The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for the COPS Office FY 2022 Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrants program.
Donor Name: Community Oriented Policing Services
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/21/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The FY22 Microgrants – Community Policing Development Solicitation (CPD Microgrants) program funds are used to develop law enforcement’s capacity to implement community policing strategies by providing funding to local, state, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies. When properly applied, community policing improves the identification and prioritization of community problems; builds trust and relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve; and enables an agency to build a culture toward accountability, transparency, open communication, and mutual trust.
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 violent crime, nonviolent crime, and fear of crime.
The COPS Office is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and build trust between law enforcement and the community. For all Fiscal Year 2022 COPS Office grant solicitations, applicants should consider these priorities when applying for COPS Office funding to advance community policing and address these strategic planning priorities within their applications as applicable.
Program Goals
Under this solicitation, the COPS Office seeks to support projects that allow for the identification and expansion of promising practices and produces knowledge products that follow the principles of good guidance:
- Quality-driven, with an emphasis on action statements to drive promising practices and reduce variations in performance
- Evidence-based, with recommendations that are consistent with the weight of the best available evidence identified through systematic review
- Accessible, with clear language and manageable lengths that are appropriate and relevant for the law enforcement field
- Memorable, to encourage immediate actions or aid for the complex situations law enforcement professionals face
Under this solicitation, the COPS Office will fund projects in the following subcategories:
- Community Violence Intervention
- Officer Recruitment and Retention
- Hate Crimes and Domestic Extremism
- Underserved Populations
- Building Trust and Legitimacy with the Community
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $5,000,000
- Period of Performance Duration: 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
This solicitation is open to all local, state, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies. To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2022 DOJ discretionary grant funding, either as a recipient or a subrecipient.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.