Deadline: 18-Jan-22
The Roy A. Hunt Foundation has announced the Youth Violence Prevention Program to reduce youth violence and the risk factors that contribute to it.
Priorities
- Popu lations – within those geographies, proven-risk and higher-risk youth and youth adults
- Strategies – proposals with clear and measurable objectives for serving those populations through one or more of the following strategies:
- work ing with clients in multiple settings, including, one-on-one, peer group, family, school, and / or community
- using the Foundation’s grants as leverage to attract other public and private resources
- impleme nting a nd expanding researched practices and evidence-based programs; increasing the non-profit’s evaluation capacity and accountability in order to determine effectiveness
Funding Information
The Foundation considers proposals for programs, projects, and coalitions and collaboratives. The Foundation awards 6-10 grants per year and grants range from $ 25,000 to $ 75,000. The Foundation occasionally makes two- or three-year commitments.
Geographical Focus
Lower-income and higher-crime areas of Allegheny County, PA; Boston, MA; Cleveland, OH; and Martin and St. Lucie Counties, FL.
Exclusions
The Foundation’s YVP Committee will not consider proposals concerning youth suicide, child abuse or neglect, domestic abuse, hate crimes, media or online violence, or victim protection and advocacy.
For more information, visit https://rahuntfdn.org/youth-violence-prevention/