Units of local government (e.g., counties, cities, school districts)

Please view all solicitations below that you may be eligible for by being a unit of local government (e.g., counties, cities, school districts). You will find a description and criteria for each solicitation listed below. Please select the check mark if you meet the prescribed criteria and please click the X if you do not meet the criteria.

Community Policing Development: Critical Topics

Description: Funds are used to develop the capacity of law enforcement to implement community policing strategies by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities.

Sub Category Solicitations:

  • Tolerance, Diversity, and Anti-Bias Online Training

    Description: Funds to develop and pilot an online tolerance, diversity, and anti-bias training and deliver in classroom.

    Criteria: Is your agency one of the following: Institution of Higher Education, Unit of Local Government (e.g., county, city, school district), Non-Profit Organization, Faith Based Organization, Community Group, Public Government Agency, Federally Recognized Tribe and their Public Agencies, or For Profit (Commercial) Organization?

  • Emerging Issues

    Description: Funds to develop the capacity of law enforcement to implement community policing strategies by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities.

    Criteria: Is your agency one of the following: Institution of Higher Education, Unit of Local Government (e.g., county, city, school district), Non-Profit Organization, Faith Based Organization, Community Group, Public Government Agency, Federally Recognized Tribe and their Public Agencies, or For Profit (Commercial) Organization?

  • Innovations in Recruitment, Retention, and Workforce Diversification

    Description: Will provide funding to an organization to help law enforcement agencies, in particular those funded through the COPS Hiring Program (CHP), implement improvements to increase their capacity to attract and select the best candidates, including developing creative and engaging opportunities to market policing positions and expand the pool of potential applicants.

    Criteria: Is your agency one of the following: Institution of Higher Education, Unit of Local Government (e.g., county, city, school district), Non-Profit Organization, Faith Based Organization, Community Group, Public Government Agency, Federally Recognized Tribe and their Public Agencies, or For Profit (Commercial) Organization?

Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS)

Description: Funds to support a provider who can provide nationwide training to at least 20,000 first responders over the course of the award through scenario-based, multidisciplinary training classes.

Criteria: Is your agency one of the following: Institution of Higher Education, Non-Profit Organization, Faith Based Organization, Unit of Local Government (e.g., county, city, school district), Community Group, Public Government Agency, Federally Recognized Tribe and their Public Agencies, or For Profit (Commercial) Organization?

School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) Solicitation

Description: Funds to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the award recipient’s jurisdiction through evidence-based school safety programs and technology.

Criteria:  Is your agency one of the following: State, Local, or Tribal Law Enforcement Agency, Unit of Local Government (e.g., county, city, school district), Federally Recognized Tribe and their Public Agencies, or a Public Government Agency?