Project Grant 15PBJA21GG03920RURA

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office has been awarded a $333,124 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will fund an intensive training program to promote safer outcomes during police encounters, with a focus on de-escalation techniques, crisis intervention, and handling situations involving mental health, substance abuse, and individuals with disabilities. The training will be provided to 100%...

The Millcreek Township School District was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The three-year award beginning October 1, 2021 will support the School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) at Mcdowell Intermediate High School in Erie, PA. Through this funding, the school district will implement community policing strategies and collaborative partnerships...

The County of Mifflin in Lewistown, Pennsylvania received a $515,610 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The award period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The funding will support the MIFFLIN COUNTY ADULT DRUG COURT program, which aims to provide treatment court professionals and participants with resources to plan, implement, enhance, and...

The City of Pittsburgh Office of the Mayor, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, was awarded a $532,749 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund the establishment of a Crisis Intervention Team within the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police over three years from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, grant funds will support...

This Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), will provide $1,912,115.00 to the Department of State Police Pennsylvania to investigate illicit activities related to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine. The funding will enable the state law enforcement agency to locate and investigate such illicit activities,...

The Mountain Comprehensive Care Center, Inc. (MCCC) was awarded a $825,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Children Exposed to Violence (CFDA 16.818) federal grant program. The funding will be used to develop and implement a Big Sandy Region Violence Prevention Program in the Eastern Kentucky counties of Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Magoffin, and Pike. The program aims to intervene in and prevent individual,...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) under CFDA 16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants. Through this award, LISC will develop a series of informational webinars, companion videos, and ancillary knowledge-sharing resources focused on best practices and lessons learned from three existing partnerships between law enforcement...

This three-year, $993,276 Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance through the STOP School Violence Program will fund the Delaware County Intermediate Unit to provide intensive implementation support for restorative practices in 20 middle schools located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The goal is to address trends of low school connection, lack of prosocial involvement, and student well-being by training school leaders and staff to prioritize...

This three-year, $1.44 million project grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045), will fund the CHANGE MATTERS Community Based Intervention & Prevention Initiative in Waco, Texas. Led by Greater Waco Collective Impact Initiative, the Initiative aims to reduce violent crime rates through comprehensive community violence intervention strategies targeting individuals, families,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will provide $800,000 to establish the Mid-Atlantic Regional De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training Center (MARC) and deliver a comprehensive regional training initiative. The National Center for Policing Innovation (NCPI), in partnership with CIT International, Inc., will...