FY23 Project Safe Neighborhoods
FY23 Project Safe Neighborhoods supports law enforcement, probation and parole agencies, and nonprofits in funding enforcement and prevention to reduce gun and gang violence in Mississippi’s two districts.
Funder: Mississippi Division of Public Safety Planning
Due Dates: October 30, 2026 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Six-month awards, tentatively April 1, 2027–September 30, 2027
Summary: Supports efforts to reduce, prevent, or deter gun and gang violence in Mississippi’s Northern and Southern Districts.
Key Information: Eligible applicants are law enforcement, probation and parole agencies, and nonprofit organizations from the relevant Mississippi district.
Description
Project Safe Neighborhoods is administered by the Mississippi Division of Public Safety Planning’s Office of Justice Programs using funding from the U.S. Department of Justice. Separate Northern District and Southern District solicitations support the Violent Gang and Gun Crime Reduction Program, addressing violent crime, including felonious firearm crimes and criminal gang violence.
The program funds enforcement and prevention, prosecution and removal of chronic offenders contributing to violent crime, and disruption and dismantling of violent gangs driving drug crime and violence. Supported activities include project-related equipment and personnel, gang-related activity, training, prevention, reentry, deterrence, publications, and advertising. Preference is given to applicants operating in PSN target areas or working with targeted at-risk youth or offenders in those areas.
