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.