Mayor Bowser Announces Recipients for Building Blocks DC Grants

(Washington, DC)  In the present day, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Workplace of Gun Violence Prevention (OGVP) Director Linda Harllee Harper introduced practically $590,000 in grants awarded to nonprofit organizations as a part of the Constructing Blocks DC (BBDC) grants program. This funding will assist the Bowser Administration’s efforts to forestall gun violence by means of revolutionary programming and actions that function skill-building, household connectivity and empowerment, multidisciplinary arts actions, and group engagement. 

“We all know this work requires robust partnerships with community-based organizations who’re on the bottom in our communities,” stated Mayor Bowser. “The Constructing Blocks DC grants acknowledge the large work that organizations and leaders in our group are doing to save lots of lives and forestall gun violence.” 

Subsequent, OGVP plans to launch an extra $175,000 in group investments by means of a summer time cycle of mini grants. These grants will particularly handle gun violence prevention in the course of the summer time months. 

“We all know that our communities know what they want,” stated Director Harllee Harper. “We look ahead to seeing the work of our massive grant recipients and the revolutionary proposals to forestall and handle gun violence in the course of the summer time. We all know we’d like revolutionary methods to attach, have interaction and serve.”

The recipients are: 

• Alliance of Involved Males ($100,000) to supply battle decision coaching program for youth in Ward 7 with expertise coaching on the best way to be peace builders of their communities. 
   
• CASA DC ($100,000) to supply direct help to major and secondary youth survivors of gun violence in Wards 5, 7, and eight by means of community-based mentorship, talent workshops, and therapeutic assist. 
   
• Far Southeast Household Strengthening Collaborative in partnership with Egypt Ami Wellness ($149,576) to implement a household connectivity and empowerment program for 50 at-risk households who reside in Washington Highlands and Bellevue neighborhoods. This system has two core elements: empowerment workshops and connecting households to assets and companies. 
   
• The Inventive College ($100,000) will supply programming that present youth in Wards 7 and eight with mentoring, disaster response, and entrepreneurial options to assist handle group security and gun violence prevention.  
   
• Coaching Grounds Inc. ($137,500) will supply management growth to younger folks ages 14 to 21 who reside in Wards 7 and eight. 

The Workplace of Gun Violence Prevention coordinates the Constructing Blocks DC effort, offering an entire of presidency strategy to addressing gun violence in Washington, DC. The BBDC Grants Program ensures that the group is an energetic answer to main town’s strategy to gun violence.

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