The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program (PSN).
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/04/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
With this solicitation, BJA seeks applications for funding under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program (PSN). PSN is a nationwide initiative that brings together federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement officials, prosecutors, community-based partners, and other stakeholders to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in a community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. PSN is coordinated by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices (USAOs) in the 94 federal judicial districts throughout the 50 states and U.S. territories.
Goals
- Create and implement sustainable collaborations and comprehensive violent crime reduction strategies with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial (where applicable) law enforcement officials, prosecutors, community-based partners, and other stakeholders to address the most pressing violent crime problems in a community.
- Foster community trust in, and increase the legitimacy of, federal, state, and local law enforcement entities through the development of violent crime reduction strategies, public education approaches, and transparent accountability mechanisms.
- Effectively use intelligence and data to identify violent crime drivers and individuals at risk of violence victimization or perpetration in order to intervene, prevent, and improve outcomes.
Objectives
An applicant should address all the objectives listed below in the Goals, Objectives, Deliverables and Timeline web-based form.
- Implement one or more effective strategies to prevent, respond to, and reduce violent crime.
- Support the PSN Team’s specific activities and resource requirements by implementing the district’s larger PSN strategy in collaboration with all relevant partners and stakeholders.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation $20,000,000
- Award Ceiling $2,000,000
Project Period
36 months
Eligibility Information
All fiscal agents must be certified by the relevant district’s United States Attorney. Eligible US Acetified fiscal agents include states, units of local government, educational institutions, faith- based and other community organizations, private nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofits), and federally recognized American Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior).
For the purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
