{"id":10974,"date":"2022-09-28T12:31:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T16:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=10974"},"modified":"2023-10-27T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T20:11:34","slug":"re-fund-the-police-governor-hogan-announces-applications-now-open-for-additional-community-safety-works-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2022\/09\/28\/re-fund-the-police-governor-hogan-announces-applications-now-open-for-additional-community-safety-works-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-Fund The Police: Governor Hogan Announces Applications Now Open For Additional Community Safety Works Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><em>$10 Million in Funding Through Re-Fund The Police Initiative to Support Local Crime Prevention and Security Upgrades\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/strong>(September 28, 2022) \u2014 Governor Larry Hogan today announced that applications are now being accepted for the state\u2019s second round of grant funding for the Community Safety Works program. Administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) as part of the governor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MjguNjQzNTA3ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2dvdmVybm9yLm1hcnlsYW5kLmdvdi8yMDIyLzAxLzEwL2dvdmVybm9yLWhvZ2FuLWFubm91bmNlcy1leHBhbmRlZC01MDAtbWlsbGlvbi1yZS1mdW5kLXRoZS1wb2xpY2UtaW5pdGlhdGl2ZS1yZWludHJvZHVjdGlvbi1vZi1tYWpvci1jcmltZS1sZWdpc2xhdGlvbi8ifQ.0i74FKWj-_qrAr_1p-BhgOEpyQ4VF4jG6jCxLdze2QE\/s\/2886834849\/br\/144833089884-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MjguNjQzNTA3ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2dvdmVybm9yLm1hcnlsYW5kLmdvdi8yMDIyLzAxLzEwL2dvdmVybm9yLWhvZ2FuLWFubm91bmNlcy1leHBhbmRlZC01MDAtbWlsbGlvbi1yZS1mdW5kLXRoZS1wb2xpY2UtaW5pdGlhdGl2ZS1yZWludHJvZHVjdGlvbi1vZi1tYWpvci1jcmltZS1sZWdpc2xhdGlvbi8ifQ.0i74FKWj-_qrAr_1p-BhgOEpyQ4VF4jG6jCxLdze2QE\/s\/2886834849\/br\/144833089884-l&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1664467433991000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0_StdzeK4Ei1OMGu9crARx\">Re-Fund The Police Initiative<\/a>, Community Safety Works offers up to $10 million in funding for the implementation of crime prevention strategies through physical design improvements, operational activities, community services, blight removal, and increased property maintenance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunity Safety Works is an important component of our\u00a0our Re-fund The Police Initiative<span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u00a0<\/span>providing resources to local business owners and community organizations for crime prevention efforts in neighborhoods across the state,\u201d said Governor Hogan.\u00a0\u201cThis additional $10 million in funding will help residents and other stakeholders who are actively trying to make their communities safer and more secure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Improvements include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Auto and pedestrian circulation upgrades to slow traffic so that streets are walkable and pedestrian friendly;<\/li>\n<li>Improving opportunities for \u201ceyes on the street,\u201d by removing barriers to sight lines, opening closed spaces, and renovating public spaces to draw regular visitors and family activity;<\/li>\n<li>Reinforcing community ownership by cleaning and beautifying streets, sidewalks, signage, and parks;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Official surveillance tools such as lighting, cameras, organized local resident patrols or staffed security patrols, and community policing initiatives developed in consultation with local law enforcement; and<\/li>\n<li>Street outreach to interrupt and prevent illegal activities and violence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cCommunity Safety Works is an initiative that engages local leaders to create partnerships and plans to protect their families, friends, and patrons,\u201d said DHCD Secretary Kenneth C. Holt. \u201cThese grants are already positively impacting communities across Maryland, and this second round will further support measures like security upgrades and community watches.\u201d<br \/><br \/>Applications for the second round of funding are open as of noon today. For more information about Community Safety Works and this round of funding, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MjguNjQzNTA3ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RoY2QubWFyeWxhbmQuZ292L0NvbW11bml0aWVzL1BhZ2VzL2Nzdy8ifQ.UffvKsp4ShcVpTyB3A8pcWwo7FuQ99BusalKcaDTlhE\/s\/2886834849\/br\/144833089884-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MjguNjQzNTA3ODEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2RoY2QubWFyeWxhbmQuZ292L0NvbW11bml0aWVzL1BhZ2VzL2Nzdy8ifQ.UffvKsp4ShcVpTyB3A8pcWwo7FuQ99BusalKcaDTlhE\/s\/2886834849\/br\/144833089884-l&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1664467433991000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vrxl5ibb9jZ3AVkakjktz\">dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Pages\/csw\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$10 Million in Funding Through Re-Fund The Police Initiative to Support Local Crime Prevention and Security Upgrades\u00a0 ANNAPOLIS, MD (September 28, 2022) \u2014 Governor Larry Hogan today announced that applications are now being accepted for the state\u2019s second round of grant funding for the Community Safety Works program. Administered by the Maryland Department of Housing<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2022\/09\/28\/re-fund-the-police-governor-hogan-announces-applications-now-open-for-additional-community-safety-works-grants\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,46,26,33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-development","category-governor-hogan","category-neighborhood-revitalization","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10974"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11678,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10974\/revisions\/11678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}