2023 Funding Opportunity
For the second year in a row, the city of Aurora offered a funding opportunity to organizations that provide youth violence prevention and intervention services and activities. The available $577,500, approved by City Council on June 28, 2023, will support the city’s Youth Violence Prevention Program mission and the collective efforts of the youth violence prevention network.
The city designated 80% of the funding for intervention efforts and the remaining 20% for prevention efforts. Intervention efforts may include direct outreach to groups actively involved in a violent incident in the community, hospital-based programs engaging patients during their recovery, specialized mental health treatment services, internationally recognized family skills training programs, and crisis services to support families. Prevention efforts may include school-led activities and programs, faith-based implementation of supportive services that can be initiated after violent events in the community, community engagement activities and youth programming.

Important 2023 Dates
- Funding Application Release – Monday, March 6
- Virtual Information Session – Tuesday, March 21
- Application Deadline – Friday, March 31
- Anticipated announcement of selected organizations for funding – mid-April
Helpful Documents
Application Guidelines/Instructions
Application
The 2023 application period is closed. Check here for future funding opportunities.
Questions?
Email [email protected].
Grantees