Community Violence Prevention & Intervention
Youth Violence Prevention Program
This competitive grant program provides funding for applicants to develop and/or enhance strategies to prevent youth violence, including youth gang involvement and youth gang/group violence.
Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research and Evaluation
This funding opportunity seeks applications for rigorous research and evaluation projects that advance understanding of OJP Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiatives (CVIPI). The CVIPI program provides resources to support evidence-informed violence intervention and prevention programs in communities across the United States.
Community Relations Service
The Community Relations Service provides guidance for communities facing conflict based on actual or perceived race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or disability, providing facilitated dialogue, mediation, training, and consultation to assist these communities to come together, develop solutions to the conflict, and enhance their capacity to independently prevent and resolve future conflict.
Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative
This funding opportunity supports law enforcement efforts to reduce violent crime and improve police-community relations through a range of cross-sector enforcement, prevention, and intervention strategies that leverage active collaboration with communities through sustained partnerships and engagement. Whereas the program was previously open to a range of eligible applicants, FY2025 funding is only made available for local governments and tribes.
Smart Policing Initiative Grant Program
This competitive grant program provides funding to support innovative and evidence-based policing practices, more effective information sharing, and multiagency collaboration under the Smart Policing Initiative Program.
Rural and Small Department Violent Crime Reduction Initiative (RVCRI)
This competitive grant program provides funding to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices to implement violent crime reduction strategies, improve investigations and services to victims, and enhance collaboration between local stakeholders.
School Climate Transformation Grant—Local Educational Agency program
This program provides competitive grants to local educational agencies to develop, enhance, or expand systems of support for, and technical assistance to, schools implementing a multi-tiered system of support, for improving school climate. by using evidence-based efforts that are designed to foster safety; promote supportive academic, disciplinary, and physical environments; and/or encourage and maintain respectful, trusting, and caring relationships throughout the school community.
Project Prevent Grant Program
This competitive grant program provides grants to local educational agencies impacted by community violence and to expand their capacity to implement community- and school-based strategies to help prevent community violence and mitigate the impacts of exposure to community violence.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
PSN formula grants are awarded to U.S. Attorney’s Offices to fund collaborative teams to address violent crime problems through community engagement, prevention and intervention, focused enforcement, and accountability. Teams can include federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement as well as community organizations and representatives.
Byrne Discretionary Grants Program
This program provides Congressionally-earmarked funds to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system and to combat juvenile delinquency.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program – Local Awards
The JAG Program is the leading source of federal criminal justice grant funding to state and local jurisdictions, providing providing formula-based funding for a broad range of program areas.
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program – State Awards
The JAG Program is the leading source of federal criminal justice grant funding for state and local jurisdictions, providing formula-based funding for a broad range of program areas.