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Baltimore City Health Department National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention Expansion Project

Award Information

Award #
2014-NY-FX-K004
Location
Congressional District
Status
Open
Funding First Awarded
2014
Total funding (to date)
$556,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2014, $20,000)

At the direction of President Obama, the Departments of Justice and Education launched the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention (Forum) to begin a national conversation concerning youth and gang violence, raise awareness, and elevate the issue to national significance. This program aims to competitively select as many as five new sites to join the Forum's participating localities of Boston, Camden, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Salinas, and San Jose. The FY 2014 National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention Expansion Project is authorized pursuant to paragraph (8) under the Juvenile Justice heading, in the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2014, Pub. L. No. 113-76, 128 Stat. 5, 65.

Baltimore City Health Department will use FY 14 National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention Expansion Project funds to develop a comprehensive youth violence prevention plan that integrates law enforcement, community mobilization, and public health models in the application of health promotion and disease prevention efforts to deliver violence-free communities.

Building on the Mayor's Violent Crime Reduction Enhancement Initiative, a multi-faceted strategy for systematically responding to and decreasing violent crime, Baltimore City Health Department will work with all partners to help ensure that all Baltimore residents are healthy, safe and thriving. CA/NCF

Date Created: September 29, 2014