Gun Violence Grants & Funding
The Shapiro-Davis Administration is committed to reducing violence and making communities safer. The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) administers funding for a wide range of programs that address community violence and prevention efforts across the Commonwealth.
New Funding Available
This page contains information on the current Building Opportunity through Out of School Time (BOOST), Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP), and Coordinated Community Violence Intervention (CCVI) Strategies Projects grants for 2024-25 recently announced by PCCD. Use the one pagers below to find out what type of funding your entity may be eligible for:
*2024-25 Building Opportunity through Out of School Time (BOOST) Funding
Approximately $11.5 million in state funding is available to support a range of eligible prevention-focused program activities and out-of-school time (OST) models for statewide or local projects for at-risk school-age populations in un-derrepresented or underserved communities. Funding is aimed at reducing community violence by providing after-school learning opportunities for youth.
- Track 1: Local BOOST Projects
- Track 2: Statewide BOOST Projects
Eligible applicants: School districts, area career and technical schools, libraries, statewide youth-serving 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations, and community-based nonprofit organizations (i.e., active, registered 501(c)(3)s).
Deadline: Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 8 PM (ET)
Related documents:
Webinar for applicants (10/2/2024)
*2024-25 Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Funding
$45 million in state funding for Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) (VIP and CCVI solicitations) has been announced for grants and technical assistance to address community violence throughout the Commonwealth.
VIP funding supports a wide range of programs and intervention strategies that address community violence.
- Track 1: VIP Expansion/Enhancement Grants: Support the continuation, expansion, and enhancement of effective, community-led strategies to intervene and respond to community violence.
- Track 2: VIP Start-Up Grants: Provide financial, technical assistance, training, coaching, and other supports to grassroots community organizations to support new programming as well as strengthen their infrastructure, enhance sustainability, and meet essential capacity needs.
Eligible applicants: Community-based organizations (i.e., active, registered 501(c)(3)s), institutions of higher education, municipalities, counties, and district attorney’s offices.
Deadline: Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 8 PM (ET)
Related documents:
Webinar for applicants:
*2024-25 Collaborative Community Violence Intervention (CCVI) Strategies Funding
CCVI grants support local planning and implementation of short-term intervention, mid-term prevention, and long-term transformation strategies designed to increase local coordination to more effectively prevent, intervene, and respond to gun and group-related violence. Applicants will apply for CCVI funding in PCCD’s Egrants system.
- Track 1: CCVI Planning Grants: Provide funding for local jurisdictions (counties, municipalities) to support the development of violence reduction plans.
- Track 2: CCVI Implementation Grants: Advance collaborative, community-driven strategies to reduce violence using proven methods within counties/municipalities with the highest levels of gun incidents and injury statewide, especially those who experienced an increase in homicides between 2022 and 2023.
Eligible applicants: Community-based organizations (i.e., active, registered 501(c)(3)s), institutions of higher education, municipalities, counties, and district attorney’s offices.
Deadline: Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 11:59 PM (ET)
Related documents:
Webinar for applicants:
Webinar on Violence Reduction Councils - Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health
VIP & Gun Violence Grants Program Archive
Providing support for effective, community-led gun violence prevention efforts is one of PCCD's top strategic priorities. In recent years, PCCD has made investments to support local gun violence reduction efforts using available state and federal funds aligned with recommendations identified by the Special Council and responsive to the needs of local communities.
You can learn more about past VIP and Gun Violence Reduction Grants cycles and funded projects by visiting the interactive Gun Violence and VIP Grantees data dashboard and archived pages below:
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Expand AllClick here for a more accessible version2023-24 VIP and CCVI Grants Program
2022-23 VIP Grant program
2022-23 CCVI Grant Program
- PCCD's VIP Training & Technical Assistance initiative launched in 2022 and provides no-cost resources to community-based groups working to address violence in their communities. Interested in learning more? Contact the VIP TTA team at WestEd via email at pennviptta@wested.org.
- VIP Applicant Information Session: PCCD's VIP Technical Assistance partners at WestEd/LISC hosted an open webinar for community-based organizations interested in applying for funding on September 27, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. (ET). This online session focused on VIP grants with useful information and helpful tips to prepare and successfully apply for funding. The main focus of this webinar was to answer prospective applicant questions. Presenters were from WestEd, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and Community Capacity Builders.
- Webinar recording available HERE.
On January 17, 2023, PCCD announced the availability of up to $3 million in VIP funding to support a new VIP Grants Evaluation Initiative. The goal of this program is to support a comprehensive evaluation and research initiative to determine early outcomes and short-term impacts of PCCD's investments in community violence prevention and intervention programs through the VIP Grant Program.
The application deadline for this competitive solicitation was Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (ET). On May 31, 2023, the School Safety and Security Committee approved an award to the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center (NORC), in partnership with Temple University, to support these efforts.
More information about this initiative is available in the written funding announcement document, available here, as well as in the press release announcing the selection of NORC as the VIP program evaluator.
Contact Information
Questions regarding PCCD's Gun Violence Grants & Funding initiatives, including VIP grants, can be directed to PCCD staff at RA-CD-VIPGRANTS@pa.gov.