The Crime Prevention through Safer Streets Grant Program is a funding opportunity offered through the Office of Adult and Juvenile Assistance (OAJJA).
Donor Name: Colorado Division of Criminal Justice
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2024
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The goal of the Crime Prevention through Safer Streets Grant Program is to allow the department and local governments to evaluate and design safer streets and neighborhood models that discourage crime, revitalize community image, and establish place-specific crime prevention strategies that account for geographic, cultural, economic, and social characteristics of the target areas.
The purpose of the Safer Streets grant program is to provide an opportunity for local jurisdictions to:
- Objectively determine areas or locations experiencing high levels or patterns of criminal activity;
- Involve local officials and community members in collaborative discussions regarding this criminal activity and actions that might be taken to reduce the likelihood of future crime;
- Collaboratively develop environmentally-focused crime prevention strategies and identify potential actions that can be taken to improve public safety and community well-being;
- Allow jurisdictions to seek grant funds to implement actions associated with their environmentally-focused crime reduction strategies.
Funding Information
$3,754,944 is available for this grant program.
Grant Period
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2026.
Eligible Activities
The grant may be used for improvements designed to decrease the incidence of crime and create safer streets. Such improvements may include:
- Better lighting
- Improved trash collection
- Access control
- Territorial reinforcement
- Improved space management
- Other improvements designed to decrease the incidence of crime and create safer streets.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible grant recipients include:
- Local governmental agencies
- Local governmental agencies that partner with a community-based nonprofit organization.
Exclusions and Limitations
- Money from the grant award may not be used for the following:
- Hiring law enforcement or code enforcement personnel or peace officers
- Facial recognition purposes
- Surveillance programs that utilize networks of sensors to detect gunshots, commonly referred to as a “ShotSpotter” program.
Evaluation Criteria
The Advisory Committee will evaluate applications on the following criteria:
- Ability to demonstrate areas where crime is more prevalent.
- Measurable or observable goals to decrease the incidence of crime
- Sufficient consultation and collaboration with the relevant impacted community where a project would take place
- Sufficient indication of community support for the projects included in the grant application.
- Plan to prevent the displacement of homeless populations and harm to communities of color and vulnerable populations.
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