The Office of Grants and Research is pleased to announce the availability of grant funds for the SFY23 Massachusetts Municipal Public Safety Staffing Program.
Donor Name: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State: Massachusetts
City: Lowell, Brockton, Fall River, Newton, Lawrence, Somerville, Framingham, Haverhill, and Malden
Municipality: Lynn
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/13/2022
Details:
The intent of this grant program is to assist eligible municipalities to maintain public safety and emergency response services by helping to address police and/or fire department staffing shortfalls. Funds are authorized under a reserve to support municipal improvements under Chapter 24 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ General Appropriations Act of 2022.
Funding Purposes
Funding may be requested for the following purposes:
- To restore laid off sworn police officers and/or firefighters;
- To retain police officers/firefighters that would otherwise be laid off during the current fiscal year if not for this funding;
- To restore police/fire staffing levels due to attrition and other reasons;
- To restore or retain civilian employees working at the police and/or fire department; and/or
- For overtime necessary to provide adequate shift coverage and/or to maintain staffing levels.
Eligibility Criteria
communities that have populations of at least 60,000 and demonstrate that their police departments had an operating budget per capita of less than $200 in 2010.
For more information, visit Commonwealth of Massachusetts.