PILLAR: Vibrant
AGENDA DATE: May 27, 2026
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): Citywide
DEPARTMENT: Office of Housing and Community Empowerment
PRIORITY: Innovation
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a one-year subrecipient agreement with Lone Star Justice Alliance in an amount not to exceed $300,000.00, with a one-year renewal option in an amount not to exceed $300,000.00, to administer the Youth Safety - Violence Interrupters Program on behalf of the Office of Housing and Community Empowerment - Not to exceed $3600,000.00 - Financing: FY 2025-26 Community Development Block Grant Funds (subject to annual appropriations)
*In alignment with Drivers of Opportunity nexus.
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BACKGROUND
Violence Intervention programming was identified as an area for investment under the Mayor's Task Force on Safe Communities and the City Manager's R.E.A.L. Change Plan. The Office of Housing and Community Empowerment (OHCE) currently administers two contracts that support these initiatives. Youth Guidance Inc., is contracted to provide a year-round curriculum with a focus on summer enrichment programming to youth following the "Becoming a Man & Working on Womanhood (BAM/WOW)" curriculum. Urban Specialists Inc. is also contracted to disrupt trends of violence and poverty by connecting families and victims to resources and deploying credible messengers and anchor changemakers to impact target areas and families.
OHCE will continue to support these City initiatives through the Youth Safety - Violence Interrupters Program (YS Program). The YS Program will provide safety initiatives that target youth and their families in communities identified as high risk for violent crime. The YS Program will be administered through a subrecipient that will work with and make subawards to community-based providers to implement programing.
On February 6, 2026, OHCE opened solicitation number/title HCE-2026-00029798 CDBG Youth Safety - Violence Interr...
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