The Violence Intervention & Prevention (VIP) and Coordinated Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Strategies Grants Program is being offered by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
Donor Name: Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD)
State: Pennsylvania
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | In-kind
Deadline: 01/31/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The Violence Intervention & Prevention (VIP) funding supports grants and technical assistance to address community violence throughout the Commonwealth, with a focus on preventing and intervening with gun and group-related violence.
For 2023-24, a total of $40 million in state funding for Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) has been directed to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) for providing grants and technical assistance to address community violence throughout the Commonwealth. For the purpose of this funding announcement, ‘community violence’ is defined as intentional interpersonal violence (e.g., gun violence, group-related violence) in areas of Pennsylvania with high rates of violent crime using Uniform Crime Report offense data or similar local crime statistics.
Types of Tracks
- VIP Grants
- Under this solicitation, eligible applicants can request funding for a wide range of programs that address community violence intervention and prevention efforts.
- Coordinated Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Strategies Grants Program
- This initiative invests in collaborative community violence intervention and response strategies within focused service areas. Grants will support local planning and implementation of short-term intervention, mid-term prevention, and long-term strategies designed to increase local coordination to more effectively prevent, intervene, and respond to gun and group-related violence.
Funding Information
- VIP Grants
- Maximum award amounts for FY 23-24 VIP Grants will be based on applicants’ current operating budgets, with no applicant able to request more than 50% of their operating budget, up to $950,000 total, over an up-to-36-month project period. There is no match requirement for projects under the VIP track.
- Coordinated Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Strategies Grants Program
- Applicants seeking funding to support comprehensive Coordinated Community Violence Intervention (CCVI) Strategies projects are eligible to request up to $3 million in total funding to implement key project activities (with consideration of size of proposed service area) over a 36-month project period. CCVI track projects must provide a match of at least 10% match funding in Year 2 and 25% match funding in Year 3. Match funding may be cash, in-kind, or a combination of both.
Eligibility Criteria
VIP funding is limited to the following entities that may submit an initial request/application:
- Community-based or nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status
- Institutions of Higher Education
- Municipalities
- Counties
- District Attorney’s Offices.
For more information, visit PCCD.
