Legislation Quick Search
03/19/2024 06:02 AM
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/CSM/showMemoPublic.cfm?chamber=H&SPick=20210&cosponId=37362
Share:
Home / House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda

House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda

Subscribe to PaLegis Notifications
NEW!

Subscribe to receive notifications of new Co-Sponsorship Memos circulated

By Member | By Date | Keyword Search


House of Representatives
Session of 2021 - 2022 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: May 23, 2022 12:17 PM
From: Representative Martell Covington
To: All House members
Subject: Competitive Grant Program for Community Violence Prevention
 
In Pennsylvania, on average, over 600 people die as a result of gun violence every year. This is the 23rd highest rate of gun deaths in the United States. This violence puts tremendous social and personal stress on the state, as well as a fiscal burden on residents of the Commonwealth.
 
The goal of this legislation is to reduce gun violence through the use of a competitive grant program with awards distributed from a $100 million fund administered by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. 
 
Grants will be competitively awarded, with the goal of distributing funds to communities that have been disproportionately impacted by gun and community violence. The grants will be used to support, expand, and replicate programs that have been proven to reduce gun and community violence. Funds can also be used to evaluate programs in order to increase public knowledge as to which programs reduce violence most effectively.
 
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, our communities were already struggling to respond to gun violence. As rates of gun violence have climbed, we are in a worse position than before. Community violence prevention programs that have proven to help reduce gun violence are a vital part of the solution.



Introduced as HB2753