The State’s Mission for Assistance in Recruiting and Training (SMART) Grant Program is a funding opportunity offered through the Office of Adult and Juvenile Assistance (OAJJA) for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
Donor Name: Colorado Division of Criminal Justice
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/16/2022
Grant Size: $7,262,000
Grant Duration: 1 year 5 months
Details:
The goal of the State’s Mission for Assistance in Recruiting and Training (SMART) Grant Program is to provide grants to law enforcement agencies to increase the number of P.O.S.T.-certified and non-certified law enforcement officers who are representative of the communities they serve and to provide training for those additional law enforcement officers.
Funding Information
- Amount Available: $7,262,000
- Award Period: January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
Eligible Activities
- To increase the diversity of P.O.S.T.-certified and non-certified law enforcement professionals and public safety employees to better reflect the community in which they work.
- To cover costs associated with eligible law enforcement officers’ salaries and benefits, recruitment, and training.
Eligibility Criteria
- County or municipal law enforcement agencies, including those serving rural jurisdictions, which for this section means a county or municipality with a population of fewer than fifty thousand people according to the last federal census
- Tribal law enforcement agencies
- Third-party membership organizations on behalf of a law enforcement agency
For more information, visit Colorado Division of Criminal Justice.