Plans for the £200m Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) were announced by the government in October 2018.
The fund will invest its money in programmes designed to guide vulnerable young people away from crime and serious violence.
The fund will also be used to build the evidence base for the most effective interventions for tackling serious violence. A prospectus published by the government states the fund will "transform local and national responses to tackling serious violence".
"Our desired core outcome would be a reduction in proven offending with a particular focus on serious violent offending, in comparison to an appropriate control group," it states.
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