The California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Grant Program, established through the Budget Act of 2019 (Assembly Bill 74, Chapter 23, Statutes of 2019), is an initiative aimed at enhancing public health and safety through support for community-based gun violence reduction efforts in communities that are disproportionately impacted by gun violence. The purpose of the grant is to disrupt cycles of violence and retaliatory actions in order to lower the rates of homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults in affected communities. CalVIP grants fund a variety of evidence-based programs designed to reduce community gun violence, such as:
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.” The applicant will be asked to describe how it will identify, engage, and provide violence intervention services” to the appropriate target population. The target population may look different for every applicant, based on a community's unique make-up and needs.
The BSCC has now administered four rounds of CalVIP funding, providing more than $250 million toward local violence intervention and prevention efforts. A list of current grantees and funding amounts can be viewed at: http://www.bscc.ca.gov/s_cpgpcalvipgrant/
CalVIP grant funds may not be used for the following:
Eligible applicants are California cities, counties, and tribal governments that are disproportionately impacted by violence and the community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve them. A list of eligible applicants can be found on page 47 of the application guidance, found here: https://www.bscc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CalVIP-RFP-Cohort-5-FINAL-2.19.25.pdf
Applications were to be submitted by August 18, 2025. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.
$103,000,000 is available in total funding in 2025. This amount includes the first two anticipated annual allocations to the BSCC from the Gun Violence Prevention and School Safety Fund. Individual award amounts vary across seven funding categories. Please refer to page 16 of the application guidance for details.
Period of performance is 36 months, from January 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029. There is no match requirement for the CalVIP Cohort 5 Grant.