The Legislature identified violence reduction as one program area to focus Community Reinvestment funding, specifically focusing on “community-based violence intervention and prevention services.” CRP takes a multi-faceted approach aimed at promoting safe and resilient communities through four grant programs.
Grant funding
Since its launch, the Washington Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention (OFSVP) has distributed grant funds in communities throughout Washington, supporting local efforts to prevent and intervene in firearm violence. The Community Reinvestment funding will help OFSVP grow existing programs and start new ones to support Black, Latine, and tribal communities and individuals disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs.
Learn more about CRP-funded community-based violence prevention programs:
This program aims to train barber and beauty shops with peer support services while facilitating transformative engagement processes with the customers they serve.
Participants will go through accelerated training in order to learn to provide behavioral health support services. Barbers and beauticians will be compensated $2,000 per completed training (up to $4,000) with the aim of producing sustainable funding streams in the future.
Learn more about the Barber and Beauty Shop Community of Practice.
The Youth Sports Capacity Building program invests in youth sports activities throughout Washington state. This program supports compensation for coaches, training for volunteers, and removal of barriers for youth participation.
The culturally responsive Community Healer program is a grant to an organization or organizations designed to recognize that traditional Western approaches to healing may not be effective for all communities and that cultural and historical factors can play a critical role in an individual’s health and well-being. Healers will be equipped to provide services ranging from mental health support, mindset coaching, and counseling to interventions for trauma and stress management, all tailored to align with the cultural norms and values of the community they serve.