Building Safer Communities Across Miami-Dade
Engaging Residents to Build Communities Block by Block
Current Programs
Men to Men: Mobilizing Leaders for Safer Communities
Funded through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women, this program engages men and boys across Miami-Dade County as active allies in the prevention of violence against women and girls. Through culturally responsive workshops, leadership development, and community dialogues, the program equips male participants with the tools, language, and commitment to become advocates for safety in their homes and neighborhoods.
The program builds on the foundation’s longstanding belief that safer communities require the full participation of everyone in them, and that men and boys are essential partners, not bystanders, in ending gender-based violence.
Meek Mobilize Grants Program
Funds to mobilize residents and actively impact Miami-Dade’s Black and Brown communities —
The Meek Mobilize Grants Program seeks the best ideas, projects, programs and initiatives that mobilize residents around issues that matter to them and strengthen their community. It’s an effort to unite residents in Opa-locka, Florida City and Liberty City behind critical quality of life causes impacting Miami-Dade’s Black and Brown communities.
We’re looking for projects that . . .
- Mobilize — We activate residents to help improve the civic health and well-being of their neighborhood.
- Connect —We build block-by-block connections between neighbors around causes they care about.
- Build — We increase access to resources that improve resident and neighborhood quality of life.
The grant program will provide support to nonprofit organizations, faith-based institutions, community groups, business owners, residents and neighborhood champions/activists organizing grassroots community building efforts in Opa-locka, Florida City and Liberty City.
Past Programs
Supporting Safer Communities Grant Program
The Supporting Safer Communities Grant Program (SSC Program) was an $8.8 million initiative that supported 83 different grantees. The program strengthened Miami-Dade County’s community-based response to gun violence.
Its goals were to:
- Increase available resources to support impacted residents through anti-violence efforts;
- Increase the use of services that addressed the root causes of violence and helped residents live thriving, productive lives; and
- Mobilize residents to engage in and amplify violence-reduction efforts that built safer, more supportive communities across Miami-Dade County.
The program was funded through a collaboration with Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s Community Violence Intervention Initiative (CVI), with unanimous support from the Board of County Commissioners. CVI was a hyper-local, neighborhood-based initiative designed to reduce gun violence and its impact on residents across the county.