APPLICATION OVERVIEW & INSTRUCTIONS

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) recently announced the availability of $45 million in state Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) funding for the FY 2024 VIP Grants and Collaborative Community Violence Intervention (CCVI) Strategies Grant solicitations.

PLEASE READ THE 2024 VIP GRANTS FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT PRIOR TO INITIATING THIS APPLICATION PROCESS:

2024-25 VIP Funding Announcement.pdf (pa.gov)


Initial Request Process: Eligible applicants seeking FY24 VIP Grants funding must complete an online application form in SurveyMonkey that includes an uploaded copy of the applicant’s Proposal Narrative and Budget.

A written version of the SurveyMonkey online form questions along with templates of the required VIP Proposal Narrative and other application resources are available on PCCD’s website here:

https://www.pccd.pa.gov/criminaljustice/GunViolence/Pages/Grants-and-Funding.aspx

Please note:
You don’t need to complete this form in one sitting, but to continue your request, you must use the same computer/device and web browser where you started. To avoid losing work, it’s strongly recommended to draft your responses using this document as a reference before entering them into the SurveyMonkey form. Be sure to click “Next” in each section to save your progress. Once you hit “Submit/Done,” you cannot modify your request. You will not receive an automatic confirmation of submission or a copy of your submission from SurveyMonkey.

Any questions marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

Please refer to PCCD’s Gun Violence Grants and Funding webpage for additional information regarding VIP Grants and related funding opportunities. Questions regarding this initial request form can be sent to RA-CD-VIPGRANTS@pa.gov with “VIP Grants FA” in the subject line. Responses to all questions will be posted on PCCD’s Funding Announcement Q&A webpage. Due to the competitive nature of the VIP solicitation, PCCD staff are unable to answer questions about specific proposals.

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