California Violence Intervention & Prevention Cohort 5

Assembly Bill (AB) 762 (Chapter 241, Statutes of 2023) specified that the purpose of the program is to support effective community gun violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by community gun violence. It expands the CalVIP program to include counties that have within their jurisdiction one or more cities disproportionately impacted by community gun violence and tribal governments.

The CalVIP Grant Program Proposal Package submission is available through an online portal submission process. Applicants must submit proposals through the BSCC Submittable Application Portal by 5:00 P.M. on August 18, 2025. Applicants interested in applying for a CalVIP grant are asked (but not required) to submit a nonbinding letter indicating their intent to apply. These letters will aid the BSCC in planning for the proposal evaluation process. Proposals selected for funding will be under agreement from January 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029. This includes a three-year grant project service delivery period starting on January 1, 2026 and ending on December 31, 2028. An additional six months (January 1, 2029 to June 30, 2029) will be included in the term of the grant agreement for the sole purposes of finalizing and submitting a required Local Evaluation Report and a required audit. Applicants eligible to apply for the CalVIP Cohort 5 funding fall into four categories:1. Cities that are “disproportionately impacted by violence” (listed in Table 1 below).2. Counties that have one or more cities disproportionately impacted by violence within their jurisdiction (listed in Table 2 below).3. Tribal governments located within the identified counties (listed in Table 3 below).4. Community-based organizations that serve the residents of the cities and/or tribal governments identified in Tables 1 and 3. The total available funding through this CalVIP Request for Proposals is $103 million. This amount includes the first two anticipated annual allocations to the BSCC from the Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Fund. Applicants may apply for any amount up to and including the maximum grant amount for each Applicant Category, as shown in Table 4, of the RFP. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for only the amount of funding needed to implement the project. Proposals will be scored, in part, on the reasonableness of the applicant’s proposed budget. BSCC is required to make 20 percent (20%) of a grantee’s total award available at the start of the grant period. Please refer to page 29 for more information on the advance payment and invoicing processes. There is no match requirement for the CalVIP Cohort 5 Grant. Authorizing statute mandates that projects funded by the CalVIP grant funds “shall be primarily focused on providing violence intervention services to the small segment of the population that is identified as high risk of perpetrating or being victimized by community gun violence in the near future.” (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (c).) Authorizing statute mandates that CalVIP grants “shall be used to develop, support, expand, and replicate evidence-based community gun violence reduction initiatives, including, without limitation, hospital-based violence intervention programs, evidence-based street outreach programs, and focused deterrence strategies, that seek to interrupt cycles of community gun violence and retaliation in order to reduce the incidence of homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults.” (Pen. Code, § 14131, subd. (c).)