Applications are Now Open for 2027 ONS Neighborhood Safety Partnerships

It is a good idea to draft your proposal in a document before filling out the online application form. You can copy the questions below and paste them into a document to work on them. Use your document editor's character counting feature to make sure that your answers are not too long for the form. (A "character" is one letter, number, or space.)

Eligibility

Does your organization or business provide services to Saint Paul residents? Answer yes or no.

What percentage of your current services are delivered to Saint Paul residents? An estimate is okay.

Does your organization or business provide services within Saint Paul city limits? Yes or no.

Information about your Organization

Name, address, and (optional) website of your organization or business.

Name, email, and phone number of a designated representative. This is the person we should contact.

Number of employees. One to over 100.

Mission statement. No more than 200 characters.

Has your organization ever contracted with the City of Saint Paul? Yes or no.

Are you applying with a fiscal sponsor? If you don't know, pick "no."

Program or Project Proposal

Name of the project you are proposing. No more than 200 characters.

Which need will the proposed project support? Choose one:

• Culturally specific violence prevention services,
• Stabilization services for unsheltered neighbors,
• Chemical and mental health outreach,
• Capacity-building for small organizations, or
• Support for people at risk of justice involvement.

Please describe the project or program proposal; include information about how the program targets the specified need (above) as well as a proposed timeline of implementation. No more than 4,000 characters.

How does this project/program fit within your organization's mission and existing services? No more than 4,000 characters.

How does your organization plan to recruit participants for this program? No more than 4,000 characters.

Who will be completing the work highlighted within the proposal and what will be their role(s)?

Please tell us more about the position. Yes or no to each question: We will hire, We have a workplan in place, We will develop a workplan, We have a sustainability plan.

What data will you be gathering in order to assess the effectiveness of this project/program? No more than 4,000 characters.

Proposed PSA contract amount. PSA means "professional services agreement." This is how much ONS would pay you to execute the project-a number between $10,000 and $40,000.

Provide your budget for the project/program including each line item and corresponding dollar amount. No more than 4,000 characters. If you would prefer to send this in another format (like a spreadsheet), you may enter "See Email" and then email [email protected] with an attachment.

Is there anything else you would like the ONS to know about your organization/business and this project/program proposal? No more than 4,000 characters.

Research: "Project PEACE is Delivering"

8/6/2026 Office of Neighborhood Safety

Over two years, experts from from the Minnesota Justice Research Center worked closely with Project PEACE, Saint Paul's homegrown gun-violence prevention program, to evaluate the program as it was developing. They released their findings today. Here's the headline: "The data suggest Project PEACE is delivering. Project PEACE life coaches are keeping people safe, alive, and free-and the clients, families, and community members we spoke with made clear that this work matters." Here are key findings, recommendations, and a link to the full report.

Applications are Now Open for 2027 ONS Neighborhood Safety Partnerships

8/6/2026 Office of Neighborhood Safety

Every year, the Office of Neighborhood Safety contracts with community organizations to undertake innovative projects to help make Saint Paul safer for all. Applications to work with us in 2027 are open through September 7. We are looking for projects in five key areas: culturally specific violence prevention, support for unhoused neighbors, reducing drug use in City spaces, capacity-building for small organizations, and education for at-risk residents. Find out what we're looking for and learn how to submit your proposal.

How One Army Veteran Found a Home in Saint Paul

7/23/2026 Office of Neighborhood Safety

Since the program began in late 2024, the Familiar Faces program has helped more than 50 people get off the streets of Saint Paul to find safe, permanent housing. Every journey from homelessness to home is a hard-won victory for the team and their clients. But their latest success story is special. Meet Randall Todd, a veteran of the U.S. Army mobile infantry, who can see the bridge where he used to sleep from the windows of his new apartment.

The Data behind Neighborhood Safety in Saint Paul

7/23/2026 Office of Neighborhood Safety

The heart of our work at the Office of Neighborhood Safety is as low-tech and analog as it gets: Offering someone a meal or a ride to the doctor, a connection to treatment or housing, an encouraging text when life gets hard. But every human interaction generates data we can use to monitor our work in real time and get better at keeping Saint Paul residents alive, safe, and free. Here's how ONS data analyst Andrew Mua turns human interactions into data-and data into meaning.