TAP (Total
Action for Progress) is one of three Roanoke area organizations who have
received a portion of a $550,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to
address the impacts of gun violence in the city. Along with Carilion Clinic and
Family Service of Roanoke Valley, TAP will utilize funds
to provide direct impact addressing gun violence.
TAP’s grant of $200,000 comes through the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice as a Community Based Gun Violence Intervention Program. The money will be used to fund the Gun Violence Emergency Relocation Project. The project will move low-income families out of violence hot spots in the city, or out of unsafe living conditions that would likely expose them to further violence. The project follows a relocation model TAP has used for victims of domestic violence that the city says has been successful.
TAP president and CEO Annette Lewis said she hopes that the new relocation effort will “help keep children out of harm’s way.” She adds, “It fills a gap in some of our local offerings, not only helping those directly impacted by gun violence, but secondary victims as well. It will help give victims a fresh start, proactively addressing multigenerational trauma.”
The project aims to serve between 12 and 24 families over the two-year grant term. Roanoke was one of 10 Virginia localities to record the highest increases in gun violence in the last year, according to the Justice Department.
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TAP’s grant of $200,000 comes through the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice as a Community Based Gun Violence Intervention Program. The money will be used to fund the Gun Violence Emergency Relocation Project. The project will move low-income families out of violence hot spots in the city, or out of unsafe living conditions that would likely expose them to further violence. The project follows a relocation model TAP has used for victims of domestic violence that the city says has been successful.
TAP president and CEO Annette Lewis said she hopes that the new relocation effort will “help keep children out of harm’s way.” She adds, “It fills a gap in some of our local offerings, not only helping those directly impacted by gun violence, but secondary victims as well. It will help give victims a fresh start, proactively addressing multigenerational trauma.”
The project aims to serve between 12 and 24 families over the two-year grant term. Roanoke was one of 10 Virginia localities to record the highest increases in gun violence in the last year, according to the Justice Department.
More.