Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE | March 01, 2024
ICJIA Announces $30-Million Grant Opportunity for the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) Program
The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) today released a notice of funding opportunity to provide Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) programming in historically underserved Illinois communities.
PRESS RELEASE | July 17, 2023
ICJIA Celebrates Inaugural Institute to Innovate (i2i) Graduation
CHICAGO—The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority today celebrated the first graduates of the Institute to Innovate (i2i), a new capacity-building hub offering 18 months of technical assistance to small community-based and grassroots organizations committed to preventing violence in their communities.
PRESS RELEASE | December 21, 2021
ICJIA ANNOUNCES $4.5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SUPPORT VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS ILLINOIS
CHICAGO—The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) today
announced grant awards totaling $4.5 million in state fiscal year 2022
Community-Based Violence Prevention and Intervention Program (CBVIP)
funds.
PRESS RELEASE | December 16, 2021
PRITZKER ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES $45 MILLION IN GRANTS AVAILABLE THROUGH RESTORE, REINVEST, RENEW (R3) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
Governor JB Pritzker and Lt. Governor Julianna Stratton today announced $45 million in Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) program funding to support community organizations that serve neighborhoods most impacted by economic disinvestment, violence, and the war on drugs.
PRESS RELEASE | October 04, 2021
ICJIA ANNOUNCES $3.8 MILLION GRANT OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT VIOLENCE PREVENTION
CHICAGO—The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) today announced a $3.8 million funding opportunity to support community violence prevention initiatives, prevention services for children and families at risk for harm, and long-term, trauma-informed services.
PRESS RELEASE | July 16, 2021
Pritzker Administration Awards $3.5 Million in Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program Grants in Response to Summer Violence
CHICAGO— Using revenue generated from adult-use cannabis sales, the Illinois
Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) today announced 21 grants totaling $3.5
million to organizations offering young people and emerging adults (ages 10 to 25) prosocial activities that may reduce violence and victimization or provide increased street
intervention this summer. Grant awards will support three months of programming, from
July 1 to September 30.