The Community Human Services Partnership (CHSP) is currently accepting applications for a Community – Based Violence Intervention Grant.
Donor Name: Community Human Services Partnership
State: Florida
County: Leon County (FL)
City: Tallahassee
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/25/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000
Details:
The purpose of the Community-Based Violence Intervention Grant is to increase community safety through focused services to gun violence perpetrators and victims. This is a competitive solicitation open to 501c3 non-profit organizations providing direct human services. Collaborative proposals are encouraged. Applicants must target services to those most at risk of being a victim of or committing an act of gun violence, demonstrate collaboration with key stakeholders, and commit to the implementation of promising practices that have been shown to be effective in reducing gun violence.
In addition, the report states that most victims and offenders are overwhelmingly young Black males, and most homicide offenders are arrested for the first time before age 18. Recommendations from the report include developing targeted, achievable, and measurable strategies to reduce gun violence that:
- Identify and engage those determined to be most at risk.
- Provide supportive services to those who are at the highest risk of being a victim or a perpetrator of violence.
- Focus on the areas of greatest violence.
- Focus on the behaviors associated with violence
Funding Information
Recognizing the serious need to address gun violence, on October 12, 2022, the City Commission appropriated $500,000 in general funds to fund eligible applicants in the implementation and/or enhancement of gun violence reduction initiatives.
Program Requirements
The primary goal of this initiative is to implement or enhance locally led community-based violence intervention programs based on promising practices that provide human services and interventions to the impacted communities and individuals. Community-Based Violence Intervention programs should focus assisting individuals and their families that have been impacted by violence, to reduce their risk levels of repeat exposure. The U.S. Department of Justice defines violence intervention as “an effort (e.g., activity, program, policy change) to change knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors after a problem has been identified.” Interventions are typically immediate and “aim to end criminal or delinquent behaviors among specific individuals or groups already involved in delinquent/criminal behavior, including those that may have developed serious, violent, or chronic offending patterns.”
Successful community violence intervention programs generally:
- Deter individuals at high risk for violence from engaging in firearm violence through direct outreach.
- Help individuals at high risk for violence resolve potentially violent disputes before they occur.
- Connect those at high risk for violence to safety net services, diversionary programs and/or productive opportunities such as education and employment.
- Provide individualized case management, counseling, trauma-informed services, and culturally responsive mental health support to individuals impacted by daily gun violence.
- Authentically engage community members to build trust and collaboration between stakeholders.
Successful applicants will be required to comply with the following expectations:
- Participate in regular meetings convened by the Tallahassee Leon County Council on the Status of Men and Boys.
- Accept referrals from the Tallahassee Leon County Council on the Status of Men and Boys and provide reports on progress.
- Develop and maintain a working collaboration with law enforcement.
- Be available, at a minimum, telephonically, 24 hours a day to provide immediate service referrals to community-based service organizations to those impacted by gun violence.
- Implement a resource assessment process to adequately meet specific, immediate needs of the target group including, but not limited, to the following:
- Work with staff from the Tallahassee Leon County Council on the Status of Men and Boys to ensure project activities are properly tracked and documented.
Funding Restrictions CHSP funds can only be used to provide direct client services to Tallahassee/Leon County residents. CHSP funds awarded to university-based programs cannot be used to pay for student waivers or indirect costs.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be 501c3 nonprofit organizations providing direct human service programs at the time of application submission. Applicants must:
- Be a non-profit corporation, incorporated in Florida or authorized by the Florida
- Be registered with Department of State to transact business in Florida, pursuant to Chapter 617, Florida Statutes.
- Have obtained a 501(c) (3) status from the U.S. Department of Treasury.
- Be authorized by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to solicit funds, pursuant to Chapter 496, Florida Statutes
- Have obtained a sales tax exemption registration from the Florida Department of Revenue, pursuant to Chapter 212, Florida Statutes.
- Have a local board of directors and/or a local advisory board.
- Have by-laws adopted by the board of directors.
- Have a comprehensive Fiscal Management Policy that includes appropriate internal controls to protect the fiscal integrity of the agency.
- Have a Check Signing Policy that requires two or more signatures based on certain fiscal thresholds approved by the agency’s board of directors. This policy must specify that no agency staff, including the executive director, can sign a check written to themselves or written for cash. The policy must also include specifications and internal safeguards (direct board oversight) regarding making withdrawals from the agency’s account(s).
- Have its books and records audited annually (if required by federal or state law) by an independent certified public accountant who has no affiliation with the agency and whose examination is made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The audit report must be no more than two years old. The audit report must include a management letter and financial statements showing the following: all the agency’s income, disbursements, assets, liabilities, endowments, and other funds, as well as the agency’s reserves and surpluses during the period under study and be consolidated with the statements of any affiliated foundations or trusts. If the audit contains a schedule of findings, a corrective action plan must be included with the audit.
For more information, visit CHSP.
