The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice (DMPSJ) announces the availability of approximately $2 million in FY26 grant funds for the Safe Commercial Corridors Grant Program. This program is designed to promote public safety and health through evidence-based activities for residents, workers, and visitors within the area served by the organization and the surrounding area ("commercial district").
The Safe Commercial Corridors Grant Program will fund the following activities:
- Relationship-building with residents, workers, businesses, and regular visitors;
- Connecting residents, workers, visitors, and businesses with resources available through District government agencies and direct service providers;
- Providing safe passage for individuals who request accompaniment walking to transit or to their vehicles;
- Assisting businesses with improvements to their security and safety systems and protocols;
- Responding to individuals with substance use disorders and implementing harm-reduction strategies;
- Deterring crime and public safety violations;
- Liaising with residents, workers, businesses, visitors, District public safety and health agencies, direct service providers in the community, and others as appropriate;
- Providing culturally competent services and programming; and
- Implementing other innovative strategies to promote public safety.
Click here for the FY26 Safe Commercial Corridors Request for Application. Applications are due Monday, July 14, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET, please see the RFA for additional details.
DMPSJ hosted a pre-bidders conference for the FY26 Safe Commercial Corridors RFA on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Please watch the pre-bidders conference here.
For questions about the Safe Commercial Corridors Grant Program RFA, click here.