The Maryland Department of Health (MDH or the Department), Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention (the Center), is issuing this Request for Applications (RFA) for a non-profit organization or government agency to implement evidence-informed strategies to reduce gun deaths and injuries by implementing a project or program aligned with the Center’s Prevention & Assessment or Intervention & Response priorities; Prevention & Assessment focuses on stopping violence before it occurs. Grantees may implement a program or project intended to address firearm violence before it happens or conduct research related to the scope of the problem. Applicants must identify the category from the list below that is most applicable to the project described in the proposal. The eligible project categories are as follows: ● Violence Reduction Plan or Council: Develop violence reduction plans or councils (also called fatality review boards) in jurisdictions and counties with high rates of firearm violence. Quality proposals will include efforts to evaluate aggregate data and firearm homicide case studies as well as strategic coordination with key implementers such as city or county leaders, health department and researchers, criminal justice and service providers, and community leaders to develop an evidence-informed strategy to reduce gun violence.
