Project Safe Neighborhoods

FY 2009 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Announcement

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has released the FY 2009 Project Safe Neighborhoods grant announcement. Each of the 94 PSN districts will select a fiscal agent to apply for this program. Fiscal agent applicants are limited to states, units of local government, educational institutions, faith-based and other community organizations, and private nonprofit organizations. The application deadline is July 13, 2009. For more information, visit www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/psn.html.

Project Safe Neighborhoods Evaluation Released

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has released an evaluation of the development and implementation of the Project Safe Neighborhoods program. The evaluation found a greater decline in violent crime in cities that implemented PSN programs than in cities that did not, with the greatest reductions found in cities with a high level of federal prosecution. Learn more about these findings.

Mesa Presented with Plaque for Project Safe Neighborhoods (6/25/2009) The Prosecutor Division of the Mesa, Arizona Attorney’s Office and the Mesa Police Department were recently presented with special awards honoring Mesa’s participation in Project Safe Neighborhoods. Mesa was selected by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission to receive federal grant funds that allow Mesa to form a partnership between the Violent Crime Impact Team (VCIT) and the United States Attorney’s Office that prosecutes those arrested through the VCIT program. More>

Study Shows PSN Succeeds in Reducing Violent Crime (6/25/2009) The Department of Justice announced the research findings of an evaluation funded by the National Institute of Justice of the development and implementation of the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative that show a statistically significant decline in violent crime in cities where PSN exists or is vigorously implemented. Additional findings are published in the report "Project Safe Neighborhood: A National Program to Reduce Gun Crime." More>