Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is designed to create safer
neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in crime associated with
gang and gun violence, and violent offenders. 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 and gang crime, and violent
offenders, in the most violent neighborhoods.
Details on the five design
features (also referred to as core elements) can be found later in this
grant announcement and online.
The Department of Justice has transitioned the PSN program from a
formula-based allocation of funding to 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 2013 will be made through a competitive
process to encourage and focus funding in 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 2013 appropriation.
SEE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT
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