11/1/22- State House Update
- November 01 2022
- By: info@njcfe.org
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From The Governor’s Office
Governor Murphy, Attorney General Platkin Announce a Total of $20M in State and Federal Violence Intervention Grants Available for Community Organizations, Hospitals
October 25, 2022 | nj.gov
Designed to work with victims in the wake of violent incidents and with individuals and communities impacted by gun violence and those at risk of violence, these programs are critical to the state’s public safety efforts to reduce cycles of violence at their source. This goes along with Attorney General Platkin’s creation of the Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance (VIVA) in September 2022 to provide structure and permanent support for these innovative programs.
The CBVI and HVIP programs are each funded at $10 million. CBVI was a part of Governor Murphy’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget, and is the second straight year that the Administration included $10 million for violence intervention work in New Jersey’s communities. As previously announced in August 2022, Governor Murphy has allocated $10 million in federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to continue the HVIP funding for at least another 12 months after current Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) dollars, HVIP’s funding source, are expended.