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The Wisconsin Department of Justice was awarded $189,629 under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant program by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. The 36-month project will support efforts to address violent firearm crime in Milwaukee neighborhoods through enhanced community engagement, focused prosecution of high-risk firearm offenders and groups, and firearm violence deterrence programs. As the fiscal agent and administering state...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $183,935 Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609) Formula Grant to the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) to support the Eastern District of Wisconsin's efforts to reduce violent crime, particularly gun and gang-related violence, in Milwaukee. The grant will enable a collaborative task force, including the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office, Milwaukee Police Department, and several federal agencies, to...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045) to Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The grant will support the enhancement and expansion of the Advance Peace Peacemaker Fellowship program to address urban gun violence in high-risk neighborhoods. Key project activities include multiple daily contacts, life management planning, social services navigation,...

The County of Waukesha, Wisconsin received a $340,000 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Smart Prosecution Initiative federal grant program (CFDA 16.825). The funding supports the Innovative Technology Prosecutorial Team project from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. The goal of the Smart Prosecution Initiative program is to provide resources to state, local, and tribal prosecutors to reduce crime and increase...

This two-year, $200,000 Project Grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy will support the County of Racine Sheriff's Department's efforts under the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program. Commonly known as HIDTA, this program aims to reduce drug production and trafficking within the United States by facilitating information sharing and coordinated enforcement activities among federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies. Through its subaward from Racine...

The Harris County Sheriff's Office was awarded $699,999 under the Department of Justice's Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) to enhance its collaboration with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Crime Gun Strike Force and expand the Houston-area Crime Gun Intelligence Center. The three-year project grant, awarded October 1, 2022, will fund three additional personnel to combat the county's rising violent gun crime rates. Specifically, two task...

The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) is serving as the fiscal agent for the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Formula Grant, CFDA 16.609, awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The $268,588 grant will focus on reducing the harmful effects of community gun violence committed by and affecting juveniles across the Western District of Washington. WASPC will collaborate with state and local partners, including the Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention...

The City of Chicago will receive $699,831 under a Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement the Chicago Gun Investigations Collaboration (CGIC) business practice in seven Project Safe Neighborhood districts. Funds will be used to hire an operations analyst dedicated to assisting with prosecution of qualifying CGIC cases, purchase a comparison microscope for the police ballistics lab to prioritize gun cases from...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (WI DOJ) was awarded a $783,955 Cooperative Agreement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.554). The funding will support a 2-year project to enhance the utility and completeness of Wisconsin's Computerized Criminal History (CCH) system. Key activities include: Creating technical documentation on the flow of prosecution data into the CCH and expanding tools to identify unsubmitted arrest...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the State of Wisconsin $565,815 under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) program (CFDA 16.593) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. $565,815 will fund the Wisconsin Department of Justice's jail-based in-reach and treatment for opioid use disorder program implemented by Dane County. The program provides incarcerated individuals with opioid use...