The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC), in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Georgia, is seeking applications for funding under the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Grant Program.
Donor Name: Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC)
State: Georgia
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 05/19/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This microgrant program furthers the Southern District of Georgia’s strategic goal to develop the capacity of law enforcement to address violent gun crime and gang violence.
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is designed to create safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in crime associated with gang and gun violence. The program’s effectiveness is based on the cooperation of local, state, and federal agencies engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney (USA) in each district. PSN follows four key design elements of successful violent crime reduction initiatives: community engagement, prevention and intervention, focused and strategic enforcement, and accountability.
Funding has been established to support specific law enforcement lead projects related to the reduction of gun and gang crime, such as the following subcategory areas (please note this list is not exhaustive):
- Gang Reduction: Prevention, intervention, and/or suppression strategies that can reduce gang association, involvement, and activity. Applications should include evidence-promising practices that address gang problems, such as projects or programs that focus on deterrence, community mobilization, opportunities provision, social intervention, outreach, suppression, and/or include wraparound services to address violence-risk factors (e.g., behavioral therapy, trauma recovery, job training, education).
- Gun Reduction: Prevention, intervention, and/or suppression strategies that can increase gun safety and decrease illegal gun use. Applications should include evidence-promising practices that address gun-violence, such as projects or programs that focus on deterrence, community mobilization, social intervention, case-review partnerships, education, outre
- Equipment and Technology: Projects that intend to invest in technology or equipment that will allow law enforcement to respond more effectively and efficiently to gun violence. This can include secure gun storage, safety, evidence management, and ballistics tracing and tracking equipment/systems.
- Education and Prevention: Projects that help reduce instances of gun crime by taking a proactive approach of keeping at-risk populations from offending or becoming victims of crimes. Applicants should take a comprehensive approach that established public awareness on how to address potential rises in gun violence/crimes. This can include projects that focus on initiatives to address rises in firearm theft from motor vehicles.
Funding Information
- Total Available Funding: $300,000
- Anti-gang Related Projects: $90,000
- Law Enforcement Related Projects: $210,000.
This is a federal reimbursement only grant.
Grant Period
Grant funds will made for a maximum 12-month grant award period.
Allowable Use of Funds
- Salary/Wages
- Overtime Compensation
- Fringe associated with OT
- Program/Project Supplies
- Maintenance and Operations
- Project related media
- Outreach
- Prevention Activities
- Training
- Travel/Mileage
- Equipment ($10,000 or more threshold for a single item)
- Rental costs (i.e. meeting space, conference room)
- Must be limited to fair market value for similar facilities in your locality. Rental rates in excess of this amount will need special Federal approval.
Geographical Areas
The Southern District comprises the counties of Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bullock, Burke, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Coffee, Columbia, Dodge, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Laurens, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, McDuffie, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Warren, Wayne, Wheeler, and Wilkes.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants are limited to units of local and state law enforcement who operate or will service within any of the 43 counties in the Southern District of Georgia.
For more information, visit CJCC.
