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Legislative grants program distributes $5 million to local violence‑prevention initiatives; committee seeks outcome measures
Summary
The committee reviewed the new Community Violence Prevention Program report describing $5 million in grant awards to 12 local organizations; members praised the model but raised questions about measurement, sustainability and overlap with other funding.
The committee reviewed the inaugural report from the Community Violence Prevention Program, which awarded up to $150,000 per grantee from a three‑year, $5 million appropriation.
Esme, who presented the item, described the program as a model that empowers community partners to deploy local expertise across prevention, recovery and restorative approaches. The statute and the report…
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