Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
Forecasted
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) supports Massachusetts law enforcement and community partners with prevention, intervention, and enforcement initiatives to reduce gun crime and violent crime.
Funder: Office of Grants and Research
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Annual application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Annual funding supports Massachusetts violent-crime reduction programs
Summary: Project Safe Neighborhoods supports prevention, intervention, and law enforcement initiatives to reduce gun crime and violent crime in Massachusetts.
Key Information: Massachusetts efforts focus on Boston, Brockton, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell, New Bedford, Springfield, and Worcester.
Description
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a Department of Justice nationwide violent-crime reduction initiative coordinated by U.S. Attorney’s Offices. It brings together federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and community leaders to identify pressing local violent-crime problems and develop comprehensive solutions. In Massachusetts, the U.S. Attorney’s Office coordinates PSN through an Interagency Leadership Team, with the Office of Grants and Research (OGR) serving as grant fiscal agent.
Funding supports promising or evidence-based prevention and intervention activities that strengthen youth and family protective factors where violent groups recruit. Priorities also include youth-designed multimedia outreach promoting an anti-violence lifestyle, improvements to violent-crime investigations, officer safety, community perceptions of safety, and officers’ knowledge and skills. Past initiatives have included a Law Enforcement Equipment and Technology Grant Opportunity.
