project Grant under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) to Peaceful Families Project, Inc. (PFP). Over a 36-month period, PFP will partner with the Baitul Hemayah Domestic Violence Intervention Program to: 1) create and implement an 8-session curriculum educating Muslim...