1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 . 2. Definitions For the purposes of this Act— (1) the term firearms offenses means an offense under section 922 or 924 of title 18, United States Code; (2) the term Program means the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program established under section 3; and (3) the term transnational organized crime group has the meaning given such term in section 36(k)(6) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2708(k)(6) ). 3. Establishment The Attorney General of the United States is authorized to establish and carry out a program, to be known as the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program within the Office of Justice Programs at the Department of Justice. 4. Purpose (a) Project Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program The purpose of the Program is to foster and improve existing partnerships between Federal, State, and local agencies, including the United States Attorney in each Federal judicial district, entities representing members of the community affected by increased violence, victims' advocates, and researchers to create safer neighborhoods through sustained reductions in violent crimes by— (1) developing and executing comprehensive strategic plans to reduce violent crimes, including the enforcement of gun laws, and prioritizing efforts focused on identified subsets of individuals or organizations responsible for increasing violence in a particular geographic area; (2) developing evidence-based and data-driven intervention and prevention initiatives, including juvenile justice projects and activities which may include street-level outreach, conflict mediation, provision of treatment and social services, and the changing of community norms, in order to reduce violence