The purpose of this funding is to address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults, particularly in communities with high rates of violence, by implementing prevention approaches with an emphasis on the outer levels of the social-ecological model (i.e., community/societal levels). PREVAYL requires recipients to implement community/societal level strategies and approaches that address multiple forms of violence impacting adolescents and young adults, develop and/or enhance a jurisdictional violence prevention strategic plan, develop and implement an evaluation plan, develop...

Applicants must demonstrate a strong understanding of the public health approach to violence prevention and have experience implementing adolescents and young adult violence prevention strategies. Eligible applications must include the following to be responsive and move forward for review: Letter of support (LOS) or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) from the applicant's local health department. Current/active violence prevention plan (the quality of the plan will be assessed via the evaluation criteria). Applicants must submit the MOU, MOA, LOS, and violence prevention plan as appropriate, name the file MOUs/MOAs/LOS/VPP, and upload it as a PDF file at www.grants.gov. Applications that do not meet the above criteria will be considered non-responsive and will not move forward for review.

Corey Lumpkin hik1@cdc.gov