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This bill establishes a comprehensive school-based violence prevention program designed to assist youth at high risk of involvement in gun violence. The program will provide grants to eligible entities, which must include a state educational agency and at least one community-based nonprofit organization, targeting municipalities with high homicide rates, violent injury rates, or juvenile crime rates. The grants can be used for implementing evidence-based, culturally competent violence prevention strategies that focus on youth aged kindergarten through 12th grade, including promoting community engagement, healing from trauma, developing interpersonal skills, connecting youth to mental health professionals, and fostering safe community environments. The program will run for 5-year periods with potential renewal and includes rigorous evaluation requirements, mandating grantees to submit detailed reports on program outcomes such as high school graduation rates, employment rates, and postsecondary education enrollment. The bill authorizes $25 million in annual funding from fiscal years 2025 through 2031, with provisions for up to 20% of grant funds to be used for evaluation activities and 5% reserved for independent research. The goal is to develop and implement comprehensive strategies to prevent youth gun violence across different regions of the United States.

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