BJA FY24 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program | O BJA 2024 172215

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The BJA FY24 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Formula Grant Program is a federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), focused on reducing violent crime through coordinated, district-based strategies. The program supports the long-running Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative, which is designed to bring key public safety players to the same table so they can pinpoint the most urgent violent crime issues in a community and then build practical, data-informed responses that fit local conditions. Rather than operating as a stand-alone law enforcement grant, PSN is structured around collaboration among federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement, prosecutors, and community-based partners, recognizing that sustainable violence reduction typically requires both enforcement and prevention components working in sync.

A central feature of this opportunity is that PSN is organized and led through the U.S. Attorneys Offices (USAOs) across the country. The United States is divided into 94 federal judicial districts, and PSN is coordinated within each district by the local USAO. Funding under this solicitation is intended to flow through PSN Teams in those districts, with an emphasis on supporting locally driven plans that reflect the district's violence drivers, target populations, and place-based patterns. In practice, this structure means applicants are not simply proposing independent projects; they are expected to align with the priorities and strategic direction set through their district's PSN coordination process.

Eligibility is tied to certification by the relevant United States Attorney. Applications must be submitted by a certified PSN Team fiscal agent for the federal judicial district, and that fiscal agent must be formally certified by the USA for that district. The pool of entities that may serve as a USA-certified fiscal agent is broad and includes states, units of local government, educational institutions, faith-based organizations and other community organizations, private nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofits), and federally recognized American Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). The solicitation also clarifies that, for this program, the term "state" includes not only the 50 states but also the District of Columbia and U.S. territories and commonwealths, specifically Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. This definition expands who may participate and ensures PSN coverage extends beyond the mainland to U.S. jurisdictions where violent crime challenges can be distinct and where federal-district coordination still applies.

From an administrative standpoint, this is a grant opportunity categorized under law, justice, and legal services, with CFDA number 16.609. The funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2024-172215, and it was created on July 11, 2024, with an original application closing date of August 21, 2024. BJA anticipated making approximately 93 awards, which broadly tracks with funding being distributed across the PSN footprint in many districts. The listed award ceiling is $190,000, suggesting awards are relatively modest in size and likely intended to support targeted, high-impact activities rather than large-scale multi-year expansions. Because it is described as a formula grant program, the structure implies that funding allocation is connected to the PSN district framework and expected distribution patterns, while still requiring an application that demonstrates readiness, alignment with PSN priorities, and the capacity to manage federal funds as the district's fiscal agent.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a mechanism for resourcing local PSN strategies under the leadership of each USAO, with funding going to a certified fiscal agent that can coordinate partners and implement activities that address violent crime through comprehensive solutions. The emphasis on cross-sector collaboration, prosecutor and law enforcement engagement, and community partnership signals that competitive applications typically reflect both operational coordination and a clear plan for addressing specific violence problems, rather than generic public safety programming.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY24 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.609.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-07-11.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-08-21. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $190,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 93 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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