SB 1016

SENATE BILL NO. 1016
A bill to create the community violence intervention and
prevention grant program; to create the community violence intervention and
prevention fund and provide for the administration and distribution of the
fund; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local
governmental officers and entities; and to require the promulgation of rules.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1. This act may be
cited as the "community violence intervention and
prevention act".
Sec. 3. As used in this
act:
(a) "Community
violence" means life-threatening interpersonal violence committed outside
the context of a familial or romantic relationship, including, but not limited
to, nonfatal firearm injury, aggravated assault, and homicide. Community
violence does not include an act of violence motivated by a political belief.
(b) "Eligible local unit
of government" means a county, township, city, or village that meets both
of the following:
(i)
Has experienced 35 or more homicides in the last 2 out of 3 years or has
experienced 20 or more homicides with a homicide rate that is not less than
double the national average homicide rate in the last 2 out of 3 years.
(ii)
Has a compelling need to address community violence, as determined by using the framework in the United States Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's "A Public Health Approach to Community
Violence Prevention".
(c) "Fund" means
the community violence intervention and prevention fund
created under section 7.
(d) "Office" means the
office of community violence intervention and prevention services created in
the office of community violence intervention and prevention services act.
(e) "Program" means
the community violence intervention and prevention grant
program created under section 5.
Sec. 5. (1) The office shall create the community violence
intervention and prevention grant program to
award grants to either of the following entities to support, enhance, and
replicate coordinated intervention to address and
prevent community violence:
(a) A community-based nonprofit organization that serves the
residents in an eligible local unit of government and has a history of
providing community-related activities or support program innovation in
communities with crime statistics at or above the
national average.
(b) Subject to subsection (2), an eligible local unit of
government.
(2) The office shall not
disburse more than 15% of the money in the fund to 1
or more eligible local units of government.
(3) An entity that is awarded a
grant under subsection (1) shall use the grant to implement coordinated
community violence intervention and prevention initiatives
through coordinated, community-based strategies that meet all of the following:
(a) Are evidence-informed and have demonstrated promise at
reducing community violence without contributing to mass incarceration.
(b) Utilize trauma-responsive care and interrupt cycles of
violence.
(c) Expand economic opportunity through new jobs, educational
opportunities, or training programs.
(d) Are primarily focused on individuals at risk of being
victimized by, or engaging in, community violence.
(4) An eligible local unit of government
that receives a grant under subsection (1) shall distribute not less than 75%
of the grant to a community-based or nonprofit organization or to a department
of the eligible local unit of government that
is not a law enforcement agency and that is primarily dedicated to the
prevention of violence or to community safety.
(5) An application for a grant under subsection (1) must
include all of the following:
(a) How the grant will be used to implement a coordinated
community violence intervention or prevention initiative.
(b) How the grant will be used to promote or improve
coordination between relevant agencies and community organizations in order to
minimize duplication of services, complement other community violence
intervention or prevention efforts, and
achieve maximum impact.
(c) Evidence that indicates the proposed community violence
intervention or prevention initiative would
likely reduce community violence or address the trauma and collateral
consequences for individuals at high risk of being victimized by, or engaging
in, community violence.
(d) How the applicant plans to ensure the community violence
intervention or prevention initiative is
implemented in a manner that is evidence-informed and coordinated with the
programs and activities of other entities addressing community violence.
(e) If the applicant is an eligible local unit of government, a demonstration of strong
support from community partners with experience engaging individuals at high
risk of being victimized by, or engaging in, community violence.
(6) A person that receives a grant under this act shall
provide a report to the office as follows:
(a) If the person is an organization
described under subsection (1)(a), an annual report for the organization that
includes financial statements, demonstrates that program outcomes are aligned
with the grant purpose, and lists staff and board members.
(b) A community violence
intervention and prevention impact report that contains information outlined by
the task force created by Executive Order No. 2024-4.
(7) Not later than the end of the fiscal year after the first grant
award is made under this act and annually thereafter, the office shall publish a report that identifies best
practices to implement community-based violence intervention and prevention initiatives.
Sec. 7. (1) The community
violence intervention and prevention fund is
created in the state treasury.
(2) The state treasurer may deposit money and other assets
received from any source in the fund. The state treasurer shall direct the
investment of money in the fund and credit interest and earnings from the
investments to the fund.
(3) The office is the
administrator of the fund for audits of the fund.
(4) The office shall expend
money from the fund on appropriation only to
implement the program.
Sec. 9. The department of health and human services shall promulgate rules
to implement this act pursuant to the administrative
procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.
Enacting section 1.
This act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 1015 of the 103rd
Legislature is enacted into law.