Racial Equity Framework for Community Violence Intervention Solicitations

Communities that disproportionately experience violence have been fundamentally failed and neglected by systems and often are bearing the load of transgenerational harm. The individuals at the highest risk are often falling through the cracks of many systems and are hard to reach unless there are explicit, intentional strategies to specifically find them and provide tailored support.

Historically, federal funding has often been fractured, burdensome, ineffective, and/or unattainable for community violence intervention (CVI) organizations in jurisdictions with the highest rates of violence. To address these barriers, a powerful group of directly impacted practitioners, national community violence intervention organizations, advocates, researchers, and philanthropy have come together to develop a racial equity framework for community violence intervention (CVI) funding solicitations.

The full text of the framework is available to download through the links below.