Project safe neighborhoods (PSN) is designed to create and foster safer communities through a sustained reduction in violent crime

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $191,588 to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety under the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program (CFDA #16.609) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The recipient will utilize the funding to support the goals and objectives of the PSN strategy in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Specifically, the award will help foster safer communities and reduce violent crime through ongoing coordination of local, state, tribal and federal law enforcement agencies and community organizations working in partnership with the communities they serve. The PSN program aims to create unified, district-wide approaches to combating gun and gang violence under the leadership of the local U.S. Attorney.

The program's effectiveness depends upon the ongoing coordination, cooperation, and partnerships of local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies and community organizations working together with the communities they serve - engaged in a unified approach coordinated by the U.S. Attorney (USA) in all 94 districts. The recipient will utilize grant funds to achieve the goals and objectives of the PSN program for the eastern district of north carolina.