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Macon‑Bibb and Community Foundation award $400,000 in local violence‑prevention grants; mayor credits declining homicides to community work
Summary
At a City Hall event, Macon‑Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller and the Community Foundation of Central Georgia announced 16 community grants worth $400,000 through the Making Violence Prevention program and highlighted multi‑year efforts they say have helped reduce homicides.
Macon‑Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller and the Community Foundation of Central Georgia on Monday highlighted multi‑year community efforts to reduce violent crime and announced 16 local grants totaling $400,000 through the Making Violence Prevention (MVP) program.
The mayor framed the program as a community‑led response launched in 2021 to a rise in homicides and urged continued investment in prevention programs, mental‑health services and youth mentorship rather than relying solely on policing. "Every life is precious," Miller said, adding that the initiative grew from neighborhood meetings, door‑to‑door outreach and faith‑based partnerships.
Catherine Dennis, representing the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, described MVP as a sustained, collaborative grant program that pairs financial support with evidence‑based strategies and nonprofit capacity building. Dennis said the foundation has invested about $3,000,000 in the MVP effort and that, through the first three grant cycles, the foundation has awarded…
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