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District of Nebraska FY14 Project Safe Neighborhoods Initiative

Award Information

Award #
2014-GP-BX-0010
Location
Awardee County
Douglas County
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2014
Total funding (to date)
$150,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2014, $150,000)

The Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program is designed to create safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in crime associated with gang and gun violence. The program's effectiveness is based on the cooperation of local, state, and federal agencies engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney (USA) in each district. The USA is responsible for establishing a collaborative PSN task force of federal, state, and local law enforcement and other community members to implement gang violence and gun crime enforcement, intervention and prevention initiatives within the district. Through the PSN task force, the USA will implement the five design features of PSN partnerships, strategic planning, training, outreach, and accountability to address specific gun crime and gang violence problems in that district.

The City of Omaha, serving as the fiscal agent for the District of Nebraska, will reduce violent crime associated with gang and gun violence in the city of Omaha. FY14 PSN funds will be used to implement a multi-pronged approach to combat gang and gun violence problems to reduce gun assaults, conduct gun tracking and tracing, control violent hot spots, increase state and federal prosecution of gun crimes, and provide technical assistance to neighboring cities.

CA/NCF

Date Created: September 4, 2014