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Byrne Grant Spending and Program Status (June 2026)

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The Place-Based Violence Intervention Project through a federal Byrne grant supports place-based community violence intervention programming to reduce impacts to public health, social well-being, and the local economy caused by gun violence.
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June 18, 2026 11:59 am

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While early Byrne Grant investments varied across neighborhoods, Safe Blocks is committed to balanced and equitable funding in the three grant-funded neighborhoods, Powellhurst-Gilbert, Hazelwood, and Eliot. This approach ensures the program maintains equitable investment across communities while still prioritizing locally generated project ideas.

Learn more about the Byrne Grant and the Place-Based Violence Intervention Project.

Programmed vs. Unprogrammed Funding

  • $597,000 has been programmed (completed + in progress + anticipated).
  • $653,000 remains unprogrammed.
  • Of the $2 million Byrne grant, $1.25 million is dedicated to community programming and projects.

Projects Completed or In Progress

Dawson Park bollards

  • Year: 2024
  • Contract type: Direct
  • Project scope: Pedestrian wayfinding program
  • Estimated cost: $50,000
  • Neighborhood: Eliot
  • Project type: Infrastructure
  • Status: Project development

Ventura Park Elementary placemaking projects

  • Year: 2026-27
  • Contract type: Direct
  • Project scope: Mural, street painting
  • Estimated cost: $10,000
  • Neighborhood: Hazelwood
  • Project type: Public art
  • Status: Project development

Menlo Park Elementary placemaking projects

  • Year: 2026-27
  • Contract type: Competitive RFP
  • Project scope: Mural, street and bike lane painting
  • Estimated cost: $50,000
  • Neighborhoods: Hazelwood and Powellhurst-Gilbert
  • Project type: Public art
  • Status: Awardee selected

Gilbert Park Elementary placemaking project

  • Year: 2026-27
  • Contract type: Competitive RFP
  • Project scope: Mural, street painting
  • Estimated cost: $50,000
  • Neighborhood: Powellhurst-Gilbert
  • Project type: Public art
  • Status: Awardee selected

Floyd Light Middle School placemaking project

  • Year: 2026-27
  • Contract type: Direct
  • Project scope: Mural, street painting
  • Estimated cost: $10,000
  • Neighborhood: Hazelwood
  • Project type: Public art
  • Status: Contracting

David Douglas High School Art project

  • Year: 2026
  • Contract type: Direct
  • Project scope: Mural, sidewalk painting
  • Estimated cost: $10,000
  • Neighborhood: Hazelwood
  • Project type: Public art
  • Status: In progress

Dawson Park placemaking project

  • Year: 2026-27
  • Contract type: Competitive RFP
  • Project scope: Mural, street painting
  • Estimated cost: $75,000
  • Neighborhood: Eliot
  • Project type: Public art
  • Status: Competitive RFP released May 2026
  • Project website

Community-initiated RFP

  • Year: 2026-27
  • Contract type: Competitive RFP
  • Project scope: Place-based violence prevention
  • Estimated cost: $200,000
  • Neighborhood: TBD
  • Project type: TBD
  • Status: Competitive RFP to be released June 2026

Anticipated / Planned Projects

All anticipated projects are currently in scoping or early planning stages.

Pedestrian wayfinding project

  • Year: 2027
  • Contract type: Direct
  • Project scope: Pedestrian wayfinding program
  • Estimated cost: $50,000
  • Neighborhood: Eliot
  • Project type: Infrastructure
  • Status: Project development

Street painting at SE 119th/Ash

  • Year: 2026-27
  • Contract type: Direct
  • Project scope: Mural, street painting
  • Estimated cost: $10,000
  • Neighborhood: Hazelwood
  • Project type: Public art
  • Status: Project development

Street painting at NE 120th/Couch

  • Year: 2026-27
  • Contract type: Direct
  • Project scope: Mural, street painting
  • Estimated cost: $10,000
  • Neighborhood: Hazelwood
  • Project type: Public art
  • Status: Project development

Community-initiated RFP

  • Year: 2027-28
  • Contract type: Competitive RFP
  • Project scope: Place-based violence prevention
  • Estimated cost: $50,000
  • Neighborhood: TBD
  • Project type: TBD
  • Status: Competitive RFP to be released May 2027
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