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City staff outline $1.99 million DOJ grant to support community violence intervention and prevention
Summary
City staff presented a three-year DOJ award of approximately $1.99 million to support community-based violence intervention and prevention, with $1.7 million slated for DCE and an estimated $254,000 for police department staffing and service agreements; councilors asked for program details and a briefing from the grant lead.
City budget staff on Feb. 20 described a three-year, approximately $1.99 million award from the U.S. Department of Justice to fund community-based violence intervention and prevention programming.
Jared Moore, speaking for Budget, said the ordinance would appropriate $1,990,000 in DOJ grant revenues over three years. Moore said roughly $1.7 million would go to DCE to fund programs led by Dr. Hubbard’s group and about $254,000 would go to the police department for a crime analyst, a youth resilience coordinator and service agreements with nonprofits for violence-interruption services.
Moore said the award is based on the Cure Violence evidence-based model; Dr. Hubbard (the grant lead) was not present at the meeting. Councilors asked for more details, including whether funds are guaranteed and how staffing would be structured. Budget staff replied that the city had received the commitment of funds and that they are being followed through, and that the police positions funded by the grant would be civilian (not sworn officers).
Several councilors requested that Dr. Hubbard attend a future meeting to explain program details and that staff return with a clearer breakdown of how grant dollars will be spent. No formal vote on the ordinance was recorded during the Feb. 20 meeting.
