The City of Saint Paul is accepting requests for proposals for programs that promote health and well-being for the Saint Paul community and reduce barriers to safety by disrupting gun violence, youth violence, and group-based and structural violence trends.
Donor Name: City of Saint Paul
State: Minnesota
City: Saint Paul
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/22/2023
Size of the Grant: $174,900
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Program must promote health & well-being for the Saint Paul community and reduce barriers to safety by disrupting gun violence, youth violence, and group-based and structural violence trends. Programs should creatively incorporate elements of Community First Public Safety recommendations and seeks to prevent, intervene, and interrupt activities that impact public safety and/or rehabilitate communities adjacent to or impacted by violence.
Goals
- Provide access to funding for programs that promote health & well-being of St. Paul community and reduces barriers to safety by disrupting gun violence, violence amongst their youth, groups, and structural violence trends. Establishing sustainable community influence and grassroots centered public safety programs that will prevent, defuse or eliminate situations that are harmful to the citizens of St. Paul
- This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP1612 awarded to City of Saint Paul by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funds to be awarded up to $1,000,000
- Estimated Number of Awards: 5-10
- Individual Award Ceiling (Maximum): $174,900
- Estimated Individual Award Minimum: $87,450
Grant Period
Community Gun Violence Grant Program selected for an award will receive a two-year agreement. Contracts for this project are estimated to start June 1, 2023, and end May 31, 2025.
Eligible Activities
The City will support programs that advance healing in communities plagued by violence. The following activities will be allowed under this grant:
- Recruitment/Outreach:
- Connecting with community and encouraging them to apply for a service or make a commitment to public safety efforts that will assist in gun violence prevention.
- Community Education Sessions:
- An event hosted by the applicant organization that aims to educate the community on various topics. An educational session should consist of public speaking engagement or conversations, materials that recognize, advocate, educate, and/or focus on gun violence prevention.
- Public Safety Announcements Campaigns:
- Campaigns that involve creative, non-enforcement-based approaches to increase safety for St. Paul residents. This can include traditional media, handouts and materials provided for the Office of Neighborhood Safety and community members, community engagement, program launch and other creative measures.
- Gun Safe Commitments:
- Documentation in a physical form or recorded ledger that shows commitment to reduction in possible gun violence.
- Grant recipients will be required to outline a general description of their campaigns in the application narrative. After awards are announced, grantees will also provide a more formalized calendar of event activities, with notice of events provided to ONS project personnel at least 48 hours prior to the event to allow City participation. This notice must be submitted in writing via e-mail and will be permitted to be submitted as a monthly calendar or more frequently as events get scheduled.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-Profit Organization recognized as 501 (c) (3):
- This includes Faith based organizations that maintain 501 (c) (3) status who have the capacity to separate core operations from religious activities (such as Church service or religious outreach).
- Core business operations based in the City of Saint Paul. This requires a core service location with a physical address within the City of St. Paul.
- Organizations without an active 501 (c) (3) address can apply for funding through a fiscal sponsor that has the required legal structures to contract with the government. However, a signed letter of commitment from the fiscal sponsoring organization is required to be scanned and attached to the application. This letter must be on the sponsoring organization’s letterhead and must be signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the sponsoring organization. Should the application be awarded, a formal legal agreement will need to be on file with the City between the sponsoring organization and the sponsored organization before release of any funds.
For more information, visit City of Saint Paul.
