City staff present $1.99M DOJ violence‑intervention grant; funds for community programs and police analyst role

City budget staff presented an ordinance to amend the fiscal year 2024‑25 budget to appropriate $1,990,000 in anticipated grant revenue from the U.S. Department of Justice for a Community‑Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative.

Jared Moore from the Budget Office told the committee the three‑year grant will fund community and law‑enforcement components: approximately $1,700,000 of the award is designated for DCE to support a community youth resilience coordinator position for three years and to fund service agreements with nonprofits for training and violence interruption programming; roughly $254,000 would support a police department crime analyst position for three years.

Moore said the grant is modeled on Cure Violence, an evidence‑based community violence intervention model. “It's a lot of it's based on the, cure violence, evidence based model,” he said. Moore added that Dr. Hubbard (DCE) had been invited but was not present at the meeting.

Several councilors asked for Dr. Hubbard to appear at a future meeting to explain program details and staffing plans. Councilor Gilbert and Councilor Dutton specifically asked whether the positions would be new civilian roles or reassignments; staff said the analyst position in police would be a civilian position and confirmed the grant is a three‑year award with funds committed up front and being followed through.

Nut graf: The committee was briefed on federal funding to expand community‑based violence intervention and to add analytic support at the police department. Councilors requested program details and for DCE/Dr. Hubbard to present specifics on service agreements, targeted populations and how programming would be staffed and evaluated.

Ending: Staff said they would return with additional detail and that the grant commitments are already pledged; no final committee vote was recorded at this meeting.