FY25 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Site-Based

With this funding opportunity, the Office of Justice Programs seeks to prevent and reduce violent crime through comprehensive, evidence-informed violence intervention programs focused on those at highest risk. These programs include efforts to address gang and gun violence using community violence intervention strategies based on partnerships among community residents, local government agencies, victim service providers, community-based organizations, law enforcement, hospitals, researchers, and other community stakeholders.

BJA is administering the Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI), working in partnership with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office for Victims of Crime.

Opportunity Categories:

• Category 1: CVIPI for Community-Based/Tribal Organizations
• Category 2: CVIPI for City/County/Tribal Governments
• Category 3: CVIPI for State Governments
• Category 4: CVIPI for Capacity Building for Community-Based Organizations via Intermediary Organizations

Eligible Applicants:

• Category 1:
  • Nonprofit Organizations
    • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
    • Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • For-Profit Organizations
    • Organizations other than small businesses
  • Small businesses
  • Public Housing Organizations
    • Public housing authorities
    • Indian housing authorities
• Category 2:
  • Government Entities
    • County governments
    • City or township governments
    • Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
    • Native American Tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
  • Other
    • Other units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a State
    • Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized or non-federally recognized tribal governments)
• Category 3:
  • Government Entities
    • State governments
• Category 4:
  • Educational Organizations
    • Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
    • Private institutions of higher education
  • Nonprofit Organizations
    • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
    • Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • For-Profit Organizations
    • Organizations other than small businesses
    • Small businesses
  • Other
    • Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized or non-federally recognized tribal governments)

See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for additional details and directions on how to apply.