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The Budget Act of 2021 makes available a total of $10 million to be awarded by the California Department of Justice (Department) to support eligible local law enforcement agencies in conducting activities related to the seizure of weapons and ammunition from persons who are prohibited from possessing them, including efforts based upon entries in the Department’s Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS)1.
1. Armed Prohibited Persons System means the Prohibited Armed Persons File described in Section 30000 of the Penal Code. ↩Any county sheriff’s department within the State of California that conducts activities related to the seizure of weapons and ammunition from persons who are prohibited from possessing them is eligible to receive funds.
Priority shall be given for the following:
The amount of funds awarded to an applicant shall be commensurate with the scope of the applicant’s proposal.
County Sheriff’s Departments within the State of California.
A total of $10 million is available to be awarded through a competitive process to eligible local law enforcement entities in two grant cycles.
Each grantee shall, by no later than the February 1 immediately following each calendar year in which grant funds were used, report to the Department, in a format prescribed by the Department all of the following information for the immediately preceding calendar year:
The prescribed reporting template can be found at: https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/gvrp-annual-reporting-sample.xlsx.
The Department has extended the application period by one week. Eligible agencies must submit a completed proposal, and supporting documentation, to the Department by November 12, 2021. Grant proposals may be mailed or emailed. No late proposals will be accepted.
Mailed proposals must be received or postmarked by the deadline.
Grant proposals may be mailed to:
Department of Justice | Division of Operations
Gun Violence Reduction Program: PROPOSALS
P.O. Box 160167
Sacramento, CA 95816-9998
Alternatively, proposals may be submitted to GVRPGrantRFP@doj.ca.gov. Email submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. on the due date noted above.
Grant proposals will be assessed for their potential to remove firearms and/or ammunition from prohibited persons and help reduce potential for gun violence.
A grant proposal must include the following:
Incomplete grant proposals will be disqualified and not reviewed by the Merits Review Committee.
To learn more about the Gun Violence Reduction Program, or to obtain a copy of the Request for Proposals and view related informational documents, please see below.
Request for Proposal, pdf
(Applications must be postmarked or received by Friday, November 12, 2021. Includes general information, instructions on preparing a proposal, and answers to frequently asked questions.)
Grantee Handbook, pdf
(Contains further instructions regarding Request for Proposals.)
Grant Proposal Application Template, pdf
(Fill-in form required for all applications. Please download the template to view the fillable PDF version. You may be required to use a current version of the Adobe Reader software to use the fillable template.)
Payee Data Record STD 204, pdf
(Fill-in form required for all applications. Please download the template to view the fillable PDF version. You may be required to use a current version of the Adobe Reader software to use the fillable template.)
Budget Detail Sheet, xlsx
(Fill-in form required for all applications. Please download the template to view the fillable PDF version. You may be required to use a current version of the Adobe Reader software to use the fillable template.)
Proposal Checklist, pdf
(This checklist is offered as a tool for agencies who intend to submit an application; and should not be submitted with the application package.)
Questions regarding the application process may be directed to the Department at GVRPGrantRFP@doj.ca.gov.
A list of awardees will be provided after the announcement has been made.