Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today that up to $100,000 in grant funding is available for allocation to support Maine’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) initiative.
PSN is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime. Maine’s PSN program is coordinated by the United States Attorney’s Office.
The Maine Department of Public Safety, acting as the fiscal agent for Maine’s PSN program, is seeking proposals from eligible applicants for grant projects designed to create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime. Up to approximately $100,000 is available to fund programs focused on reducing violence associated with opioid trafficking, human trafficking, domestic violence, gun trafficking and firearm possession by prohibited persons throughout Maine. The state’s PSN Task Force is comprised of a variety of federal, state and local partners and stakeholders who want to spread the word about this funding to Maine communities, such as private citizens, civic leaders, law enforcement, prosecutors, state and local government, anti-violence advocates, organizations (both for-profit and nonprofit), school administrators, educators, students of all ages and members of the juvenile justice community who might wish to submit proposals.
A copy of the RFP, as well as the Question & Answer Summary and all amendments related to this RFP, may be obtained at the following website:
https://www.maine.gov/dafs/bbm/procurementservices/vendors/rfps
Proposals must be submitted to the State of Maine Division of Procurement Services, via email, at Proposals@maine.gov. Proposal submissions must be received no later than 4:00 pm, local time, on Oct. 3, 2019, when they will be opened. Proposals will be opened at the Burton M. Cross Office Building, 4th Floor, 111 Sewall Street, Augusta, Maine. Proposals not submitted to the Division of Procurement Services at the above email address by the October 3 deadline will not be considered for contract award.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
