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      This page provides a list of federal funding opportunities that can be used to fund violence intervention programs to reduce gun violence and build safe, resilient communities. This page sorts opportunities by type of applicant, including organizations and municipalities.

      This list was last updated on 3/9/22.

      Sort by Type of Community Violence Intervention Program Offered

      Nonprofits

      Full Service Community Schools
      A competitive grant for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools. Anticipated Deadline: February 2022
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      Workforce Pathways for Youth
      A competitive grant to expand job training and workforce pathways for youth and disconnected youth. Anticipated Deadline: February 2022
      Learn More
      YouthBuild (Part of WIOA)
      A competitive grant to support education, employment training, and social services to youth ages 16-24. Anticipated Deadline: February 2022
      Learn More
      Promise Neighborhood
      A competitive grant to improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities of the United States, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services. Anticipated Deadline: March 2022
      Learn More
      Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research
      A competitive grant to fund the research and development of pilot interventions, including community-based violence intervention programs, to reduce firearm injuries and mortalities. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Gang Center
      A competitive grant to provide training and technical assistance to communities on developing evidence-based strategies or promising models to prevent and deter youth from joining gangs and reduce youth gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program
      A competitive grant to support services like intensive case management, mentoring, mental health care, and vocational services to adults transitioning from jail or prison to their community. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      Young Adult Reentry Partnership
      A competitive grant to support education and employment training to young adults ages 18-24 who have previous involvement with juvenile or criminal justice systems. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
      A competitive grant to fund implementation and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies in communities with high rates of youth violence. Deadline: April 18, 2022
      Learn More
      Coordinating Center to Support Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program for a Coordinating Center to provide overarching support to a network of separately funded research projects that will develop and test community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program to fund ten community-level research projects on community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives
      A competitive grant to fund community level violence prevention programs that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults in communities with high rates of violence. Anticipated Deadline: May 2022
      Learn More
      Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program
      A competitive grant to support services like intensive case management, mentoring, mental health care, and vocational services to young people at high risk of recidivism. Anticipated Deadline: June 2022
      Learn More
      Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation
      A competitive grant to support community-centered violence intervention and prevention strategies and long-term revitalization initiatives in neighborhoods with high rates of crime. Anticipated Deadline: June/July 2022
      Learn More
      Center for Culturally Responsive Victim Services
      A competitive grant to provide nationwide training and technical assistance to improve access to victim services and victim compensation to crime victims in historically underserved and marginalized communities. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reductions Programs
      A competitive grant to support community-based and other violence intervention and prevention strategies to reduce youth gun and gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Hospital-Based Victim Services Program
      A competitive grant program to support collaboration between hospitals and victim services, including services provided by community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
      A competitive grant to support services, including community-based violence intervention and prevention services, to children exposed to violence and families at risk of violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
      A competitive grant to support locally-driven, comprehensive approaches to neighborhood transformation. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More

      Local Government

      Full Service Community Schools
      A competitive grant for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools. Anticipated Deadline: February 2022
      Learn More
      YouthBuild (Part of WIOA)
      A competitive grant to support education, employment training, and social services to youth ages 16-24. Anticipated Deadline: February 2022
      Learn More
      Firearm Injury Surveillance Through Emergency Rooms (FASTER)
      A competitive grant program to improve reporting of nonfatal firearm injuries, including overall firearm injuries, intentional self-directed firearm injuries, unintentional firearm injuries, and assault- related firearm injuries in emergency rooms. Deadline: March 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research
      A competitive grant to fund the research and development of pilot interventions, including community-based violence intervention programs, to reduce firearm injuries and mortalities. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
      A competitive grant to fund implementation and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies in communities with high rates of youth violence. Deadline: April 18, 2022
      Learn More
      Coordinating Center to Support Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program for a Coordinating Center to provide overarching support to a network of separately funded research projects that will develop and test community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program to fund ten community-level research projects on community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives
      A competitive grant to fund community level violence prevention programs that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults in communities with high rates of violence. Anticipated Deadline: May 2022
      Learn More
      School Violence Prevention Program
      A competitive grant to support evidence-based school safety programs, including by partnering with community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: June 2022
      Learn More
      Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program
      A competitive grant to support services like intensive case management, mentoring, mental health care, and vocational services to young people at high risk of recidivism. Anticipated Deadline: June 2022
      Learn More
      Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation
      A competitive grant to support community-centered violence intervention and prevention strategies and long-term revitalization initiatives in neighborhoods with high rates of crime. Anticipated Deadline: June/July 2022
      Learn More
      Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
      A competitive grant to support locally-driven, comprehensive approaches to neighborhood transformation. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reductions Programs
      A competitive grant to support community-based and other violence intervention and prevention strategies to reduce youth gun and gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Hospital-Based Victim Services Program
      A competitive grant program to support collaboration between hospitals and victim services, including services provided by community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Project Prevent
      A competitive grant to local educational agencies to increase their capacity both to identify, assess, and serve students exposed to pervasive violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Project Safe Neighborhoods
      A formula grant to support evidence-based violence intervention and prevention programs, including community violence intervention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
      A competitive grant to support services, including community-based violence intervention and prevention services, to children exposed to violence and families at risk of violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Annual formula Community Development Block Grant
      A formula grant to states and local governments to create safe and sustainable communities, including via public services.
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      Community Development Block Grant – CV Funds
      A formula grant made available through the CARES Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
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      Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) – Local
      A formula grant to units of local government to support criminal justice programs, including community violence intervention programs. Anticipated Deadline: August 2022
      Learn More

      Hospitals

      National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
      A competitive grant to fund implementation and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies in communities with high rates of youth violence. Deadline: April 18, 2022
      Learn More
      Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program to fund ten community-level research projects on community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives
      A competitive grant to fund community level violence prevention programs that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults in communities with high rates of violence. Anticipated Deadline: May 2022
      Learn More
      Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation
      A competitive grant to support community-centered violence intervention and prevention strategies and long-term revitalization initiatives in neighborhoods with high rates of crime. Anticipated Deadline: June/July 2022
      Learn More
      Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reductions Programs
      A competitive grant to support community-based and other violence intervention and prevention strategies to reduce youth gun and gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Hospital-Based Victim Services Program
      A competitive grant program to support collaboration between hospitals and victim services, including services provided by community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More

      States

      YouthBuild (Part of WIOA)
      A competitive grant to support education, employment training, and social services to youth ages 16-24. Anticipated Deadline: February 2022
      Learn More
      Firearm Injury Surveillance Through Emergency Rooms (FASTER)
      A competitive grant program to improve reporting of nonfatal firearm injuries, including overall firearm injuries, intentional self-directed firearm injuries, unintentional firearm injuries, and assault- related firearm injuries in emergency rooms. Deadline: March 22, 2022
      Learn More
      National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
      A competitive grant to fund implementation and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies in communities with high rates of youth violence. Deadline: April 18, 2022
      Learn More
      Coordinating Center to Support Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program for a Coordinating Center to provide overarching support to a network of separately funded research projects that will develop and test community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program to fund ten community-level research projects on community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives
      A competitive grant to fund community level violence prevention programs that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults in communities with high rates of violence. Anticipated Deadline: May 2022
      Learn More
      School Violence Prevention Program
      A competitive grant to support evidence-based school safety programs, including by partnering with community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: June 2022
      Learn More
      Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program
      A competitive grant to support services like intensive case management, mentoring, mental health care, and vocational services to young people at high risk of recidivism. Anticipated Deadline: June 2022
      Learn More
      Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reductions Programs
      A competitive grant to support community-based and other violence intervention and prevention strategies to reduce youth gun and gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) – State
      A formula grant to state governments to support criminal justice programs, including community violence intervention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Hospital-Based Victim Services Program
      A competitive grant program to support collaboration between hospitals and victim services, including services provided by community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
      A competitive grant to support services, including community-based violence intervention and prevention services, to children exposed to violence and families at risk of violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      21st Century Learning Centers
      A formula grant to support community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools.
      Learn More
      Annual formula Community Development Block Grant
      A formula grant to states and local governments to create safe and sustainable communities, including via public services.
      Learn More
      Community Development Block Grant – CV Funds
      A formula grant made available through the CARES Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
      Learn More
      Student Support and Academic Enrichment
      A formula grant to improve student’s academic achievement through well-rounded education, improved school conditions, and improved use of technology.
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      Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance
      A formula grant to states to support victim services, including community-based violence intervention and prevention programs providing services to victims of violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More

      Independent School Districts

      Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research
      A competitive grant to fund the research and development of pilot interventions, including community-based violence intervention programs, to reduce firearm injuries and mortalities. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
      A competitive grant to fund implementation and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies in communities with high rates of youth violence. Deadline: April 18, 2022
      Learn More
      Coordinating Center to Support Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program for a Coordinating Center to provide overarching support to a network of separately funded research projects that will develop and test community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program to fund ten community-level research projects on community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives
      A competitive grant to fund community level violence prevention programs that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults in communities with high rates of violence. Anticipated Deadline: May 2022
      Learn More
      School Violence Prevention Program
      A competitive grant to support evidence-based school safety programs, including by partnering with community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: June 2022
      Learn More
      Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reductions Programs
      A competitive grant to support community-based and other violence intervention and prevention strategies to reduce youth gun and gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
      A competitive grant to support services, including community-based violence intervention and prevention services, to children exposed to violence and families at risk of violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More

      Institutions of Higher Education

      Promise Neighborhood
      A competitive grant to improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities of the United States, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services. Anticipated Deadline: March 2022
      Learn More
      Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research
      A competitive grant to fund the research and development of pilot interventions, including community-based violence intervention programs, to reduce firearm injuries and mortalities. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Gang Center
      A competitive grant to provide training and technical assistance to communities on developing evidence-based strategies or promising models to prevent and deter youth from joining gangs and reduce youth gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
      A competitive grant to fund implementation and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies in communities with high rates of youth violence. Deadline: April 18, 2022
      Learn More
      Coordinating Center to Support Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program for a Coordinating Center to provide overarching support to a network of separately funded research projects that will develop and test community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program to fund ten community-level research projects on community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives
      A competitive grant to fund community level violence prevention programs that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults in communities with high rates of violence. Anticipated Deadline: May 2022
      Learn More
      Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation
      A competitive grant to support community-centered violence intervention and prevention strategies and long-term revitalization initiatives in neighborhoods with high rates of crime. Anticipated Deadline: June/July 2022
      Learn More
      Center for Culturally Responsive Victim Services
      A competitive grant to provide nationwide training and technical assistance to improve access to victim services and victim compensation to crime victims in historically underserved and marginalized communities. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reductions Programs
      A competitive grant to support community-based and other violence intervention and prevention strategies to reduce youth gun and gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Hospital-Based Victim Services Program
      A competitive grant program to support collaboration between hospitals and victim services, including services provided by community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
      A competitive grant to support services, including community-based violence intervention and prevention services, to children exposed to violence and families at risk of violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More

      Tribal Organizations

      Promise Neighborhood
      A competitive grant to improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities of the United States, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services. Anticipated Deadline: March 2022
      Learn More
      Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research
      A competitive grant to fund the research and development of pilot interventions, including community-based violence intervention programs, to reduce firearm injuries and mortalities. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      Young Adult Reentry Partnership
      A competitive grant to support education and employment training to young adults ages 18-24 who have previous involvement with juvenile or criminal justice systems. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
      A competitive grant to fund implementation and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies in communities with high rates of youth violence. Deadline: April 18, 2022
      Learn More
      Coordinating Center to Support Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program for a Coordinating Center to provide overarching support to a network of separately funded research projects that will develop and test community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program to fund ten community-level research projects on community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives
      A competitive grant to fund community level violence prevention programs that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults in communities with high rates of violence. Anticipated Deadline: May 2022
      Learn More
      Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reductions Programs
      A competitive grant to support community-based and other violence intervention and prevention strategies to reduce youth gun and gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
      A competitive grant to support services, including community-based violence intervention and prevention services, to children exposed to violence and families at risk of violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More

      Tribal Governments

      Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program
      A competitive grant to support services like intensive case management, mentoring, mental health care, and vocational services to adults transitioning from jail or prison to their community. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      Young Adult Reentry Partnership
      A competitive grant to support education and employment training to young adults ages 18-24 who have previous involvement with juvenile or criminal justice systems. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
      A competitive grant to fund implementation and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies in communities with high rates of youth violence. Deadline: April 18, 2022
      Learn More
      Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives
      A competitive grant to fund community level violence prevention programs that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults in communities with high rates of violence. Anticipated Deadline: May 2022
      Learn More
      School Violence Prevention Program
      A competitive grant to support evidence-based school safety programs, including by partnering with community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: June 2022
      Learn More
      Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation
      A competitive grant to support community-centered violence intervention and prevention strategies and long-term revitalization initiatives in neighborhoods with high rates of crime. Anticipated Deadline: June/July 2022
      Learn More
      Center for Culturally Responsive Victim Services
      A competitive grant to provide nationwide training and technical assistance to improve access to victim services and victim compensation to crime victims in historically underserved and marginalized communities. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
      A competitive grant to support locally-driven, comprehensive approaches to neighborhood transformation. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reductions Programs
      A competitive grant to support community-based and other violence intervention and prevention strategies to reduce youth gun and gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Hospital-Based Victim Services Program
      A competitive grant program to support collaboration between hospitals and victim services, including services provided by community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
      A competitive grant to support services, including community-based violence intervention and prevention services, to children exposed to violence and families at risk of violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More

      Researchers

      Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01)
      A competitive grant program to fund research that will help expand and advance understanding of approaches to prevent community violence and eliminate racial and ethnic inequities in risk for community violence. Deadline: March 4, 2022
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      Community Level Interventions to Improve Minority Health and Reduce Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
      A competitive grant program to support research projects to develop and test prospective community-level interventions to improve minority health and decrease health disparities. Deadline: March 28, 2022
      Learn More
      Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program to fund ten community-level research projects on community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research
      A competitive grant to fund the research and development of pilot interventions, including community-based violence intervention programs, to reduce firearm injuries and mortalities. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
      A competitive grant to fund implementation and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies in communities with high rates of youth violence. Deadline: April 18, 2022
      Learn More
      Coordinating Center to Support Research on Community Level Interventions for Firearm and Related Violence, Injury and Mortality Prevention
      A competitive grant program for a Coordinating Center to provide overarching support to a network of separately funded research projects that will develop and test community-level violence interventions aimed at preventing firearm violence and mortalities. Deadline: April 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Community Violence Prevention: Putting Communities First – Safer Communities and Saving Lives
      A competitive grant program to fund community-driven collaborative applicants to build and increase local CV capacity and support funded recipients to establish a community-driven prevention system that works with community organizations, local communities and affected populations, and multi-sector partners to prevent violence. Deadline: June 4, 2022
      Learn More

      All Grants

      Full Service Community Schools
      A competitive grant for the planning, implementation, and operation of full-service community schools that improve the coordination, integration, accessibility, and effectiveness of services for children and families, particularly for children attending high-poverty schools. Anticipated Deadline: February 2022
      Learn More
      Workforce Pathways for Youth
      A competitive grant to expand job training and workforce pathways for youth and disconnected youth. Anticipated Deadline: February 2022
      Learn More
      YouthBuild (Part of WIOA)
      A competitive grant to support education, employment training, and social services to youth ages 16-24. Anticipated Deadline: February 2022
      Learn More
      Promise Neighborhood
      A competitive grant to improve the academic and developmental outcomes of children living in the most distressed communities of the United States, including ensuring school readiness, high school graduation, and access to a community-based continuum of high-quality services. Anticipated Deadline: March 2022
      Learn More
      Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury (R01)
      A competitive grant program to fund research that will help expand and advance understanding of approaches to prevent community violence and eliminate racial and ethnic inequities in risk for community violence. Deadline: March 4, 2022
      Learn More
      Firearm Injury Surveillance Through Emergency Rooms (FASTER)
      A competitive grant program to improve reporting of nonfatal firearm injuries, including overall firearm injuries, intentional self-directed firearm injuries, unintentional firearm injuries, and assault- related firearm injuries in emergency rooms. Deadline: March 22, 2022
      Learn More
      Community Level Interventions to Improve Minority Health and Reduce Health Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
      A competitive grant program to support research projects to develop and test prospective community-level interventions to improve minority health and decrease health disparities. Deadline: March 28, 2022
      Learn More
      Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention Research
      A competitive grant to fund the research and development of pilot interventions, including community-based violence intervention programs, to reduce firearm injuries and mortalities. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Gang Center
      A competitive grant to provide training and technical assistance to communities on developing evidence-based strategies or promising models to prevent and deter youth from joining gangs and reduce youth gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program
      A competitive grant to support services like intensive case management, mentoring, mental health care, and vocational services to adults transitioning from jail or prison to their community. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      Young Adult Reentry Partnership
      A competitive grant to support education and employment training to young adults ages 18-24 who have previous involvement with juvenile or criminal justice systems. Anticipated Deadline: April 2022
      Learn More
      National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
      A competitive grant to fund implementation and evaluation of youth violence prevention strategies in communities with high rates of youth violence. Deadline: April 18, 2022
      Learn More
      Preventing Violence Affecting Young Lives
      A competitive grant to fund community level violence prevention programs that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults in communities with high rates of violence. Anticipated Deadline: May 2022
      Learn More
      School Violence Prevention Program
      A competitive grant to support evidence-based school safety programs, including by partnering with community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: June 2022
      Learn More
      Second Chance Act Youth Offender Reentry Program
      A competitive grant to support services like intensive case management, mentoring, mental health care, and vocational services to young people at high risk of recidivism. Anticipated Deadline: June 2022
      Learn More
      Community Violence Prevention: Putting Communities First – Safer Communities and Saving Lives
      A competitive grant program to fund community-driven collaborative applicants to build and increase local CV capacity and support funded recipients to establish a community-driven prevention system that works with community organizations, local communities and affected populations, and multi-sector partners to prevent violence. Deadline: June 4, 2022
      Learn More
      Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation
      A competitive grant to support community-centered violence intervention and prevention strategies and long-term revitalization initiatives in neighborhoods with high rates of crime. Anticipated Deadline: June/July 2022
      Learn More
      Center for Culturally Responsive Victim Services
      A competitive grant to provide nationwide training and technical assistance to improve access to victim services and victim compensation to crime victims in historically underserved and marginalized communities. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
      A competitive grant to support locally-driven, comprehensive approaches to neighborhood transformation. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Community Policing Development (CPD) Micro-Grants
      A competitive grant to law enforcement agencies to support crime prevention, community engagement, and community violence intervention programs. July 2022
      Learn More
      Comprehensive Youth Violence Prevention and Reductions Programs
      A competitive grant to support community-based and other violence intervention and prevention strategies to reduce youth gun and gang violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) – State
      A formula grant to state governments to support criminal justice programs, including community violence intervention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Hospital-Based Victim Services Program
      A competitive grant program to support collaboration between hospitals and victim services, including services provided by community-based violence intervention and prevention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Project Prevent
      A competitive grant to local educational agencies to increase their capacity both to identify, assess, and serve students exposed to pervasive violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Project Safe Neighborhoods
      A formula grant to support evidence-based violence intervention and prevention programs, including community violence intervention programs. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Smart Policing
      A competitive grant to law enforcement agencies to support the effective use of data, technology, and evidence-based practices like community violence intervention strategies. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
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      Strategies to Support Children Exposed to Violence
      A competitive grant to support services, including community-based violence intervention and prevention services, to children exposed to violence and families at risk of violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Victim Assistance
      A formula grant to states to support victim services, including community-based violence intervention and prevention programs providing services to victims of violence. Anticipated Deadline: July 2022
      Learn More
      Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) – Local
      A formula grant to units of local government to support criminal justice programs, including community violence intervention programs. Anticipated Deadline: August 2022
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      21st Century Learning Centers
      A formula grant to support community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools.
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      Annual formula Community Development Block Grant
      A formula grant to states and local governments to create safe and sustainable communities, including via public services.
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      Community Development Block Grant – CV Funds
      A formula grant made available through the CARES Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
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      Cops Hiring Program
      A competitive grant to law enforcement agencies to support hiring law enforcement officers, increasing community policing and crime prevention capacity, engaging in community partnerships, and implementing community-based violence intervention programs.
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      Student Support and Academic Enrichment
      A formula grant to improve student’s academic achievement through well-rounded education, improved school conditions, and improved use of technology.
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      Did you know?

      Every day, more than 120 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.

      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. WONDER Online Database, Underlying Cause of Death. A yearly average was developed using four years of the most recent available data: 2018 to 2021.

      Last updated: 2.13.2023