INDIANAPOLIS — Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) and the City of Indianapolis recently announced the newest recipients of the Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program. Thirty organizations will receive a total of $2,897,000 for projects that develop and implement integrated, evidence-based practices to prevent and reduce crime in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Foundation, an affiliate of CICF, administers these grants using criteria and funding allocated annually by the Indianapolis City-County Council.
Grant recipients work with and supplement the City’s first-ever community violence reduction team, who connect at-risk perpetrators or victims of violence to resources. Powered by American Rescue Plan funding passed by the City-County Council in September, Mayor Hogsett’s violence reduction plan includes more than $150 million in violence reduction programming, including $45 million over the next three years to grassroots funding. Application deadlines for the increased 2022 grant funding will be announced in early 2022.
New to this year’s program was additional funding from the City to support community programming initiatives focused specifically on domestic violence reduction, youth mental health, and early intervention to support juveniles. Some of the programs receiving that support include the Domestic Violence Network, the National Alliance for Mental Illness Indianapolis Inc., and the Warren Arts & Education Foundation Inc.
Other local organizations awarded grants include Brookside Community Development Corp., Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis, Eskenazi Health Foundation, Horizon House, Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition, John H. Boner Community Center, PACE Inc., Pathway Resource Center, Stop the Violence Indianapolis Inc., RecycleForce, Peace Learning Center, and Coburn Place Safe Haven.