The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is currently accepting applications for the Virginia Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program (FVIP).
Donor Name: Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
State: Virginia
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/29/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The purpose of the FVIP grant solicitation is to support local community-based organizations’ efforts to address violent crime. The applicant must present a clear plan for sustainability. Applicants seeking to expand or replicate an existing project must be able to demonstrate progress and success in what has been done through the life of the existing project.
Program Requirements
Violence Reduction Programs should focus on at least one of the following two key elements:
- Prevention- Solutions that keep youth and young adults from entering the cycle of violence. Prevention involves efforts to prevent escalation by assisting individuals at an increased risk of violence or exhibiting early signs of violent behavior.
- Intervention- Programs and policies that assist individuals and their families that have been impacted by violence, to reduce their risk levels of repeat exposure.
Successful gun violence intervention and prevention programs generally:
- Deter individuals at high risk for violence from engaging in firearm violence.
- Help individuals at high risk for violence resolve potentially violent disputes before they occur.
- Connect those at high risk for violence to education, employment, and housing services.
- Provide peer mentoring, 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.
- Increase feelings of community safety and help increase positive outcomes for those most impacted by community violence.
- Promote and expand trauma informed principles and programming with a dedicated focus on working with communities with a high concentration of community violence.
Funding Information
DCJS anticipates awarding up to $5 million.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility Under this solicitation, eligible applicants include:
- Community-based non-profit organizations providing human services and/or criminal justice services, and
- Local units of government as defined
- Because other funding sources are specifically available for law enforcement and prosecutors’ offices, these are specifically excluded from this funding source
For more information, visit DCJS.
