HB 6034 — AN ACT CONCERNING PROJECT LONGEVITY.

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AN ACT CONCERNING PROJECT LONGEVITY.

and (2) do all things necessary to apply for and accept federal funds allotted to or available to the state under any federal act or program which support the continued implementation of the Project Longevity sHB6034Initiative /in Filethe No.city of New Haven.

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3796034 Attorney, the Commissioner of Correction, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, the mayors of the cities of Hartford, [and] Bridgeport and Waterbury, and clergy members, nonprofit service providers and community leaders from the cities of Hartford, [and] Bridgeport and Waterbury, shall implement the Project Longevity Initiative in the citycities of NewHartford, Haven.[and] Bridgeport and Waterbury.

(c) The secretary, or the secretary's designee, in consultation with the United States Attorney for the district of Connecticut, the Chief State's Attorney, the Commissioner of Correction, the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, the mayors of the cities of Hartford, [and] Bridgeport and Waterbury, and clergy members, nonprofit service providers and community leaders from the cities of Hartford, [and] Bridgeport and Waterbury, shall implement the Project Longevity Initiative in the cities of Hartford, [and] Bridgeport and Waterbury.

Such plan shall, at a minimum, consider how to provide clients served by the Project Longevity Initiative with access to courses of instruction and apprentice programs provided by, but not limited to, a college, a university, a community college or the Technical Education and Career sHB6034System. / File No.

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379 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

See Below Explanation The bill expands Project Longevity to the City of Waterbury but does not specify any funding for this purpose.

The impact of this depends on 1) the amount of funding appropriated for Project Longevity, and 2) the terms of any grant awarded by the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) to the City of Waterbury, or a private program administrator in the City.

InFY20,OPMprovidedgrantsof$597,954toNewHaven ($264,739), Bridgeport ($183,819), and Hartford ($149,397).

As $998,750 was appropriated for Project Longevity in FY 20, the account lapsed about $400,000.

If this level of funding was maintained in FY 22 and FY 23, it is anticipated that the program could be expanded to Waterbury without any impact on the cities currently participating.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

See Above 1Funding for the Hartford and New Haven programs was provided to The Justice Education Center, Inc.

and the South Central Chiefs of Police Association respectively.

Funding for the Bridgeport program was provided to the City of Bridgeport.

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379 OLR Bill Analysis sHB 6034 AN ACT CONCERNING PROJECT LONGEVITY.

SUMMARY This bill expands the “Project Longevity Initiative” to Waterbury.

Project Longevity is a comprehensive community-based initiative to reduce gun violence in Connecticut’s cities.

The bill does so through a joint effort among community members, law enforcement, and social service providers to focus an anti-violence message on highly active street groups.

The project is already in place in New Haven, Hartford, and Bridgeport.

Existing law requires the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) secretary to create a plan to implement the Project Longevity Initiative statewide.