BJA FY 15 Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program (Project Safe Neighborhoods)
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.
The USA is responsible for establishing a collaborative PSN task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement and other community members to implement gang and gun crime enforcement, intervention, and prevention initiatives within the district.
Through the PSN task force, the USA will implement the five design features of PSN—partnerships, strategic planning, training, outreach, and accountability—to address specific gun crime and gang violence, in the most violent neighborhoods.
Details on the five design features (also referred to as core elements) can be found on pages 5-6 and online at www.ncjrs.gov/html/bja/205263/.The PSN Program continues to be a competitive-based program.
In a competitive environment, “need” and use of more effective, intelligence- and data-driven strategies will be key factors for funding selections, in addition to performance results and other factors.
Therefore, grant awards for FY 2015 will be made through a competitive process to encourage and focus funding on high-performing and evidence-based programs where the need is greatest and where the most violent neighborhoods, within districts, are being addressed.
Funding for this initiative is anticipated through the FY 2015 appropriation.
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.
The USA is responsible for establishing a collaborative PSN task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement and other community members to implement gang and gun crime enforcement, intervention, and prevention initiatives within the district.
Through the PSN task force, the USA will implement the five design features of PSN—partnerships, strategic planning, training, outreach, and accountability—to address specific gun crime and gang violence, in the most violent neighborhoods.
Details on the five design features (also referred to as core elements) can be found on pages 5-6 and online at www.ncjrs.gov/html/bja/205263/.The PSN Program continues to be a competitive-based program.
In a competitive environment, “need” and use of more effective, intelligence- and data-driven strategies will be key factors for funding selections, in addition to performance results and other factors.
Therefore, grant awards for FY 2015 will be made through a competitive process to encourage and focus funding on high-performing and evidence-based programs where the need is greatest and where the most violent neighborhoods, within districts, are being addressed.
Funding for this initiative is anticipated through the FY 2015 appropriation.
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Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are PSN Task Force fiscal agents for the U. S. Attorney districts and federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.
All fiscal agents must be certified by the relevant U. S. Attorney’s Office (USAO).
Eligible fiscal agents include states, units of local government, educational institutions, faith-based and other community organizations, private nonprofit organizations, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.
For details on the fiscal agent certification process, see www.bja.gov/programs/psn/cert_process.html.
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Date Posted:
2014-12-18
Application Due Date:
2015-03-03
Archive Date:
2015-03-19
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