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| Project Safe Neighborhoods | | Project Safe Neighborhoods
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime in America. The effectiveness of PSN is based on the ability of local, state, and federal agencies to cooperate in a unified offensive led by the U.S. Attorney (USA) in each of the 94 federal judicial districts across the United States. Through collaboration with federal, state, and local law enforcement, each USA will implement the five core elements of Project Safe Neighborhoods—partnerships, strategic planning, training, outreach, and accountability—in a manner that is contoured to fit the specific gun crime problems in that district. The goal is to create safer neighborhoods by reducing gun violence and sustaining that reduction.
Federal funding is supporting the Reducing Community Gun Violence Program. The program seeks to fund demonstration projects that consist of locally crafted, innovative responses to local needs to reduce gun violence. The program planned for the USA Eastern District of Washington State consists of seven projects, five general focus and two juvenile interventions:
General Focus:
- Educational Speaking Tour - Designed to convey the Project Safe Neighbor's message.
- Keeping Business Safe
Handguns and how to respond - Teaming with an existing series of fraud seminars, this project presents the dangers of armed robery and the best manner for employees to respond when confronted with a firearm.
- Canine Firearms and Explosive Detection - Support of a certified K-9 team specializing in the detection of firearms and explosives capable of responding throughout the district.
- Benton & Franklin Counties Crime Analysis - Collection and analysis of gun-related crime in a two-county area.
- Gun Related Crime Citizen Survey - A district-wide survey will provide a baseline for assessing program effectiveness.
Juvenile Focus:
- Retrieving Handguns from Schools - Anonymous tip/reward program designed to remove guns from schools,
- Additional Juvenile Focus Project - To be determined.
Legislation: PSN's programs are authorized by the FY 2003 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law 108-7).
Funding: Fiscal Year funding was allocated using a formula based on the population of each USA's district. The Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) was selected by the Eastern Washington U.S. Attorney's Office to act as the fiscal agent for this project in it's district.
Eligibility: Subrecipient eligibility is determined by the PSN Task Force Selection Subcommittee in each of the 94 USA districts. Each district's chosen fiscal agent in turn submits the district's application to the US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Program.
How/When To Apply: Project Safe Neighborhoods is administered online using the Office of Justice Programs Grants Management System (GMS). The Eastern Washington U.S. Attorney district selected CTED as their fiscal agent to administer the grant. The application was submitted online by June 16, 2003, and is to be awarded by September 30, 2003.
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Contact Information:
For questions dealing with proposal submissions and project implementations, contact your local U.S. Attorney's Office in Eastern Washington. Call 509-353-2767, or visit E-mail Steve Tomson, LECC Manager for Eastern Washington at: steven.tomson@usdoj.gov
For general program information, please contact Bill Johnston, CTED Program Manager:
Bill Johnston
Program Manager
Safe & Drug-Free Communities Unit,
Department of Community, Trade and
Economic Development
360-725-3030
Fax: 360-586-4506
Page updated:9/20/2006
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