BCJI supports communities and neighborhoods across the United States. BCJI sites represent nearly every type of community, from neighborhoods in the biggest cities to small, rural towns and suburban areas. BCJI target areas have populations as large as 210,000 residents and as small as 700. However different they may appear, these communities experience similar challenges. They are faced with persistent crime problems, including drug offenses, public nuisances, property crimes, and violent crime. Residents often see crimes in the same "hot spots," year after year, that traditional law enforcement methods have failed to abate.
However, BCJI communities also have similar assets. They are home to diverse stakeholders and partners that are willing to work together to tackle tough problems. Typical BCJI partners include community-serving nonprofits, healthcare centers, housing authorities, universities, research institutions, police departments, district attorney's offices, municipal/county governments and tribal authorities, community developers and residents.
Read how partners have worked together to plan and implement solutions in some of our BCJI sites.
Read case studies of how BCJI sites are increasing community leadership of safety initiatives and reducing crime and blight.
The DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance is supporting data-driven, comprehensive responses to crime in some of the country’s most troubled communities through BCJI.
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