# FY 21 COPS Office Hiring Program Solicitation

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/o-cops-2021-97003-fy-21-cops-office-hiring-program-solicitation/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/333396

> Community Oriented Policing Services offered grants of up to $50.0 million (at least $125,000) to state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 200 awards worth $140 million in total. Applications closed on June 15, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | O-COPS-2021-97003 |
| Agency | Community Oriented Policing Services |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 15, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $50.0 million |
| Award floor | $125,000 |
| Expected awards | 200 |
| Total funding | $140 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 16.710 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Eligible applicants are limited to local, state, and tribal law enforcement agencies that have primary law enforcement authority. See additional eligibility details under the Eligibility section of this solicitation.

## What the grant funds

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. The goal of the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) is to provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes of COPS Hiring Program awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agency to engage in community policing activities. Applicants will be expected to describe their community policing strategy and request the number of newly hired and/or rehired full-time sworn career law enforcement officer positions necessary to support that strategy. COPS Office funding must be used to reorient the mission and activities of law enforcement agencies toward the community or enhance their involvement in community policing. Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as nonviolent crime, violent crime, and fear of crime. The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.

## Questions people ask

### Is O-COPS-2021-97003 still open?

No. It closed on June 15, 2021. A newer notice is open: O-COPS-2027-172808, closes November 10, 2026 (3 days left).

### Who can apply for FY 21 COPS Office Hiring Program Solicitation?

Community Oriented Policing Services accepted applications from state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for FY 21 COPS Office Hiring Program Solicitation?

Closed June 15, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $50.0 million each. About $140 million in total across about 200 awards.

### Who has won Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Texas State University, City of Milwaukee, City of Chicago. The program made 3,696 awards worth $2.0 billion in that time.