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119-hr-3039119th Congress

PROSPER Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]

Introduced

Summary

Grants for youth gun violence prevention would let the Attorney General fund community-led programs that focus on healing, mentorship, mental health access, and firearm safety for young people at highest risk of being harmed or engaging in violence.

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  • Young people and families: Programs must be evidence-informed, trauma-informed, culturally competent, and developmentally inclusive. They can offer counseling, mentoring, conflict-management skills, safe-storage education, and supports for reintegration after exposure to violence or juvenile justice involvement.
  • Community groups, tribes, and colleges: Eligible applicants include institutions of higher education, Indian Tribe government agencies, nonprofit community-based organizations, certain national intermediaries, and local government agencies that are not law enforcement.
  • Funding and timeline: Of juvenile-justice appropriations for each fiscal year 2026–2029, $100 million would be made available for Title V grants, and $25 million of that amount would be set aside each year to carry out the youth gun violence prevention program.

*Directs $25 million per year from FY2026 through FY2030 from juvenile justice grant funds to the youth gun violence prevention program.*

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Grants for youth gun violence prevention

If enacted, the Attorney General would award grants to prevent youth gun violence. For each year 2026–2030, $100 million would go to juvenile justice grants, with $25 million set aside for youth gun violence prevention. Colleges, Tribal agencies, community groups, and local non-law-enforcement agencies could apply. Funds would support trauma healing, mentoring, mental health links, safe storage education, community engagement, and reentry help. Programs would need to be evidence-informed, culturally competent, trauma-informed, and inclusive.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

  • Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

  • Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

  • Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 5/8/2025

  • Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 8/1/2025

  • Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

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