BETHLEHEM (March 11, 2026) – State Senator Lisa M. Boscola announced today that the PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) awarded grants totaling $574,816 to provide safety and security upgrades at Greater Shiloh Church in Easton and criminal justice funding for Northampton and Lehigh Counties.
“I am pleased as a Commonwealth that we continue to provide places of worship grant funding to ensure their congregations can come to together in a safer environment following the tragedy at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh,” Senator Boscola stated. “In this round Greater Shiloh Church will receive funding to provide safety and security upgrades and I look forward to additional places of worship receiving such funding in the future.”
Grants through the programs listed below were approved today by PCCD:
State Act 80 Funds
- Northampton County: 2026 Jail Based MAT Program, $143,876
- Lehigh County: Lehigh County MAT Program, $175,832
FY 2025-26 Indigent Defense Grant Program Funds
- Northampton County: $106,808
- Lehigh County:$105,965
Nonprofit Security Grant Program
- Shiloh Baptist Church of Easton: Safety and Security Upgrades, $42,335
The Nonprofit Security Grant Fund Program was originally passed by the General Assembly in the fall of 2019 and signed into law as Act 83 of 2019. The program was extended an additional five years to 2029 by Act 104 of 2022. Under the program, PCCD is directed to administer grants to Pennsylvania-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations who principally serve individuals, groups or institutions that are included within a bias motivation category for single bias hate crime incidents as identified by the FBI’s 2017 Hate Crime Statistics publication. The categories include race/ethnicity/ancestry; religion; sexual orientation; disability; gender; and gender identity.
PCCD met today to approve Nonprofit Security Grant Fund Program, State Act 80 Funds, FY 2025-26 Indigent Defense Grant Program Funds, Federal STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program, Federal Victims of Crime Act Funds and Federal State Opioid Response Funds. The awards from these programs were approved pending outstanding fiscal or programmatic concerns.
Information provided to TVL by:
Kurt Derr
