Empowering Community Safety Micro-Grant Program
The City of Fayetteville provides micro-grants to individuals and community-based organizations to fund, inspire, and boost community crime reduction activities by supporting efforts to prevent crime and violence in Fayetteville.
The micro-grant program is a "low barrier" grant program intended to allow community members to apply and access grant funding.
The micro-grant program provides awards to efforts based on the following themes:
- Conflict Resolution and Mediation
- Community Crime Prevention
- Opportunities for Youth / Parents / Families
- Family Stability
- Addressing Upward Mobility
- Implicit Bias and Diversity
Programs that are inclusive, collaborative, resourceful, and innovative while reducing crime and violence within the City are given priority.
The City of Fayetteville has allocated $100,000 for two grant cycles. Grant cycles begin in August 2024 and each last approximately six months . As part of this program, the City offers support and capacity-building training to ensure that the efforts seeded by these grants may be sustained into the future.
Micro-Grant Cycle 5 Awardees are officially announced!