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The City of Austin’s Equity Office is accepting applications for the Reimagining Public Safety Grant Fund.
According to a the City of Austin, the $200,000 program will award grants of up to $20,000 per qualified applicant to be used to support projects that focus on advancing concepts from the framework created by the Leadership Team on Reimagining Public Safety.
“The work of racial equity is to critically examine the role our systems play in the quality of life of our communities of color and other vulnerable communities,” Chief Equity Officer Brion Oaks said. “Nowhere is that more important than in the city’s approach to and definition of public safety. As we as a city organization work to reimagine, we need to center the communities most impacted by the violence and surveillance of our enforcement-based approach. These grants will play a major role in that.”
Visitors can find the grant application online. Grants are scheduled to be awarded on Monday, Nov. 23.
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