NY Exec L § 636 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 22 - Office of Victim Services 636 - Community Violence Intervention Act.

§  636.  Community violence intervention act. 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares that gun  violence  and  other forms of violence constitute a crisis that poses a serious threat to the health and quality of life of all residents of the state of New York. An epidemic  of  violence  is  tearing  at the fabric of life in many urban areas. The legislature further finds that  funds  from  the  Victims  of Crime Act should be used to support hospital based violence intervention programs and community based violence intervention programs.   2.  Community  violence intervention grants. The office shall dedicate ten percent or more of  the  total  funding  received  per  award  cycle pursuant to the federal Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to support:  (a)  "community-based violence intervention programs" which shall mean a violence intervention program that is: (i) a  nonprofit  organization; and  (ii)  provides  intensive  counseling,  case management, and social services to individuals who are recovering from injuries resulting  from violence or who were witness to acts of violence;  (b) "hospital-based violence intervention programs" which shall mean a violence  intervention  program  that  is: (i) operated by: (A) a public hospital; or (B) a nonprofit or government entity in collaboration  with a  public  or  not-for-profit  hospital;  and  (ii)  provides  intensive counseling, case management, and social services to individuals who  are recovering  from injuries resulting from violence or who were witness to acts of violence.   3. The office shall promulgate guidance relating to community violence intervention  for  hospital-based  violence  intervention  programs  and community-based violence intervention programs.  (a) This guidance shall be designed to promote:  (i)  alternative funding sources other than the state, including local government and private sources as  well  as  funding  from  the  federal Victims of Crime Act of 1984;  (ii) coordination of public and private efforts to aid individuals who are  recovering  from  injuries  resulting  from  violence  or  who were witnesses to acts of violence; and  (iii) long range development of services to victims of violent  crimes in the community.  (b) This guidance shall also provide for:  (i)  clearly defined and measurable objectives intended to demonstrate that a program is developed and evaluated  through  scientific  research and  data  collection  with  measurable  evidence  of  positive outcomes related to violence intervention;  (ii) a description of how the nonprofit organization proposes  to  use the funding to:  (A)   establish   or  enhance  community-based  violence  intervention programs;  (B) enhance coordination of existing violence  intervention  programs, if any, to minimize duplication of services; and  (C) plan for the collection of relevant data; and  (iii)  outreach  to  the  community  and education and training of law enforcement and other criminal justice officials to the needs of victims of violent crimes in the community, to perpetrators  of  violent  crimes and to witnesses of violent crimes involved in criminal prosecutions.   4.  To the extent practicable, the office shall make efforts to inform community-based  violence  intervention  programs   and   hospital-based intervention programs about anticipated awards.