LISC has just been awarded four critical grants from the U.S. Department of Justice, totaling $8.25 million, to carry out a series of Community Violence Intervention programs. The funding supports proven school- and community-based partnerships that can prevent violence before it starts.
LISC has worked with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) since 2012 as a national training and technical assistance (TTA) provider for DOJ-funded place-based, school-based and rural crime reduction programs.
This year, DOJ recognized LISC’s experience and expertise with four additional funding awards totaling $8.25 million. These will fund initiatives that capitalize on LISC’s leadership in working with communities nationwide to build successful collaborative crime reduction strategies.
The new awards will allow LISC to expand its reach to new cities, strengthen local partners’ capacity to address safety challenges, and bring new knowledge resources to practitioners across the country. Two of the awards will help communities address the pressing need to stop school-based violence, building on LISC’s work since 2019 to foster community collaboration and engagement for safer schools.
Our team will receive:
- $3.5 million from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention FY 2022 Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence award. LISC will help schools and community-based partners work together to build relationships, establish common goals, and identify strategies that align with the safety priorities and available resources in their communities. With this assistance, local partners will create coordinated youth safety strategies that are consistently supported within both the schools and the broader communities.
- $2 million for capacity building under the FY 2022 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative. LISC will build the capacity of local community-based organizations to partner effectively, engage community members and stakeholders, use data to inform strategy selection, and implement sustainable violence prevention and intervention strategies integrated into comprehensive community revitalization efforts.
- $1.75 million to design and implement an online resource hub, under the FY 2022 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative. The hub, called the CVIPI Center, will offer a wide array of evidence-based/informed research and practical resources on the development and practice of community violence intervention and prevention programs. LISC will also provide technical assistance to selected practitioners and foster the development of a community of practice that will benefit from resources developed.
- $1 million for the FY 2022 STOP School Violence Specialized Training and Technical Assistance Program. LISC will provide training and technical assistance to help BJA STOP site grantee schools partner effectively with community violence intervention practitioners to reduce violent crime in and around schools in communities nationwide.
LISC is grateful for DOJ’s support and looks forward to continued successful partnerships.