Grants / Department of Justice / Community Oriented Policing Services

O-COPS-2021-89002: COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program Solicitation

Closed Closed June 15, 2021 Opportunity O-COPS-2021-89002 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: FY 2027 COPS-OJP Constitutional Protections for Parents - A NASRO SRO TTA Invitational Program (O-COPS-2027-172808). Status: Closes November 10, 2026 (3 days left). It is in our archive of Community Oriented Policing Services notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$500,000
• Total funding$53.0 million
• Expected awards160
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

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Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments and tribes.

States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies are eligible to apply. See additional eligibility details under the Eligibility section of this solicitation.

More grants for state and local governments, tribes.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants awards averaged $531,078; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (83% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

Overview of The COPS Office The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the nation's state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. The COPS Office has invested more than $14 billion to advance community policing, including grants awarded to more than 13,000 state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to fund the hiring and redeployment of more than 134,000 officers. COPS Office information resources, covering a wide range of community policing topics such as school and campus safety, violent crime, and officer safety and wellness, can be downloaded via the COPS Office's home page, www.cops.usdoj.gov. For more information about the COPS Office please see "Other Information". Statutory Authority This program is authorized under the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. § 10551 et seq.). The COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) provides funding directly to states, units of local government, Indian tribes, and their public agencies to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the recipient's jurisdiction through evidence-based school safety programs. Pursuant to 34 U.S.C. § 10551(b)(5)-(9), SVPP funding is authorized and available under the following purpose areas: "Coordination with local law enforcement" "Training for local law enforcement officers to prevent student violence against others and self" "Placement and use of metal detectors, locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures" "Acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency" "Any other measure that, in the determination of the COPS Office Director, may provide a significant improvement in security" Program-Specific Information The goal of the School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) is to improve security at schools and on school grounds through the implementation of evidence-based school safety programs and technology. SVPP awards will contribute to this goal by funding projects which include funding of civilian personnel to serve as coordinators with local law enforcement, training for local law enforcement officers, purchase and installation of certain allowable equipment and technology, and other measures to significantly improve school security.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, O-COPS-2027-172808, which is open now.

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