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Department of Justice (DOJ) <br />Office of Justice Programs <br />Bureau of Justice Assistance <br /> <br /> <br />Washington, D.C. 20531 <br /> <br />Name and Address of Recipient: WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF SHERIFFS AND POLICE CHIEFS <br /> 3060 WILLAMETTE DR NE <br /> <br />City, State and Zip:LACEY, WA 98516 <br /> <br />Recipient UEI:X624NETQGAN8 <br />Project Title: 2023 Western District <br />Washington PSN Program Award Number: 15PBJA-23-GG-02511-GUNP <br />Solicitation Title: BJA FY 23 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program <br />Federal Award Amount: $285,039.00 Federal Award Date: 9/25/23 <br />Awarding Agency: Office of Justice Programs <br />Bureau of Justice Assistance <br />Funding Instrument Type:Grant <br />Opportunity Category: O <br />Assistance Listing: <br />16.609 - Project Safe Neighborhoods <br />Project Period Start Date: 10/1/23 Project Period End Date: 9/30/26 <br />Budget Period Start Date: 10/1/23 Budget Period End Date : 9/30/26 <br />Project Description: <br />PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS FY2023 PROGRAM ABSTRACT <br />Western District of Washington <br />The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC), as the fiscal agent for the Western District <br />of Washington’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Team, submits this application for the FY2023 PSN grant <br />on behalf of the Western District of Washington. <br />The primary focus of the FY 2023 PSN grant will be reducing the harmful effects of community gun violence. <br />To achieve this goal, we will continue to foster strategic partnerships across a broad range of state and local <br />partners, collaborating with these entities to bring critical perspectives to strategic planning discussions. <br />The geographic scope of our PSN Team represents regions from the border of Oregon in the south, the region <br />north of Seattle, and the South Sound. We are collaborating with representatives from the Office of Firearm <br />Safety and Violence Prevention (OFSVP) and the state Attorney General’s Office. These state partners are <br />similarly working towards the goal of reducing violent crime in our district. <br />A person is killed with a gun in Washington state every 12 hours. Gun violence is a persistent health and safety <br />threat across the state, and rates of gun violence continue to increase amidst the lingering effects of the pandemic. <br />Community gun violence is defined as intentional acts of interpersonal gun violence committed in public places <br />by individuals who are not related to each other. This type of gun violence has a dramatically disproportionate <br />impact on low-income communities and communities of color, and especially youth and young adults. <br />Page: 1 of 23