Project Grant 2011GPBX0047

The Attorney General's Office of South Dakota, doing business as the Criminal Justice Center, is receiving a $518,423 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590). This continuation grant will allow the Criminal Justice Center, in partnership with local law enforcement, prosecutors, and victim service providers, to implement activities focused on...

This Project Grant award of $148,025.58 from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program will support community policing and public safety partnership efforts through October 31, 2021. Funded under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate will work with the Sisseton, South Dakota police department to develop collaborative community partnerships, organizational strategies, and...

The $291,203 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety's Office of Justice Programs will support efforts to promote safe communities and reduce violent crime in South Carolina through September 2025. The grant funds four key priorities - gun and gang crime investigation/suppression through multi-agency task forces; firearms analysis and ballistics technology support for law enforcement;...

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety received a $919,546 Formula Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women to support the Violence Against Women Formula Grants program. This two-year award beginning July 1, 2021 will assist the state in developing and strengthening effective law enforcement, prosecution, and victim services strategies to combat violent crimes against women. Through sub-awards totaling the $919,546 award...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $284,094 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Formula Grant (CFDA 16.609) to the Public Safety South Carolina Department on October 1, 2024. The goal of this statewide initiative is to reduce gun violence and violent crime in South Carolina through a collaborative effort with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners. Key activities include targeted enforcement, crime prevention, community engagement, and data-driven strategies to address...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded a $4,362,750 Project Grant under the Homeland Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.067) to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. The grant supports state and local efforts to prevent terrorism and prepare for threats and hazards, including emergency planning, training, equipment acquisition, critical infrastructure protection, cybersecurity enhancements, and public outreach. The grant funds a range of projects and sub-awards to local...

The Pennington County Sheriff's Office in Rapid City, South Dakota received a $125,000 two-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The grant will support the Sheriff's Office's efforts to enhance public safety and build community trust through community policing strategies. As the awardee, the Sheriff's Office will work collaboratively with community members, local...

This $625,000 Project Grant 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 funding to the City of Sioux Falls Police Department to enhance its community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The anticipated outcomes include the implementation of community partnerships, problem analysis projects, changes to personnel and...

The South Dakota Attorney General's Office will use a $234,456 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750) to address DNA testing backlogs, improve offender DNA collection and analysis technology and infrastructure, purchase STRmix software licenses, and continue hosting a sex offender conference. Funding will support purchasing a genetic analyzer to expedite...

The Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program awarded $525,910 under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) federal program to the Attorney General's Office of South Dakota for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The funding will support the Attorney General's Office's work to advance public safety through the Anti-Heroin Task Force Program, which allows for collaborative investigation of...