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The Urban Institute, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform, and the California Partnership for Safe Communities, will establish and host a new NIJ Community Violence Intervention Research and Evaluation Training and Technical Assistance Center in cooperation with the National Institute of Justice. The center will support the community-based violence intervention and prevention initiative FY 2022 and FY 2023 grantees in evaluation capacity-building, establishing successful research and practitioner partnerships, measuring and demonstrating community impacts, and contributing to a larger body of evidence regarding what works to prevent and respond to community and gun violence.

The center's design organizes the effort around four tasks: (1) robust project management to coordinate among the project staff and partners delivering TTA to the grantees, other funded CVIPI TTA and capacity-building partners, and to work consistently and cooperatively with NIJ; (2) comprehensive assessment of grantee needs and guide feedback on their measurement and evaluation frameworks and approaches; (3) multi-component TTA approaches including foundational training in core concepts for all grantees, individual engagement to support grantee progress, and a peer-learning pod approach for grantees interested in and ready to delve deeper into specific priority areas; and (4) translation and dissemination of promising practices and lessons learned for broader audiences via case studies, toolkits, a web feature and other audience-tailored vehicles.

The Urban Institute

WITH THIS SOLICITATION, NIJ SEEKS APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING UNDER THE OJP COMMUNITY-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION INITIATIVE (CVIPI). THE CVIPI PROVIDES RESOURCES TO SUPPORT EVIDENCE-INFORMED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THIS SOLICITATION INCLUDES FOUR FUNDING CATEGORIES: 1) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT RESEARCHER AND PRACTITIONER PARTNERSHIPS, PERFORMANCE MONITORING, AND DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMMATIC IMPACT OF BJA-FUNDED CVIPI PROGRAMS; 2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT VIOLENT CRIME PROBLEM ANALYSES OF JURISDICTIONS NOT FUNDED UNDER THE BJA FY22 AND FY23 CVIPI SOLICITATIONS; 3) SITE-BASED EVALUATIONS OF PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER THE BJA FY22 AND FY23 CVIPI SOLICITATIONS, AND 4) OTHER COMMUNITY-VIOLENCE RESEARCH AND EVALUATIONS.

16.045 - Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative

National Institute of Justice (NIJ) [DOJ - OJP]

Washington, District Of Columbia 20024 United States

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NIJ FY23 Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) Research, Evaluation, and Associated Training & Technical Assistance Support (O-NIJ-2023-171648)