Public Safety

Goal - Community residents should feel secure and free from threat. Both the strongest and the most vulnerable citizens should be equally protected. A healthy community provides crime prevention measures, police prosecutorial, judicial, and correctional systems that deter crime and penalize criminal behavior.

Public Safety Grants Program Director - Luceia V. LeDoux

Active Public Safety Grants as of August 2007:

American Red Cross - Operation Brother's Keeper – This program partners organizations with faith-based organizations and volunteers to develop evacuation plans for the more than 57,000 households in New Orleans without access to transportation.

Jefferson Parish Community Justice Agency - Alcohol Monitoring Program – This program assists Drug Court in the treatment of offenders with dual dependency on substance abuse and alcohol and assists District Courts with monitoring and treatment of third offenses.

New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation – Community Safety Initiative (CSI) – This is a data driven planning initiative that seeks to foster partnerships while building an infrastructure, which consists of a Community Safe Haven that provides comprehensive social service delivery in conjunction with law enforcement.  CSI strives to initiate and sustain long-term revitalization of the Central City area.