ARPA-Violence Interrupters
Violence Interrupters, NFP
CSFA Number: 546-00-2787
STATE AGENCY INFORMATION
Agency Name
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (546)
Agency Contact
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Short Description
The South Austin Chicago Violence Prevention program will serve up to one hundred high risk youth from the South Austin Community on Chicago’s Westside. The targeted population will consist of young men between the ages of 16-25 which display the following risk factors, involvement with drugs, alcohol, history of early aggressive behavior, poor behavioral control, exposure to violence and conflict in the family, and more.
Federal Authorization
Sections 602(c)(1)(A) and 603(c)(1)(A) provide significant resources for State, territorial, Tribal governments, and counties, metropolitan cities, and nonentitlement units of local governments (each referred to as a recipient) to meet the wide range of public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Illinois Statue Authorization
Public Act 10-200
SB2800 ham003 HDS102 00009 PLS 10009 a
Illinois Administrative Rules Authorization
Section 602 and section 603 also describe several types of uses that would be responsive to the impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Objective
Violence Interrupters, NFP plans to ensure that 75% of the youth receive services. Services include conflict resolution, gang mediation, one on one support services, drug treatment referrals, homelessness referrals, mental health referrals, and Restorative Justice Support.
UGA Program Terms
Violence Interrupters will open a satellite office in the targeted area, distribute flyers in the targeted area, organize community activities, and conduct community outreach daily.
Potential participants will be identified through community networking, police profiles, and by Violence Interrupter Staff that know the high-risk people in the targeted area.
Data Collection-data collected will be the number of participants, risk factors including behaviors that place participants at risk, and outcomes will include how many high-risk youths we helped to secure employment, enroll in school, social service agencies, and shooting and homicide data.
Eligible Applicants
Other;
Applicant Eligibility
Violence Interrupters (Organization)
Beneficiary Eligibility
ICJIA Direct Line Appropriation
Types of Assistance
Project Grants
Subject / Service Area
Public Safety
Credentials / Documentation
ICJIA Direct Line Appropriation Violence Interrupters (Organization)
Preapplication Coordination
N/A
Application Procedures
ICJIA Direct Line Appropriation
Criteria Selecting Proposals
ICJIA Direct Line Appropriation
Award Procedures
ICJIA Direct Line Appropriation
Range of Approval or Disapproval Time
N/A
Renewals
Based on Appropriation
Uses and Restrictions
Direct Pass-through appropriation to ICJIA for Violence Interrupters
Reports
Submit program reports
Submit financial status reports
Submit timekeeping certifications
Submit closeout financial status report, property inventory, and closeout program report
Audits
Grantee develops and maintains a record-keeping system to document all agreement related activities and expenditures. Records will act as the original source material for compilation of the data required, and all other program activity.
Records
Grantee will provide access for purposes of monitoring, audit and examination to all relevant books, documents, papers, and records, and to relevant books, documents, papers and records of subcontractors.
Account Identification
Public Act 10-200
SB2800 ham003 HDS102 00009 PLS 10009 a
Obligations
Grantee shall receive a maximum of $1,000,000
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
N/A
Program Accomplishments
Implement a violence prevention strategy that focuses on high risk youth population.
Services will focus on High-risk youth between ages of 16-25
Job Placement
Mental Health Services
Homelessness Services
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
N/A
Regional or Local Assistance Location
N/A
Headquarters Office
8236 S. Ridgeland
Chicago, IL 60617
Program Website
https://www.violenceinterrupters.org/
Example Projects
Violence Prevention Programs
FUNDING INFORMATION
Funding By Fiscal Year
FY 2022 : $1,000,000
Federal Funding
None
Notice of Funding Opportunities
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