California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) is pleased to announce California Violence Intervention and Prevention grant program to reduce gang violence through prevention, intervention and suppression strategies.
Donor Name: California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC)
State: California
City: Selected Cities
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/11/2022
Grant Size: $6,000,000
Grant Duration: 3 years and 6 months
Details:
The purpose of the CalVIP Grant Program is to improve public health and safety by supporting effective violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by violence, particularly group-member involved homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults.
The Break the Cycle of Violence Act specifies that the purpose of CalVIP is to “improve public health and safety by supporting effective violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by violence, particularly group-member involved homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults.” CalVIP grants shall be used to support, expand and replicate evidence-based violence reduction initiatives, including but not limited to:
- hospital-based violence intervention programs,
- evidence-based street outreach programs, and
- focused deterrence strategies.
Funding Information
- Cities Disproportionately Impacted by Violence Maximum Grant- $6,000,000; Available Funding- $99,825,000
- CBOs that Serve the Residents of Cities Disproportionately Impacted by Violence Maximum Grant – $6,000,000; Available Funding- $99,825,000
- Small Scope CBOs that Serve the Residents of Cities Disproportionately Impacted by Violence Maximum Grant- $400,000; Available Funding- $10,000,000
- Total Funding Available for Competitive Grants $209,650,000
Grant Period
- Successful proposals will be funded for a three-year grant project service period commencing on July 1, 2022 and ending on June 30, 2025.
- However, an additional six (6) months (July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025) will be included in the term of the contract for the sole purposes of:
- Finalizing and submitting a required Local Evaluation Report, and
- Finalizing and submitting a required financial audit.
The total grant agreement term will be July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are cities that are “disproportionately impacted by violence” and community-based organizations that serve the residents of those cities. (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (b).)
- For city applicants, either the city itself or a department within the city may serve as the applicant.
- Eligible applicants may not submit more than one proposal. However, any applicant may apply as a direct grantee and may also be a subgrantee on a maximum of two additional proposals. If an applicant intends to apply directly and is also a subgrantee on another proposal, the proposals cannot be duplicative and must fund separate and unique activities.
- For purposes of the CalVIP grant program, a city is disproportionately impacted by violence if any of the following are true:
- The city experienced 20 or more homicides per calendar year during two (2) or more of the three (3) calendar years immediately preceding the grant application.
- The city experienced 10 or more homicides per calendar year and had a homicide rate that was at least 50% higher than the statewide homicide rate during two (2) or more of the three (3) calendar years immediately preceding the grant application.
- The applicant otherwise demonstrated a unique and compelling need for additional resources to address the impact of homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults in the applicant’s community.
- Community-based organizations (CBOs) eligible for CalVIP funding include any non-governmental organization that provides direct services to the community and meets the following eligibility criteria. Private individuals, independent contractors, professional grants management organizations, consulting firms, auditors, and evaluators may not apply directly for CalVIP funds (though they may be included as partners on a CalVIP grant project).
For more information, visit California Board of State and Community Corrections.
