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NOW OPEN:
The FY26 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement funding opportunities
will close on Thursday, September 3, 2026, 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: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026 (4:59 PM ET).
STEP 2: Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants.
JUSTGRANTS APPLICATION DEADLINE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 (4:59 PM ET).
COPS Office Safer Outcomes: Enhancing Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement Informational Webinar
The COPS Office will host an informational webinar, on July 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET.
ABOUT THE SAFER OUTCOMES PROGRAM
The Safer Outcomes: Enhancing Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement program seeks to promote safe outcomes during police encounters through the integration of de-escalation and crisis response training and resources. Supported training programs must address one or more of the following areas of focus.
- De-escalation tactics and alternatives to use of force
- Safely responding to an individual experiencing a mental or behavioral health or suicidal crisis
- Safe encounters with individuals with disabilities
- Successfully participating on a crisis intervention team
- Making referrals to community-based services and support
We recognize that de-escalation and crisis response training must be dynamic and ongoing, for this reason we support training in a variety of formats designed to meet the needs of the law enforcement profession. The FY26 Safer Outcomes program has three funding opportunities, interested applicants should ensure that they apply under the funding opportunity and relevant funding path (if applicable) that meets their eligibility and intent.
- Safer Outcomes: Enhancing Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement – Support for Law Enforcement Agencies
- Safer Outcomes: Enhancing Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement - Curriculum Integration for Law Enforcement Academies and State-Level Training Commissions
- Safer Outcomes: Enhancing Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement - Continuation of Regional De-Escalation Training Centers
SAFER OUTCOMES PROGRAM FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Support for Law Enforcement Agencies
This funding opportunity will support training on de-escalation and crisis response, and equipment, supplies, personnel costs, and contracts for embedded co-responder crisis intervention teams.
Local Law Enforcement Agencies
State Law Enforcement Agencies
Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies
Territorial Law Enforcement 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 approximately $8 million in funding available through this funding opportunity. There is no local match required. Performance period for awards is 24 months.
Curriculum Integration for Law Enforcement Academies and State-Level Training Commissions
This funding opportunity will support integration of de-escalation and crisis response concepts throughout a curriculum of instruction used to train sworn officer candidates within a law enforcement academy setting or the development of statewide law enforcement training standards or trainings. Awards under this funding opportunity will be made under two distinct funding paths. Applicants will choose the appropriate path at time of application.
- Category 1: The Academy path will make awards to law enforcement training academies that deliver a curriculum of basic law enforcement instruction required for certification and employment in sworn officer positions for state, local, tribal, or territorial law enforcement agencies.
- Category 2: The Commission path will make awards to state-level regulatory bodies with the authority to establish training standards or mandate training curriculum for law enforcement officers in the state, commonly referred to as Police Officer Standards and Training Commissions or Peace Officer Standards and Training Commissions (POST).
For more information on curriculum integration, applicants are strongly encouraged to visit https://portal.cops.usdoj.gov/resourcecenter?item=cops-r1138 to access a publication on Improving Learning Outcomes in Police Academy Training, found in the COPS Office Resource Center. This publication describes a study that was conducted on the effectiveness of integrated curriculum in law enforcement academies and outlines potential promising practices that academies could employ to implement such models.
Eligibility is limited to law enforcement training academies or state-level regulatory bodies with the authority to establish training standards or mandate training curriculum for law enforcement:
- Government Entities
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Native American Tribal governments (other than federally recognized)
- Other
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.
Continuation of Regional De-Escalation Training Centers
This funding opportunity provides continuation funding to support training providers who deliver training of law enforcement officers, support personnel employed by law enforcement agencies, and associated mental health professionals.
Awards under this funding opportunity will be made under two distinct funding paths. Applicants will choose the appropriate path at time of application.
- Path 1: Continuation of Regional De-escalation Training Centers path will provide continuation funding for the provision of training and programming to state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies in a multistate region.
- Path 2: Continuation and Coordination of Regional De-escalation Training Centers path will provide continuation funding for the provision of training and programming to state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies in a multistate region. Additionally, under this path, funding will be provided to support and coordinate with the other the coordination of the Regional De-escalation Training Centers to foster ongoing communication and consistency across centers as well as development of other training deliverables as outlined in the NOFO.
Eligibility is limited to organizations that have received funding from the Safer Outcomes or Regional De-Escalation Training Centers programs in prior fiscal years (FY21-FY25).
- Educational Organizations
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Private institutions of higher education
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- For-Profit Organizations
- Organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- Other
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.
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