CVIP Initiatives

The Department of Public Health Health (DPH) established the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention (CVIP) Unit that will award funds through mini grants to nonprofit and community-based partnerships who serve communities disproportionately affected by violence. Funded programs will be monitored and evaluated by staff members of the CVIP team. Mini grant funds must be used to:

1. Implement, expand, and enhance coordination between evidence-informed violence reduction initiatives including, but not limited to, hospital-based violence intervention, street outreach, and group violence intervention strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness at reducing community violence.
2. Support the development and delivery of intervention-based strategies by entities that provide targeted services to individuals at risk of being victimized or engaging in violence.
3. Support initiatives that primarily target a reduction of violence among individuals who have been identified as having the highest risk of perpetrating or being victimized by violence in the future.

CVIP Request for Grant Application

• Request for Grant Applications RFGA-DC-403 (Deadline to apply: 2:30pm on Tuesday, August 8, 2023)
• Budget Template/Narrative 
• Subrecipient Pre-Award Risk Assessment 
• CVIP Program Guidelines Proviso 34.66 
• Request for Grant Application RFGA-DC-403 Scoresheet
• RFGA-DC-403: Questions and Answers 
• FY2024-RFGA-DC-403: Notice of Award 

Evidence-based or Informed Practice Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Technical Package for Youth Violence (pdf)
• National Institute of Justice
• Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation
• Youth.gov
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Model Programs Guide
• National Gang Center