Violence Intervention Program

Violence Intervention Program, Inc., a New York City-based nonprofit organization, operates as a federal grant recipient serving underserved Latinx and immigrant populations through culturally specific and linguistically relevant domestic violence, sexual assault, and homelessness intervention services. The organization holds no federal contracts but maintains an active grant footprint anchored to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care Program and the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, with 87% of recent awards held as prime recipient status.

VIP's customer concentration is heavily weighted toward HUD and DOJ. The top three agencies account for 100% of awards: the HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (23 awards, the dominant customer), the DOJ Office on Violence Against Women (8 awards), and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (4 awards). The HUD-DOJ split reflects VIP's dual mission — homelessness prevention and rehousing alongside gender-based violence intervention — with HUD awards clustered under the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267) and DOJ awards distributed across multiple program streams.

Representative grant work includes a $400,000 three-year DOJ Culturally and Linguistically Specific Services Program award (CFDA 16.016) effective October 2024 through September 2027, supporting enhanced services to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking survivors in the Bronx, Queens, and Upper Manhattan, with emphasis on financial independence and workforce development; a $450,000 three-year DOJ Transitional Housing Assistance grant (CFDA 16.736) effective October 2023 through September 2026 providing case management, safety planning, career and financial counseling, and legal assistance to 69 homeless survivors; a $495,000 four-year DOJ Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program award (CFDA 16.023) effective October 2023 through September 2027, delivering trauma-informed crisis intervention, counseling, bilingual hotline services, and advocacy to the Latino community; and recurring HUD Continuum of Care awards for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services across Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. VIP also serves as a subrecipient under the New York State Office of Victim Services and other state and local grantees on victim assistance and family violence prevention programs.

Activity volume has remained modest and cyclical — three to six awards annually over the past five years — with combined dollars obligated at $18.7 million across all 38 awards. Only one award carries a completion date within the next twenty-four months, placing minimal recompete pressure in the near term. VIP's service delivery centers on non-residential counseling, emergency shelter (including the Morivivi program), scattered-site transitional housing, case management, financial literacy, legal aid, safety planning, and community education and prevention work tailored to Latinx and immigrant survivors of gender-based violence and homelessness.