The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) is administering three separate Community Safety Works grant opportunities to improve the livability and economic potential of Maryland communities through targeted investments in crime prevention that impact community safety.
Donor Name: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
State: Maryland
Counties: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:
- Facility and Community Improvement: 10/21/2022
- Business District and Neighborhood Safety: 10/21/2022
- Crime and Violence Intervention and Prevention: 11/02/2022
Size of the Grant:
- Facility and Community Improvement- $25,000
- Business District and Neighborhood Safety- $100,000
- Crime and Violence Intervention and Prevention- $250,000
Details:
Grant Categories
Facility and Community Improvement:
- Funding Information
- The minimum grant request is $10,000 and the maximum grant request amount is $25,000
- Eligible Applicants
- A tax-exempt nonprofit organization, including faith-based organizations
- Eligible Activities
- physical improvements and/or safety services for a facility and adjacent grounds; a community managed open space (i.e., turning a vacant blighted space into a safe gathering space for residents); and/or establishing or expanding community-led cleaning and greening activities such as litter prevention and beautification
Business District and Neighborhood Safety
- Funding Information
- The minimum grant request is $50,000 and the maximum grant request amount is $100,000
- Eligible Applicants
- A tax-exempt nonprofit organization or local government
- Eligible Activities
- comprehensive physical improvements and/or community safety services that benefit specific local business districts and/or neighborhoods, making places safer for residents, merchants and visitors.
Crime and Violence Intervention and Prevention
- Funding Information
- The maximum grant request is $250,000
- Eligible Applicants
- A tax-exempt nonprofit organization
- Eligible Activities
- Grant requests will be for a comprehensive strategy that includes a set of partnerships and coordinated activities that go beyond physical changes and enhanced security services and instead directly engage people at-risk of becoming involved with or affected by violence and crime and avoid incarceration. Evidence-based interventions will provide restorative life choices for at-risk individuals; activities will aim to remove illegal activities from communities and interrupt the cycle of violence that can result from such activities.
For more information, visit Community Safety Works Grant.
