Marysville Police Department | FY 2026 OVW Consolidated Youth Grant Program
CITY OF MARYSVILLE
MARYSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
PROJECT ABSTRACT
Marysville Youth Services Unit (MYSU) and Marysville-Yuba Police Activities League (MYPAL)
Applicant City of Marysville / Marysville Police Department Funding Program U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women - FY 2026 Consolidated Youth Grant Program
Funding Request $500,000
Project Period 36 months: October 1, 2026 - September 30, 2029 Local Match None required
ABSTRACT
The City of Marysville, through the Marysville Police Department (MPD), requests $500,000 from the U.S.
Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women FY 2026 Consolidated Youth Grant Program to establish the Marysville Youth Services Unit (MYSU) and Marysville-Yuba Police Activities League (MYPAL). The 36-month project will create a coordinated, law-enforcement-based youth services and violence-prevention framework for children and youth ages 0-24. MYSU will serve as MPD's dedicated organizational home for youth victim services, referral coordination, prevention, mentorship, and community engagement, anchored by a new grant-funded 0.75 FTE Youth Services Officer. The project addresses identified regional gaps, including the absence of a coordinated youth victim referral pathway, limited specialized interview capacity, fragmented youth programming, and the lack of a local Police Activities League chapter.
The Youth Services Officer will coordinate focused referrals and follow-up for youth affected by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking; oversee MYSU programming; and bring the Department's School Resource Officers within a coordinated youth-services structure. Grant funding will also support establishment and accreditation of MYPAL; after-school and community-based programming; structured mentorship for boys and young men ages 10-24 using healthy-masculinity and bystander-intervention concepts; evidence-informed prevention education for middle and high school students; and Multi-Disciplinary Interview (MDI) certification for MYSU personnel. Funding also supports a dedicated outreach vehicle, Yuba County Office of Education recreation staffing, program services, required federal training and technical assistance, and PAL startup costs.
Implementation will be coordinated with regional partners identified in the project plan, including Yuba Victim Services, Yuba County Probation Department, Yuba County Office of Education, City of Marysville Recreation, Hope Haven/Casa de Esperanza, California PAL, National PAL, and other community partners. These relationships will connect law enforcement, victim services, education, recreation, prevention, and mentorship resources within a unified framework.
Expected outcomes include establishment of a staffed youth services function; MDI certification of MYSU officers; implementation of a consistent, documented, and trackable youth victim referral process; accreditation of a PAL chapter serving the Marysville-Yuba region; increased youth participation in structured prevention and mentorship programming; and measurable changes in juvenile repeat-contact indicators, program participation, and youth knowledge and attitudes. Performance will be tracked through MPD records, referral data, program attendance, pre/post surveys, mentor-retention information, and quarterly partner review. The project is designed to create durable local capacity for youth victim response, prevention, mentorship, and positive law-enforcement engagement without requiring a local funding match during the grant period.