Cooperative Agreement U54CK000481

The Chicago Children's Advocacy Center (ChicagoCAC) and its multidisciplinary team will implement a collaborative treatment model to provide trauma-informed and victim-centered services to help children and families heal from sexual abuse and serious maltreatment. Funded through a $425,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Missing Children's Assistance program (CFDA 16.543), ChicagoCAC...

This Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program totals $124,850 to support community policing initiatives in Chicago, Illinois through August 31, 2023. Funded under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, the City of Chicago as prime recipient and its Mayor's Office as a sub-awardee will deliver services to develop partnerships and implement problem-solving techniques between law enforcement and...

The Children's Institute, Inc. (CII) was awarded a $825,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.818 - Children Exposed to Violence) to implement the Children Exposed to Violence (CEV) program in the Rampart community of Los Angeles, California. The CEV program is designed to address the widespread impact of adverse childhood experiences in the Rampart community, which has high rates of domestic and community...

This Project Grant award of $3,000,000 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Congressional Directives program (CFDA 93.493) supports the "Project COPES" initiative. Project COPES aims to expand existing services in School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) located in predominantly lower-income African American and Latino communities on Chicago's South and West sides. Using evidence-based, trauma-informed, and healing-centered approaches,...

The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago was awarded a $972,405 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CFDA 16.818 Children Exposed to Violence) to develop and implement the Strengthening Chicago's Youth (SCY) - Hospital Based Violence Intervention Program (SCY-HVIP). This 3-year project will screen and assess 375 children ages 0-19 who present to the emergency department with a violent injury, and...

The Children's Institute Inc. (CII) was awarded a $972,405 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Children Exposed to Violence program (CFDA 16.818). The funding will allow CII to expand services for two target populations in Los Angeles: children who have witnessed violence at LAPD crime scenes, and community youth impacted by trauma and violence. Key services include on-site crisis response, counseling, mental...

The Metropolitan Family Services (MFS) will receive $2 million through September 2025 under the Department of Justice's Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative program to expand the delivery of community violence intervention and prevention services in Chicago, Illinois. MFS will use the funding to build upon its existing Communities Partnering 4 Peace network of 16 community-based organizations that provide hyper-local violence reduction services. Specifically, MFS...

The Urban Peace Institute (UPI) was awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) program. Over three years, UPI will implement the South Park Peacemakers initiative to reduce gun and gang violence in the high-crime South Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. UPI will convene stakeholders to develop violence prevention...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,780,126 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program aims to reduce youth substance use in the South and West sides of Chicago. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) will implement evidence-based and evidence-informed prevention strategies, focusing on youth aged 8 to 24 who are at high risk...

The City of Chicago received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program on March 15, 2022 to support technology and equipment acquisitions through September 30, 2024. Funded under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), this award will allow the City to improve law enforcement effectiveness and information sharing between police and the communities they serve by developing and acquiring...