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Innovation fund for community safety

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Community Safety
Innovation Fund for Community Safety offers new funding
Published Jan 13, 2025
Up to $6M available for innovative, community-led programs that reduce violence in Baltimore
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Community Safety
A recipe for success
Published March 27, 2023
Baltimore City residents ages 18-24 get classroom instruction, hands-on kitchen experience, and job placement as part of the Good Harvest Food Services Training Program, supported by JHU's Innovation Fund for Community Safety
Existential Determinants of Health team photo
Community Safety
Performing arts meet public health in innovative new program
Published Dec 5, 2022
Performance provides a path to healing in the Existential Determinants of Health program, an arts-based approach to substance abuse disorder supported by JHU's Innovation Fund for Community Safety
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Community Safety
Abuse intervention program aims to reduce violence
Published Sept 9, 2022
Support from Johns Hopkins University's Innovation Fund for Community Safety has helped House of Ruth Maryland expand a program that aims to address the root causes of violence
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Community safety
Partnering for a safer city
Published June 27, 2022
The Innovation Fund for Community Safety marks its first year supporting programs that aim to address the root causes of violence in Baltimore
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Community
Johns Hopkins–funded projects begin making an impact in Baltimore communities
Published Feb 9, 2022
Johns Hopkins Innovation Fund for Community Safety awarded $6 million in seed money to community-based projects last summer
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Public safety
University awards nearly $6M to Baltimore violence reduction projects
Published June 30, 2021
Grants fund grassroots ideas to improve safety and reduce crime
Red tulips grow in front of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
New 12-member committee to award funds for violence reduction in Baltimore
Published March 30, 2021
JHU Innovation Fund for Community Safety will dole out $6 million to community-led efforts this spring
Red tulips grow in front of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Public safety
Funding available for community public safety programs
Published Jan 14, 2021
The JHU Innovation Fund for Community Safety will invest $6 million dollars over the next four years in grassroots interventions designed to make the city safer
Red tulips grow in front of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
Johns Hopkins to invest $6M in community-based public safety programs
Published Sept 30, 2020
JHU Innovation Fund for Community Safety will support initiatives in Baltimore that address the root causes of violence