With this solicitation, BJA seeks applications for funding under the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Formula Grant Program.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/21/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The PSN Program 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.
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 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 to intervene, prevent, and improve outcomes.
Objectives
- 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 grant funded portion of the district’s larger PSN strategy in collaboration with all relevant partners and stakeholders.
Funding Information
Anticipated Total Amount to Be Awarded Under This Solicitation: $15,968,319
Project Period
36 months
Eligibility Criteria
- Certified PSN Team fiscal agents for the federal judicial districts.
All fiscal agents must be certified by the relevant district’s United States Attorney (USA). Eligible USA-certified 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 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 Island.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
