Last week, nonprofits from across Miami-Dade County packed the Marshall L. Davis, Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center to mark the end of a two-year initiative: what happens when community-based groups are given public dollars — and room — to lead violence prevention on their own terms.

The event, “Nonprofits in the Neighborhood: The SSC Program’s Impact,” highlighted the Supporting Safer Communities Grant Program, a partnership between The Carrie Meek Foundation and Miami-Dade County. Since its launch in April 2023, the program has awarded more than $7.1 million to 82 organizations, reaching more than 20,000 residents.

"The most significant impact we've had was to enable organizations that work in neighborhoods locally to be part of the solution to their own neighborhood challeng

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