The purpose of the Community and Youth Crime Prevention Grant is to fund community-based programs designed to enhance community safety and to assist the community in its crime prevention efforts. Community crime prevention programs can target changes in community culture or changes in adult or youth skill level in order to reduce or prevent crime.
Priority is given to projects:
Previous awardees can be viewed at: https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/ojp/grants/Documents/Community%20Crime%202020.pdf
Public and private non-profit agencies are eligible.
Applications were due August 16, 2019. A similar deadline is expected annually.
$2,436,000 was available in 2019. Grant awards ranged from approximately $50,000 - $200,000.