Readout of OJP and White House Community Violence Intervention Announcements

Readout of OJP and White House Community Violence Intervention Announcements

Acting Assistant Attorney General Brent J. Cohen headlined an event in Seattle last week commemorating the two-year anniversary of the launch of OJP's Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative. OJP made its first investments in community violence intervention programs - a centerpiece of the President's Safer America Plan and the Justice Department's Comprehensive Strategy for Reducing Violent Crime- in the fall of 2022.

Acting AAG Cohen was joined by the Director of the National Institute of Justice, Dr. Nancy La Vigne, Senior Advisor for Community Violence Intervention Eddie Bocanegra and OJP staff, as well as local, county and state leaders.

The day after the event, President Biden announced major new actions and investments designed to curb gun violence, including funding from OJP to support promising community violence intervention programs. In remarks delivered from the White House, the President highlighted a wide range of new actionsto reduce gun violence and save lives, including $85 million in new awards under OJP's Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative.

These new investments will support 26 community-based organizations and government-led collaboratives implementing community violence intervention strategies, as well as four intermediary organizations that will deliver federal funding and capacity-building support to smaller grassroots groups on the frontlines of violence. Funding will also support training and technical assistance and related research and evaluation projects to grow the evidence base around lifesaving violence intervention models.

"These local intervention programs stop shootings before they happen utilizing trusted messengers, community members, leaders who work directly with people at risk of or most vulnerable to gun violence," said the President.

The Seattle event featured local leaders and organizations from King County, Washington, including Rachel Sottile, President and CEO of the Center for Children and Youth Justice, a Seattle-based non-profit dedicated to dedicated to supporting youth and strengthening communities. The center serves as a federal intermediary, awarding microgrant funding and providing capacity-building assistance to grassroots organizations throughout King County.

The line-up also included Shantel Patu, co-founder and Executive Director of Urban Family, one of the microgrant recipients working to tackle the systemic challenges associated with youth violence. The event followed a roundtable discussion with community violence intervention professionals and young people who serve as credible messengers to at-risk individuals in their communities.

With the new awards, OJP has awarded more than $272 million since 2022, including direct investments in more than 100 sites in 35 states nationwide. Funding comes, in part, from resources made available through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act signed by the President more than two years ago.

See below for a full list of FY 2024 grantees under OJP's Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative, which is jointly administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and Office for Victims of Crime.

Awards to Community-Based Organizations

Grantee	State
Adult Friends for Youth	HI
Center for Family Services Inc.	NJ
FORCE Detroit	MI
Heal Memphis	TN
Life Camps Inc.	NY
Northshore University Health System	IL
Oklahoma County Diversion Hub, Inc.	OK
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.	OR
Power4STL Inc.	MO
Promise Neighborhoods of Lehigh Valley	PA
Selma Center	AL
St. Joseph's University Medical Center	NJ
The Connie Rice Institute for Urban Peace	CA
Youth Alive!	CA

Awards to Local Governments

Grantee	State
City of Aurora	CO
City of Chattanooga	TN
City of Indianapolis	IN
City of Oakland	CA
City of Omaha	NE
City of Tulsa	OK
County of Los Angeles	CA
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court	OH
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	WI

Awards to State Governments

Grantee	State
D.C. Office of the Attorney General	DC
New York State Department of Health	NY
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency	PA

Awards to Capacity Building Intermediaries

Grantee	State
Chicago CRED	IL
Cure Violence Global	IL
Research Foundation of the City University of New York	NY
The Medical College of Wisconsin	WI

Awards to Training and Technical Assistance Providers

Grantee	State
Health Resources in Action	MA
ICF Incorporated	VA
National Opinion Research Center	IL
Research Foundation of the City University of New York	NY
The John Hopkins University	MD

Awards for Research and Evaluation

Grantee	State
Moses-Weitzman Health System, Inc	CT
Research Triangle Institute	NC
University of California, Davis	CA
University of New Haven	CT
University of South Carolina	SC

About the Office of Justice Programs

The Office of Justice Programs provides federal leadership, grants, training, technical assistance and other resources to improve the nation's capacity to prevent and reduce crime, advance equity and fairness in the administration of justice, assist victims and uphold the rule of law. More information about OJP and its components can be found at www.ojp.gov.

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