Another round of grant funding for nonprofit organizations and grassroots groups working to strengthen neighborhoods and promote community safety has been approved, according to Mayor John Cooper and the Mayor’s Community Safety Partnership Fund Advisory Board.

For this round of funding, the Community Safety Partnership Fund Advisory Board will support community nonprofits who are ready to expand evidence-based, violence reduction programs in the South Nashville area, particularly the Glencliff-Antioch area. Nonprofits may submit proposals by filling out a ‘Letter of Intent’ on <Nashville.gov>.

Proposals should be evidence-based and include a focus on at least one of the following criteria:

·    Group Violence Intervention Programs

·    Violence Interruption Programs

·    Improving the Physical Environment of high crime areas

·    Strengthening Anti-Violence Social Norms and Peer Relationships

·    Engaging and Supporting Youth

·    Programs that provide peer support and therapy

·    Mitigating Financial Stress

The Mayor’s Community Safety Partnership Advisory Board will make grant award recommendations and recipients will work alongside Nashville’s first Community Safety Coordinator, Ron Johnson.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, Aug 21, 11:59 pm, CT.