Crime Prevention through Safer Streets Grant Program
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS
OFFERED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF ADULT AND JUVENILE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE (OAJJA)
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 19, 2022
Description: The Crime Prevention through Safer Streets Grant Program is a funding opportunity offered through the Office of Adult and Juvenile Assistance (OAJJA) for fiscal year 2023.
The goal of the Crime Prevention through Safer Streets Grant Program is to allow the department and local governments to evaluate and design safer streets and neighborhood models that discourage crime, revitalize community image, and establish place-specific crime prevention strategies that account for geographic, cultural, economic, and social characteristics of the target areas.
Resource: SB22-001 Crime Prevention through Safer Streets Utilizing Design Management Strategies
Project Application Due Date October 19, 2022
Award Period: January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Eligibility Criteria: The grant may be used for improvements designed to decrease the incidence of crime and create safer streets. Such improvements may include:
- Better lighting
- Improved trash collection
- Access control
- Territorial reinforcement
- Improved space management
- Other improvements designed to decrease the incidence of crime and create safer streets
Money from the grant award may not be used for the following:
- Hiring law enforcement or code enforcement personnel or peace officers
- Facial recognition purposes
- Surveillance programs that utilize networks of sensors to detect gunshots, commonly referred to as a “ShotSpotter” program
Required Application Components: All grant applications must address all of the following:
- The target area and crime challenge the applicant hopes to address
- Data regarding the incidence of crime in the target area, disaggregated by the type of crime, and demographic data
- The specific projects the grant would fund
- Measurable or observable goals to decrease the incidence of crime, disaggregated by the type of crime
- Details on how the applicant has collaborated with communities and other agencies in developing the improvements to be funded under the application
- Details on how the plan would prevent the displacement of homeless populations and harm to communities of color and vulnerable populations
