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COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVE

In 2017, CCJRC helped pass HB17-1326, creating what is now known as the Community Crime Prevention Initiative.

This initiative redirects resources from incarceration into community-based prevention and economic opportunity in underserved communities. It shows that real public safety is built through strong neighborhoods, local leadership, and sustained investment — not expanded incarceration — and offers a model for strengthening communities across Colorado.

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After decades of over-policing and mass incarceration, CCJRC and community members stepped back and asked, what would different look like? As part of CCJRC's community reinvestment strategy, Transforming Safety: Community Crime Prevention Initiative uses a public safety framework focused on preventing crime through community development.

SERVING COMMUNITIES
ACROSS COLORADO

Transforming Safety operates in:

  • North Aurora

  • Southeast Colorado Springs

  • Grand Junction

  • Trinidad

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Local Planning Teams

In each of the four pilot communities, residents, service providers, and community leaders identified safety priorities that shaped the grant guidelines for that community.

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Community Grants

Funding supports nonprofits, schools, and local organizations that strengthen community stability — including youth development, violence prevention, reentry support, academic success, and services for families.

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Small Business Loans

Through partnerships with Community Development Financial Institutions, small businesses in participating communities can access loans (up to $50,000) to build local economic opportunity — a key driver of long-term safety.

The initiative is administered by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA). For more information, visit the DOLA webpage.

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2025–2026 GRANTEES

North Aurora

  • Arc of Aurora

  • Caring & Sharing Community Resources and Transformation Center

  • Center for Trauma & Resilience

  • Food Justice NW Aurora

  • Glowmundo Creations

  • Resilient Communities Resilient Futures

  • Restoration Project International

  • The Storytellers Project

  • Work Options for Women

  • Struggle of Love

Trinidad

  • Keep Trinidad Safe – Youth Club of Trinidad

Southeast Colorado Springs

  • Educating Children of Color

  • Inside Out Youth Services

  • KidPower of Colorado

  • Kingdom Builders Family Life Center

  • Peak Education

  • Relevant Word Ministries

  • Thrive Network

  • Trust of Public Land – Colorado

Grand Junction

  • Mesa Youth Service, Inc.

  • Foster Alumni Mentors

  • Riverside Education Center

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