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AB702,4,2219 (h) Support local organizations that provide violence prevention services in
20seeking out and applying for grant funding in support of their initiatives and provide
21technical assistance and support to the organizations to maximize the organizations'
22likelihood of success with their applications.
AB702,4,2523 (i) With the support of the division of the department responsible for public
24health, develop and implement a public health strategy that provides for all of the
25following:
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11. The use of culturally competent and community-wide risk-assessment
2tools.
AB702,5,33 2. The identification of heavy utilizers of public services.
AB702,5,44 3. The provision of cognitive and family-based therapy.
AB702,5,55 4. The coordination of available services to combat the spread of violence.
AB702,5,76 5. Technical assistance from culturally-competent organizations or
7individuals.
AB702,5,108 (j) Conduct a statewide public health campaign concerning the impact of
9violence, strategies for violence cessation, and the use of alternative dispute
10resolution techniques.
AB702,5,15 11(3) Grants. (a) The office of violence prevention shall develop and implement
12a program to award grants to support effective violence reduction initiatives in
13communities that are disproportionately affected by violence, including gun
14violence, group violence, suicides, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and
15gender-based violence.
AB702,5,2316 (b) The grants shall be used to support, expand, and replicate evidence-based
17violence reduction initiatives, including hospital-based violence intervention
18programs, evidence-based street outreach programs, and focused deterrence
19strategies, that seek to interrupt the cycles of violence, victimization, and retaliation
20in order to reduce the incidence of firearm violence. These initiatives must be
21primarily focused on providing violence intervention services and support to the
22small segment of the population that is identified as having the highest risk of
23perpetrating or being victimized by firearm violence.
AB702,6,324 (c) Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis to counties and cities that
25are disproportionately impacted by violence, and to community-based organizations

1that serve the residents of those counties or cities. Where appropriate, 2 or more
2counties and cities may submit joint applications to provide more comprehensive
3solutions.
AB702,6,54 (d) An applicant for a grant shall submit to the office on a form provided by the
5office a proposal that includes all of the following:
AB702,6,96 1. A problem statement describing the issue or concern followed by a list of
7goals, objectives, and activities that describe how the applicant proposes to use the
8grant to implement an evidence-based violence reduction initiative in accordance
9with this subsection.
AB702,6,1210 2. A statement describing how the applicant proposes to use the grant to
11enhance the local coordination of existing violence prevention and intervention
12programs and minimize duplication of services.
AB702,6,1513 (e) In awarding grants under this subsection, the office shall give preference
14to applicants whose grant proposals demonstrate to the greatest extent all of the
15following:
AB702,6,1716 1. A substantial likelihood of reducing violence in the applicant's community
17without contributing to mass incarceration.
AB702,6,2018 2. Partnership with one or more entities, including community-based
19organizations and public agencies, provided that at least one applicant is a
20community-based organization.
AB702,6,2121 3. Leadership reflective of the demographics of the population being served.
AB702,6,2322 4. Experience working with formerly incarcerated or otherwise
23justice-involved individuals.
AB702,6,2524 5. Experience working with persons who are currently or formerly involved
25with interpersonal violence.
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1(f) Each county or city that receives a grant under this subsection shall
2distribute not less than one-half of the grant funds awarded to one or more of any
3of the following entities:
AB702,7,44 1. Community-based organizations.
AB702,7,55 2. Indian tribes and tribal organizations.
AB702,7,76 3. Public agencies or departments that are primarily dedicated to community
7safety or gun violence prevention.
AB702,7,128 (g) The office shall form a grant selection advisory committee that shall include,
9without limitation, persons who have been impacted by violence, formerly
10incarcerated persons, and persons with direct experience in implementing
11evidence-based violence reduction initiatives, including initiatives that incorporate
12public health, community-based, or ecological systems approaches.
AB702,7,1513 (h) A grantee under this subsection shall report to the office, on a form provided
14by the office and in intervals prescribed by the office, the grantee's progress in
15achieving the stated grant objectives.
AB702,7,1816 (i) The office may contract with an entity that has expertise in evaluating
17community-based grant-funded programs to evaluate a grant proposal's
18effectiveness, provided that all of the following are satisfied:
AB702,7,2019 1. The entity uses both qualitative and quantitative methods in evaluating the
20grant proposal.
AB702,7,2221 2. To the extent practicable, the entity uses participatory action research
22methods or other research methods that incorporate subject engagement.
AB702,5 23Section 5. Effective date.
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1(1) This act takes effect on the first day of the 2nd month beginning after
2publication.
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