On December 6th, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s (PCCD) School Safety and Security Committee announced the availability of funds to implement projects to reduce and/or prevent violence for specific purposes.  One aspect of Act 44 of 2018 includes up to $7.5 million in funding for the following purposes:

1.      Increasing access to quality trauma-informed support services and behavioral health care by linking the community with local trauma support and behavioral health systems.

2.      Providing health services and intervention strategies by coordinating the services provided by eligible applicants and coordinated care organizations, public health entities, nonprofit youth service providers and community-based organizations.

3.      Providing mentoring and other intervention models to children and their families who have experienced trauma or are at risk of experiencing trauma, including those who are low-income, homeless, in foster care, involved in the criminal justice system, unemployed, experiencing a mental illness or substance abuse disorder or not enrolled in or at risk of dropping out of an educational institution.

4.      Fostering and promoting communication between the school entity, community and law enforcement.

5.      Any other program or model designed to reduce community violence and approved by the committee.

 All interested applicants are encouraged to review the 2019 Community Violence Prevention/Reduction solicitation for more information on the specific requirements. Interested parties are asked to click on this link to review the solicitation:https://www.pccdegrants.pa.gov/Egrants/Public/OpenAnnouncements.aspx.