Title
Grant for Alternatives to Violence Program
Action
Action:
A. Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept a grant in the amount of $1,000,000 from the United States Department of Justice to fund the continued implementation of the Alternatives to Violence Program, and
B. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $1,000,000 from the United States Department of Justice to the Neighborhood Development Grants Fund.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Shawn Heath, Housing and Neighborhood Services
Julia Martin, City Manager’s Office
Explanation
§ Housing and Neighborhood Services applied for and received the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG Grant) from the United States Department of Justice.
§ The JAG Grant provides funding to local jurisdictions to support a range of program areas including crime and violence reduction strategies, community-based violence intervention approaches, and education.
§ The JAG Grant will be used to fund the Alternatives to Violence Program (ATV) at the three ATV sites: Beatties Ford Road, West Boulevard/Remount Road, and Nations Ford Road/Arrowood Road.
§ ATV is a violence interruption program that deploys evidence-based Cure Violence methodology to address violent crime.
§ This funding will complement the $2.2 million in grants previously awarded to this program as well as the city’s investments in this area as part of the Corridors of Opportunity program by providing additional resources to help make neighborhoods safer through community outreach and engagement.
§ The grant award does not require a local match.
§ The JAG Grant project period lasts from October 1, 2023, to March 31, 2025.
Fiscal Note
Funding: Neighborhood Development Grants Fund
Attachments
Attachment(s)
Budget Ordinance