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.
House Bills 5586 and 5587 establish a coordinated statewide framework within the Department of Health and Human Services to fund, administer, and support evidence-based, community-led violence intervention and prevention programs, emphasizing public health collaboration and non-carceral strategies, contingent on related legislation.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
