What is the Public Safety Grant Support Center?

Identifying and tracking grant funding opportunities can be difficult and time consuming. Subscribing to the Public Safety Grant Support Center ($175 per year) can be a major step forward towards simplifying this process. Our experts follow developments in the Public Safety Grant arena and deliver this information to you in a timely, convenient manner.

How to Use the Grant Support Center

The Access Number needed to log into the Public Safety Grant Support Center changes every 30 days. The current access number is listed in the weekly e-mail that is sent to all subscribers.

After you log into the Grant Support Center, the tabs at the top of each page are links to that content. Click on the relevant tab to find the information that you are seeking. For example, current grant funding opportunities will be listed under Current/Weekly Updates.

If you have difficulty navigating the website or finding information that you are seeking, please contact us.

The Public Safety Grant Support Center includes:

Funding Updates

Bi-Weekly updates with direct links to grant opportunities from federal public safety grant programs, related government grant programs, and non-government funding opportunities. Each subscriber receives e-mail notification of new grant funding opportunities. This service also informs you about grant program changes, application deadline extensions and any new or updated grant program documents.

Public Safety Grant Funding Bulletin

Online access to the electronic version of the Public Safety Grant Funding Bulletin. The Grant Funding Bulletin provides a synopsis of opportunities available each month.

Online Training

This course is designed to increase the effectiveness of applicants to the various public safety, criminal justice, and homeland security grant funding programs. It is the online version of JPMA’s highly regarded two-day workshop on Successful Grantwriting, expanded to incorporate the latest developments in justice, domestic preparedness, and homeland security funding.

• Grant Fundamentals
  This is the first class in a series of five within our Basic Public Safety Grant Writing Course. This class focuses on some of the basic concepts in the grant funding process.
  
  
• Understanding Grant Programs
  This is the second class in a series of five within our Basic Public Safety Grant Writing Course. The course focuses on preparing agencies to participate in a host of criminal justice, public safety, and homeland security grant funding programs by describing the various programs that are available.
  
  
• Planning Grant Funded Projects
  This class focuses on the important role that planning can play in the grant funding process. In fact, planning is the foundation upon which all grant writing activities should be built.
  
  
• Writing Grant Proposals
  This class focuses on developing and writing proposals to apply for grant funding.
  
  
• Meeting Application Requirements
  This is the last class in the Basic Public Safety Grant Writing series. This class focuses on using information within individual application kits to ensure that you are aware of and meet all of the requirements set forth by the granting agency for proposals for funding.

Technical Assistance

A number of methods of technical assistance are provided to subscribers including:

Information Resources

Federal Agencies: Information about the grant programs of Department of Justice, FEMA, Homeland Security and other related federal government agencies.

State Specific Information: includes contacts for formula grants, websites, and e-mail addresses are also available.

Non-government funding opportunities: JPMA identifies those foundation opportunities that are most relevant to public safety agency needs.

Documents and links that are useful references for public safety planners, grant writers and grant managers.