Assistance program
Rural Violent Crime Initiative
$23.3 Million committed in FY2022–FY2026
- Agency
- Ojp Bureau of Justice Assistance, Justice, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 16.039
- What it does
- The goal of Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative (RVCRI) program is to assist and support rural law enforcement agencies and/or prosecutors’ offices as they plan, implement, and assess identified violent crime problems in their jurisdiction. The RVCRI awards grants on a competitive basis to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors’ offices in rural locations. These grants will support improved training and technology, expanded community-based crime prevention programs, and partnerships with victim services providers. This initiative is intended to improve communication and collaboration between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve to address unique crime challenges in rural areas. Training and technical assistance (TTA) will be made available to site-based awardees to assist them in achieving these goals. The TTA provider will work with BJA to coordinate assistance and will compile a final report which includes an assessment of individual site efforts, overarching findings, and lessons learned. All agencies receiving funding through this program must engage with the selected BJA Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Provider throughout the duration of the grant. The TTA is free of charge to the grantee and is intended to provide support troubleshooting any challenges that emerge related to successful implementation of grant activities. The objectives are as follows: • Assist rural jurisdictions in reducing their violent crime problems. • Identify and design strategies to target the unique characteristics of violent crime occurring in rural jurisdictions. • Contribute to the professional literature and research on rural violent crime. • Develop resources to support strategies that address violent crime challenges. Performance Measure 1: Number of rural jurisdictions that have received funds; and, Performance Measure 2: Percentage of rural grantees that experienced a reduction in their rural violence problem (at the closeout of their award).
- Who benefits
- The main beneficiaries of this NOFO will be rural jurisdiction that are experiencing persistently high or recently precipitous incidences of violent crime. The particular the types, causes, and solution of rural violent crime are often unique and different than those for urban violent crime. Accordingly, rural violent crime deserves focused attention and targeted solutions.
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* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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