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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to community violence intervention and 2
prevention grant program; creating s. 402.88, F.S.; 3
creating the Community Violence Intervention and 4
Prevention Grant Program within the Department of 5
Children and Families; providing uses for grants 6
provided by the department; providing application 7
requirements and procedures for such grants; providing 8
restrictions on grant funds; prohibiting certain 9
conditions on grants; providing for grant duration; 10
requiring reports from recipients; requiring an annual 11
report by the department; providing for program costs; 12
requiring specified evaluations; requiring public 13
hearings; providing rulemaking authority; provi ding an 14
effective date. 15
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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Section 1. Section 402.88, Florida Statutes, is created to 19
read: 20
402.88 Community Violence Intervention and Prevention 21
Grant Program.— 22
(1) There is created with in the Department of Children and 23
Families the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention 24
Grant Program. 25
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(2) Subject to legislative appropriation the department 26
may provide grants on a competitive basis to nonprofit 27
organizations and community -based partnerships that serve 28
communities that are disproportionately impacted by violence to 29
support, expand, and replicate effective violence reduction 30
initiatives. The grants shall be used to: 31
(a) Implement, expand, or enhance coordination between 32
evidence-informed violence reduction initiatives, including, but 33
not limited to, hospital -based violence intervention, street 34
outreach, and group violence intervention strategies that have 35
demonstrated effectiveness at reducing homicides, group 36
violence, and other interpersonal violence without contributing 37
to mass incarceration. 38
(b) Support the development and delivery of intervention -39
based strategies by entities that provide targeted services to 40
persons at risk of being victimized or engaging in violence to 41
interrupt cycles of violence, reinjury, and retaliation. 42
(c) Support initiatives that primarily target a reduction 43
of violence among persons who have been identified as having the 44
highest risk of perpetrating or being victimized by violence in 45
the near future based on the best available medical and public 46
health research. 47
(3) Applicants may apply either independently or jointly. 48
(4) An applicant for a grant shall submit a proposal, in a 49
form prescribed by the department, which shall include all of 50
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the following: 51
(a) A statement describing how the applicant proposes to 52
use the grant to implement an evidence -informed violence 53
reduction initiative in accordance with this section. 54
(b) A statement describing how the applicant proposes to 55
use the grant to enhance coordination of existing violence 56
prevention and intervention programs and minimize duplication of 57
services. 58
(c) Evidence indicating that the proposed violence 59
reduction initiative would likely reduce homicides, group 60
violence, and other interpers onal violence. 61
(d) Clearly defined and measurable objectives for the 62
violence reduction initiative. 63
(5) In awarding grants, the department shall prioritize 64
applicants operating in areas disproportionately affected by 65
violence and whose proposals demonstrate the greatest likelihood 66
of reducing homicides, group violence, and other interpersonal 67
violence without contributing to mass incarceration. The 68
department may not require grant recipients to participate in 69
the policing, enforcement, or prosecution of any crime as a 70
condition of receiving a grant. 71
(6) The amount of funds awarded to an applicant shall be 72
commensurate with the scope of the applicant's proposal and the 73
applicant's demonstrated need for additional resou rces to reduce 74
homicides, group violence, and other interpersonal violence in 75
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the community served by the applicant. 76
(7) A grant may only be used for the purposes specified in 77
the grant application. Grant funds may not revert to the general 78
budget of a law enforcement agency, municipality, or other 79
public entity participating in a community -based partnership. 80
(8) Subject to the availability of state funding, a grant 81
shall be awarded for a duration of at least 3 years. 82
(9) Each grant recipient shall re port to the department, 83
in a form and at intervals prescribed by the department, the 84
recipient's progress toward achieving the grant objectives. 85
(10)(a) The department may use up to 8 percent of the 86
funds appropriated or made available, or such percentag e as may 87
be authorized under program guidelines for funding made 88
available to the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention 89
Grant Program through federal funding sources, for the costs of 90
implementation and administration of technical assistance and 91
for the costs of implementing and administering the program, 92
including, but not limited to, employment of dedicated grants 93
management and programmatic personnel. 94
(b) The program costs under paragraph (a) shall include an 95
annual program evaluation and an a nalysis of the effectiveness 96
of violence reduction initiatives. These evaluations shall be 97
made available to the public. 98
(11) The department shall annually hold at least one 99
public hearing. The public hearing shall provide a forum to 100
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receive information on how the public funds are spent, testimony 101
from grant award recipients on the effectiveness of their 102
programs and best practices, and input from the public on 103
whether the initiatives and the grant -funded programs are 104
accomplishing their respective missio ns. Public input shall be 105
used to assess and revise grant -making metrics and processes for 106
awarding grants. 107
(12) Beginning January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 108
of each year thereafter, the department shall prepare and 109
transmit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the 110
Speaker of the House of Representatives a report that shall 111
include a listing of the grants awarded under the program, 112
descriptions of the initiatives and impact on the communities 113
served through the grants, and such other information as the 114
department deems appropriate. 115
(13) The department may adopt rules to implement this 116
section. 117
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 118