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O-COPS-2025-172410: FY25 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Invitational

Closed Closed June 24, 2025 Opportunity O-COPS-2025-172410 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$150,000
• Total funding$150,000
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

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

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

FY25 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA): Invitational program is limited to applicants that have received a direct invitation from the COPS Office.

Is this a realistic fit?

• No cost sharing or match is required.

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 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA): Invitational program Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program funds are used to improve the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement through the implementation of peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention, and other promising practices for wellness programs. 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.

We found no grant awards under Assistance Listing 16.070 in fiscal 2021 to 2025, which usually means the program is new or very small.

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