15PBJA22GK04705CVIP

During the COVID pandemic, the United States has seen an increase in violent crime and victimization that casts doubt on our ability to maintain the benefits of crime declines experienced over the past 25 years.

Local governments and community organizations are increasingly focusing on Community Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVI) approaches. CVI work brings together a wide range of community partners, from government agencies to nonprofits and residents, to identify their roles in violence reduction, coordinate among each other, and form a comprehensive and holistic approach that comprises elements of both intervention and prevention.

CVI programs are complex undertakings, relying on authentic community input, led by staff with very specific skills and backgrounds, depending on comprehensive and complementary partnerships, and demanding high-quality, engaged, and flexible Technical Assistance (TTA).

LISC will work with BJA to support communities through the FY2022 Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI). As a Category 5 capacity-building intermediary, LISC will select local grantees and provide grant funding and TTA to help them partner effectively, engage community members and stakeholders, use data to inform strategy selection, and implement sustainable strategies integrated into comprehensive community revitalization efforts.

LISC Safety & Justice will work with each grantee site to assess their strengths and needs, tailor TTA to meet the needs, measure progress, and plan for sustainability. LISC will create and maintain a library of resources to help grantees as well as the larger community safety field understand topics such as how to form effective partnerships, how to select appropriate CVI strategies, and how to measure success.

Using expertise gained from serving as the national TTA provider to three Department of Justice programs (focusing on place-based community violence, rural violent crime, and school violence), LISC will deploy its Safety & Justice staff and contract with several subject matter experts (SMEs) with which LISC has existing relationships to serve the CVIPI sites. These SMEs include experts in street outreach, gun violence, and other topics.

As a result of LISC's TTA, grantees will increase their ability to form effective multisector collaborations to address community violence challenges, center equity, inclusion, and community leadership, identify appropriate data- and research-informed solutions, and sustainably integrate CVI strategies into broader community revitalization plans.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

THE COMMUNITY BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION INITIATIVE (CVIPL) WILL SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING COMPREHENSIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING EFFORTS TO ADDRESS GANG AND GUN VIOLENCE, BASED ON PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS, IN COMMUNITIES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF HOMICIDES AND THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF HOMICIDES PER CAPITA. FUNDING CATEGORIES WILL SUPPORT: - PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING FOR (1) PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR NEW PROGRAMS; AND (2) ENHANCEMENT AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS. - CAPACITY BUILDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS - TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SITE-BASED AWARDS - COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION FIELD SUPPORT RESOURCE CENTER

16.045 - Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) [DOJ - OJP]

New York, New York 10005 United States

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BJA FY 22 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (O-BJA-2022-171282)

Termination This cooperative agreement was reported on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) partial or complete termation list as of its last report October 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 400% from $2,000,000 to $10,000,000.