Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence Related Injury

 

Deadline:   March 19, 2014

Funding Amount:   3 awards anticipated. Award Ceiling: $350,000

Eligibility:   Higher Education Institutions: *Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education *Private Institutions of Higher Education The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for CDC support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education: *Hispanic-serving Institutions *Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) *Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) *Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education *Nonprofits (Other than Institutions of Higher Education) For- Profit Organizations *Small Businesses *For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses) Governments *State Governments *County Governments *City or Township Governments *Special District Governments *Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized) *Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized) *Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government *U.S. Territory or Possession Other *Independent School Districts *Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities *Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) *Faith-based or Community-based Organizations *Regional Organizations *Bona Fide Agents *Federally Funded Research and Development Centers

Agency:   HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Grant ID:  RFA-CE-14-006

CFDA#:   93.136 -- Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs

Summary:   The purposes of the NCIPC extramural violence prevention research program are to: 1. Build the scientific base for the prevention of violence by helping to expand and advance our understanding of the primary prevention of interpersonal violence. 2. Encourage professionals from a wide spectrum of disciplines of epidemiology, behavioral and social sciences, medicine, biostatistics, public health, health economics, law, and criminal justice to perform research in order to prevent violence more effectively. 3. Encourage investigators to propose research that involves the development and testing of primary prevention strategies, programs and policies designed to prevent interpersonal violence and reduce violence-related outcomes as well as dissemination, implementation, and translation research to enhance the adoption and maintenance of effective strategies among individuals, organizations, or communities.

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Funding Opportunity: Neighborhood Violence Prevention Project

 

 

Funding Amount:   Approximately $2,000,000 dollars is available to support up to seven new community violence reduction projects.

Eligibility:   Local government agencies; and Not-for-profit entities
Agency:   NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services

Deadline: October 16, 2013

Summary:   New York State is making approximately $2 million available to support local street outreach and violence intervention projects to reduce violence associated with firearms in localities with high volumes and rates of homicides and shootings. Projects supported with funds awarded from this solicitation must be designed and implemented with fidelity to the Cure Violence model or follow a similar evidence based neighborhood violent crime prevention model. Projects must utilize violence interrupters and street outreach workers to stem local violence in a targeted area.

All projects should be focused on implementation of a coordinated, community-based strategy for reducing violence in a specified neighborhood or neighborhoods, precinct(s) or other geographically defined area. The proposals must target communities with high rates of gun violence and work through community-based organizations, residents and other individuals that are well positioned to work with high-risk youth and young adults in those areas. The applicant for these funds must clearly demonstrate that the proposed model is evidence based and maintains program fidelity to the model being implemented. Evidence based programs are interventions that are theory -based and through evaluation have been determined to be effective at achieving the stated outcomes. Evidence based programs are replicable when implemented with high fidelity to the core components of the model.

Part A - up to three new projects will be established in localities outside of New York City and Onondaga County with a rate of shooting incidents involving injury that reaches 4.5 or higher and with a population of at least 60,000. Eligible localities are: Erie (Buffalo), Westchester (Mount Vernon) and Monroe (Rochester).  Part B - up to four new projects will be established, one each in the Bronx, Queens, Onondaga, and Rockland counties.

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Brooklyn's Anti-Bullying Contest

Third Annual Legal Lives Anti-Bullying Video Contest scheduled to begin on Tuesday, January 22, 2013. Students in the fourth through ninth grades throughout Brooklyn are encouraged to enter the contest by submitting a video about bullying. The deadline for video submissions is Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

Bullying is a problem in schools and on the internet. It is intentional, aggressive behavior that involves an imbalance of power or strength, typically repeated over time. Bullying has a serious effect on its victims, often leading to depression, and in some cases, it may even lead to suicide.

The goal of the contest is to raise the consciousness of not only children, but teachers, administrators and parents to the reality of bullying and how each of them has to step up and be a part of solving this problem. If more young people were to take a stand against bullying, then the phenomenon would likely diminish over time.

Participants are asked to create a 90-second video that answers one of the following questions:

What is bullying?

How does bullying make you feel?

What does a bully look like?

How can you stop a bully?

What should you do if you are being bullied?

Videos will be judged on creativity and content. Students are encouraged to use music, dancing or pictures. To submit a video, students will need to upload their videos as a response to the DA Hynes Announces Anti-Bullying Video which can be found at: www.youtube.com/kingscountyda  The winner will serve as “DA for the Day.”

 

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 5:00 PM

ON APRIL 30, 2013

For more information or submit entries, please contact Ms. Lauren McCormack at 718.250.3446 or email at mccormal@brooklynda.org. Website: www.brooklynda.org