The Marin County District Attorney's Office awarding grants to educate on GVRO’s and reduce firearm suicides.

March 6, 2026

The Marin County District Attorney's Office has been awarded a two-year federal grant to reduce firearm suicides in Marin County from BSCC- Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program-Cohort 2. With the grant funding, the DA’s Office is working in collaboration with Marin Health & Human Services, and the Marin Gun Safety Collaborative to implement a multi-pronged outreach program to focus on preventing firearm suicide in Marin County. One prong of the grant project is to support community outreach to create greater awareness of Gun Violence Restraining Orders (GVROs) as a firearm suicide preventative tool. The campaign and community outreach seeks to target members of the community, such as family members, friends and caregivers who are most likely to become aware of someone in crisis, who may have access to a firearm.   

This Request to Submit a Proposal intends to reach out into the community to engage with trusted community messengers to be trained as trainers by an expert on GVROs, raising awareness of the value and use of GVROs to prevent firearm suicide.   The selected grantee community organizations, who have been trained, will reach out into their respective communities to provide GVRO and firearm suicide prevention presentations creating greater awareness of valuable firearm suicide preventative tools.

If you are interested in applying for a grant, please find the application here.