OpportunityTitle: BJA FY 17 Violent Gang And Gun Crime Reduction Program (PSN)
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are PSN team fiscal agents for the United States Attorney Office 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&#146;s Office (USAO). Eligible USAO-certified 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, please visit www.bja.gov/programs/psn/cert_process.html.
Description: 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&apos;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 &#195;&#131;&#194;&#131;&#195;&#130;&#194;&#131;&#195;&#131;&#194;&#130;&#195;&#130;&#194;&#130;&#195;&#131;&#194;&#131;&#195;&#130;&#194;&#130;&#195;&#131;&#194;&#130;&#195;&#130;&#194;&#148;partnerships, strategic planning, training, outreach, and accountability to address specific gun and gang crime, and violent offenders, in the most violent neighborhoods.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: technical application support
GrantorContactText: For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via email to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. &lt;br/&gt;An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline in order to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under &#147;Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues&#148; in the How to Apply section.&lt;br/&gt;support@grants.gov&lt;br/&gt;