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O-COPS-2025-172408: FY25 Community Policing Development Invitational

Closed Closed June 24, 2025 Opportunity O-COPS-2025-172408

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 2025.

Community Oriented Policing Services offered grants of up to $1.5 million to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $1.5 million in total. Applications closed on June 24, 2025.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed June 9, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedMay 16, 2025
DeadlineJune 24, 2025

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

FY25 Community Policing Development Invitational program is limited to applicants that have received a direct invitation from the COPS Office.

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office, https://cops.usdoj.gov is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for The COPS Office pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for the FY25 Community Policing Development Invitational program Community Policing Development (CPD) funds are used to develop the capacity of law enforcement to implement community policing strategies by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities. The COPS Office welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any other entities carrying out the federal award must be identified as proposed subrecipients. The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the awards, including administering the funding, managing the entire project and monitoring compliance. The terms and conditions of the federal award are also applicable to subrecipients. Please note the distinction between a subaward that creates a financial assistance relationship to carry out a portion of the federal award and a contract that creates a procurement relationship for the purchase of goods and services needed under the federal award. To assist in making subrecipient and contractor determinations, please refer to the guidance in 2 C.F.R. § 200.331. All future awards will comply with Executive Orders and Attorney General memoranda to advance the Administration’s priority of reestablishing law and order to include the increased hiring and retention of state and local sworn officers, state and local law enforcement collaboration with federal task forces, cracking down on the open use of illegal drugs, interrupting the distribution of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs, preventing crime, promoting nuisance abatement, countering human trafficking and child smuggling, and enhanced immigration enforcement and border security. All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

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

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (16.710) awarded $2.0 billion across 3,696 grant awards, an average of $531,078 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Texas State UniversityTexas4$41.0 million
City of MilwaukeeWisconsin4$29.0 million
City of ChicagoIllinois8$25.9 million
City of CincinnatiOhio6$25.3 million
The Cna CorporationVirginia6$20.2 million

Top states: Texas ($176 million), California ($157 million), New Jersey ($116 million), Virginia ($102 million), Florida ($101 million).

Applying now

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

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is O-COPS-2025-172408 still open?

No. It closed on June 24, 2025. A newer notice is open: O-COPS-2027-172808, closes November 10, 2026 (3 days left).

Who can apply for FY25 Community Policing Development Invitational?

Community Oriented Policing Services accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for FY25 Community Policing Development Invitational?

Closed June 24, 2025. 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 $1.5 million each. About $1.5 million in total for one award.

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.

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