# Community-Based Violence Prevention Program (16.123)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/16-123-community-based-violence-prevention-program/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Community-Based Violence Prevention Program is run by Department of Justice. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $23.6 million in 41 grants, about $576,623 per award.

## Objectives

Program goal(s) name: Prevent and reduce youth violence
Program goal(s) description: Prevent youth from joining gangs, discontinue involvement in gangs, and prevent and reduce youth gang violence.
Program objective(s) name: Support youth violence reduction programs
Program objective description: Implement intervention strategies that prevent youth from joining gangs and help them to discontinue their involvement with gangs and violence; implement suppression strategies to address youth gang violence; reduce and sustain reductions in community youth violence, particularly gun and gang violence, and victimization; and convene a task force or working group that meets regularly to identify and address service gaps and barriers and coordinates with other existing state/local youth crime reduction efforts.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $11.0 million | 25 |
| 2022 | $14.7 million | 17 |
| 2023 | -$325,835 | 0 |
| 2024 | -$627,121 | 0 |
| 2025 | -$1.0 million | 0 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| The Institute for Intergovernmental Research, Inc. | Florida | $1.9 million |
| Gang Alternative, Inc. | Florida | $1.5 million |
| Baltimore, City of | Maryland | $1.1 million |
| The University of Chicago | Illinois | $997,357 |
| Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | Wisconsin | $997,351 |
| The Medical University of South Carolina | South Carolina | $997,351 |
| Path Inc | Indiana | $997,351 |
| Justice Innovation Inc. | New York | $997,351 |
| Center for Family Services Inc | New Jersey | $997,351 |
| Unity House of Troy, Inc. | New York | $997,351 |
| Fund for the City of New York, Inc. | New York | $997,351 |
| Youth Alive | California | $997,351 |
| The Regents of the University of Colorado | Colorado | $997,351 |
| Chris 180, Inc. | Georgia | $997,351 |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | Wisconsin | $997,351 |
| Douglas County Nebraska | Nebraska | $902,285 |
| City of Los Angeles | California | $821,445 |
| Southwest Key Programs Inc | Texas | $499,997 |
| County of Cumberland | New Jersey | $499,791 |
| Educational Service District 101 | Washington | $499,288 |