Invest in violence interruption programs to prevent crime before it happens.

My candidate also really cares about safety which is why she has a plan to invest in violence interruption programs That way crime is stopped before it even happens

The campaign toolkit says Clark has a plan to invest in violence interruption programs to stop crime before it happens.

KC_Organizing_Toolkits_HowtoTalkPolitics_final.pdf
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The enacted FY2022 appropriations law provided $120,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-community relations, including $50,000,000 for a community violence intervention and prevention initiative.

Congress enacted a direct federal appropriation for community violence intervention and prevention programs during Clark's later House service.

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Public Law 117-103, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
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Roll Call 65 on H.R. 2471 passed 361-69. The Clerk lists Clark (MA), Democratic, Massachusetts, voting Yea.

Clark voted for the FY2022 omnibus that became Public Law 117-103 and contained $50 million for a community violence intervention and prevention initiative.

delivered later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 65, H.R. 2471
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The enacted law appropriated $1.4 billion for State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance for FY2022-FY2026; within that, $250,000,000 was designated for a community violence intervention and prevention initiative.

The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act made a multi-year federal investment specifically in community violence intervention and prevention.

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Public Law 117-159, Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
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Roll Call 299 on S. 2938 passed 234-193. The Clerk lists Clark (MA), Democratic, Massachusetts, voting Yea.

Clark voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which became law and included $250 million for community violence intervention and prevention.

delivered later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 299, S. 2938
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BJA states that DOJ launched the Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative in FY2022 as a historic federal investment, and that OJP awarded nearly $200 million in CVIPI grants in FY2022 and FY2023, funded in part through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

The Department of Justice implemented the appropriations through CVIPI grants, including Massachusetts recipients such as Roca, UTEC, Boston Public Health Commission, Suffolk University, and Health Resources in Action listed on the page.

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Bureau of Justice Assistance: Community Violence Intervention
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Treasury's final rule for ARPA fiscal recovery funds made community violence intervention programs an enumerated eligible use in all communities and identified eligible models such as street outreach, violence interrupters, hospital-based violence intervention, wraparound services, and capacity-building for intervention workers.

Separate from DOJ CVIPI, ARPA fiscal recovery funds could be used by state and local governments for violence interruption and intervention models.

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U.S. Treasury Final Rule: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
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Roll Call 72 on H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act, passed 220-211. The Clerk lists Clark (MA), Democratic, Massachusetts, voting Yea.

Clark voted for ARPA, whose State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund rules later allowed violence interruption and community violence intervention spending.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 72, H.R. 1319
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The American Rescue Plan Act created Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds and appropriated $219.8 billion for payments to states, territories, and Tribal governments to mitigate fiscal effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

This law supplied the fiscal recovery funding stream that Treasury later confirmed could support community violence intervention programs; it is broader than, but related to, the violence-interruption promise.

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Public Law 117-2, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
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