# Project Safe Neighborhoods (16.609)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/programs/16-609-project-safe-neighborhoods/  
Publisher: Well Told Grants. Data: USAspending.gov and Grants.gov, updated November 7, 2026.

Project Safe Neighborhoods is run by Department of Justice. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $84.5 million in 454 grants, about $186,134 per award.

## Objectives

Program goal(s) name: Reduce violent crime throughout coordinated and targeted solutions.
Program goal(s) description: Identify and address the most pressing violent crime problems in a community by developing comprehensive solutions, building partnerships, and employing a data-driven problem-solving approach.
Program objective(s) name: Utilize data and existing infrastructure to prevent and intervene in violent crime and increase prosecutions of violent criminal organizations.
Program objective(s) description: Create and implement sustainable collaborations and comprehensive violent crime reduction strategies to address the most pressing violent crime problems in a community; Use intelligence and data to identify violent crime drivers and individuals at risk of violence victimization or perpetration to intervene, prevent, and improve outcomes; Support the implementation of specific crime reduction activities and resource requirements in collaboration with all relevant partners and stakeholders; Leverage existing task force structures and increase prosecutions of violent criminal organizations.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $14.8 million | 90 |
| 2022 | $38.8 million | 185 |
| 2023 | $17.6 million | 91 |
| 2024 | $15.8 million | 92 |
| 2025 | -$2.4 million | 1 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Office of the Governor | Texas | $5.2 million |
| San Diego Association of Governments | California | $4.7 million |
| The Rosamons Gifford Charitable Corp | New York | $4.5 million |
| Florida Department of Law Enforcement | Florida | $3.5 million |
| Criminal Justice Coordinating Council | Georgia | $2.7 million |
| Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services | Ohio | $2.5 million |
| Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration | Tennessee | $2.5 million |
| North Carolina Department of Public Safety | North Carolina | $2.3 million |
| Arizona Criminal Justice Commission | Arizona | $2.1 million |
| The Childrens Initiative | California | $2.1 million |
| Crime & Delinquency Pa Commission on | Pennsylvania | $2.1 million |
| The Cna Corporation | Virginia | $2.0 million |
| Department of Criminal Justice Services Virginia | Virginia | $2.0 million |
| County of Winnebago | Illinois | $1.8 million |
| Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs | Washington | $1.8 million |
| Judiciary Courts of the State of Indiana | Indiana | $1.7 million |
| Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs | Alabama | $1.7 million |
| Department of Justice Wisconsin | Wisconsin | $1.5 million |
| Oklahoma District Attorneys Council | Oklahoma | $1.5 million |
| Department of Public Safety | Massachusetts | $1.5 million |