The Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act of 2025 would reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program for fiscal years 2026 through 2030. The bill adds definitions for "crime analyst" and "law enforcement assistant." It allows grant funds to be used to hire crime analysts, pay overtime for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants, and to purchase, implement, and use technology to assist violent crime reduction. The bill adds support for multi-jurisdictional task forces and requires the Attorney General to send annual reports to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees listing how areas spent funds, the community outreach done, and the number and description of violent crimes in the prior year.
If your area receives Project Safe Neighborhoods grants, local prosecutors and law enforcement may use those grants to hire crime analysts, pay overtime, buy technology for violent crime efforts, and join multi-jurisdictional task forces. The program is described in the bill as operating in all 94 federal judicial districts. Your area will be included in an annual report that describes spending, outreach, and violent crime counts for the preceding year.
The bill replaces the prior authorization period with fiscal years 2026 through 2030. It specifically allows grant money to pay for hiring crime analysts, overtime costs for certain personnel, technology purchases and use, and task force support. No publicly available information on dollar amounts or total authorized funding appears in the bill text.
The bill's findings state that Project Safe Neighborhoods brings together federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement, prosecutors, community leaders, and other stakeholders to identify local crime problems and work together to reduce violent crime. The bill says the program operates in all 94 Federal judicial districts and uses four components to reduce violent crime: community engagement, prevention and intervention, focused and strategic enforcement, and accountability. Reauthorization and the added fund uses are presented as supporting those violent crime reduction efforts.
No publicly available information.