The Public Safety Revenue Sharing (PSRS) grants from the state should now be received by townships. The one-time grant payment for fiscal year 2026 was approved in the state budget last fall to each local unit based on their violent crime counts, reported to the Michigan State Police for calendar years 2022, 2023 and 2024. Payments were issued through the SIGMA system and were available on May 7. No application or reporting is required for the PSRS grant.
All local public safety initiative expenses must be related to public safety and designed to reduce identified risks to public safety and cannot include unproven intervention solutions to community violence. Local units must use these funds only for operational or capital expenses that serve the purposes of public safety. At least 75% of the distribution must be used to fund a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officers. Up to 25% of the distribution must be used to fund other non-law-enforcement related public safety purposes. The requirements, restrictions and prohibitions, per the appropriation on the use of these funds can be reviewed on the Public Safety Revenue Sharing webpage.
To view your township’s grant amount and reported crime statistics, you can download the payment report: FY 2026 Public Safety Revenue Sharing Payment Amounts – May 2026. Questions can be directed to the Revenue Sharing and Grants Division at (517) 335-7484 or TreasRevenueSharing@michigan.gov.