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NOW OPEN:
The FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) will close on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at 4:59 PM ET.*
*IMPORTANT: Applications will be submitted in a two-step process, each with its own deadline.
STEP 1: Submit an SF-424 in Grants.gov.
GRANTS.GOV APPLICATION DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025 (4:59 PM ET).
STEP 2: Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants.
JUSTGRANTS APPLICATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2025 (4:59 PM ET).
COPS Hiring Program Informational Webinar
The COPS Office will host an informational webinar on the COPS Hiring Program on May 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM ET.
ABOUT THE CHP PROGRAM
The Fiscal Year 2025 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) is a competitive award program designed 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 the CHP 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.
Local Law Enforcement Agencies
State Law Enforcement Agencies
Units of local government (e.g., counties, cities, school districts)
Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and their Public Agencies
Public Government Agencies
State and local governmental entities must comply with 8 U.S.C. §1373, which provides that State and local government entities may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, receiving from, maintaining, or exchanging information regarding citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual with components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or any other federal, state or local government entity. This includes any prohibitions or restrictions imposed or established by a State or local government entity or official. For additional information, please see the appendices in the FY25 CHP Application Resource Guide.
There is $156.6 million in funding available through FY 2025 CHP. Each award will support up to 75 percent of an officer or deputy entry-level salaries and fringe benefits for three years within a five-year period of performance to accommodate time needed for recruitment and hiring.
There is a minimum 25 percent local cash match (cost share) requirement, unless a waiver is approved. The maximum federal share per officer position is $125,000 over the three-year period, (not $125,00 per year) unless a local match waiver is approved. Any additional costs for higher than entry-level salaries and fringe benefits will be the responsibility of the recipient agency.
Applicants may request up to 2 percent of the federal award amount for direct costs associated with administering the award.
- Notice of Funding Opportunity Guide
- Application Resource Guide
- Fact Sheet
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Survey Questions
- SRO MOU Fact Sheet
- SRO Mandatory Training Fact Sheet
- Guidance for Understaffed Law Enforcement Agencies Operating below Budgeted Strength under the COPS Hiring Program (CHP) and Tribal Resources Grant Program—Hire (TRGP–Hire) Fact Sheet
- Background Investigation FAQs
Need more information on how to apply to any of our programs?
For additional assistance we encourage you to visit the How to Apply page, which includes frequently asked questions, appendices, additional fact sheets, links to webinars, and other resources.
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