Did you know that there are endless grants and funding opportunities for your agency to purchase new training and technology equipment? If you work at a state, local, tribal or territorial law enforcement agency, you may be eligible for federal grants and funding opportunities. Grants can help pay for new training software, technology, vehicles and other equipment needed to improve law enforcement efficiency. We've created this resource to help your police department or law enforcement agency find the grants and funding that you need to better prepare your officers.

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Grants for Police Departments and Law Enforcement Agencies

Below you will find some of our favorite police and law enforcement grants:

School Violence Prevention Grant Program

The Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 (STOP School Violence Act of 2018) gave the COPS Office authority to provide awards directly to States, units of local government, or Indian tribes to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee through evidence-based school safety programs.

Up to $25 million is available through this year’s COPS School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP).

Link: 2022 School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) Grant

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COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force Grant Program

The COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force (AHTF) Program is a competitive grant solicitation, open to state law enforcement agencies with multi jurisdictional reach and interdisciplinary team (e.g. task force) structures, in states with high per capita rates of primary treatment admissions.

Approximately $32 million in funding is available for FY 2022 AHTF. Each grant is two years (24 months) in duration, and there is no local match. Each grant recipient may receive a maximum of $3 million.

To be eligible applicants must:

• have primary authority over state seizures of heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, and other opioids
• have high per capita rates of primary treatment admissions for heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, and other opioids
• use the funds for investigative purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities related to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, or the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids

Link: 2022 COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force (AHTF) Program Grant

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COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Grant Program

The COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP) is a competitive grant solicitation, open to state law enforcement agencies with multijurisdictional reach and interdisciplinary team (e.g. task force) structures, in states with high seizures of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump seizures.

Approximately $8 million in funding is available for FY 2022 CAMP. Each grant is two years (24 months) in duration, and there is no local match.

Applicants must request at least $1 million, and  recipients may receive a maximum of $2 million.

To be eligible applicants must:

• Have primary authority over state seizures of methamphetamine
• Have high seizures of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump seizures
• Use the funds for investigative purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities related to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine (including precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine traffickers)
• Submit a budget request of at least $1 million.

Link: 2022 COPS ANTI-METHAMPHETAMINE PROGRAM (CAMP) GRANT

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Apex Officer Fund

The Apex Officer Fund was established to provide support for law enforcement agencies and programs, police officers and their families in need of support or assistance, and individuals pursuing a degree in public safety and law enforcement. The Apex Officer Fund supports a wide variety of strategies to advance police and law enforcement efforts through innovative techniques and technologies.

To be eligible applicants must:

• complete application on Apex Officer's website.
• answer and define: "What does it mean to be an Apex Officer?"
• demonstrate financial need and describe the intended use of the funds.

Link: Apex Officer Fund Program

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Community Policing Development Grant Program

The Fiscal Year 2022 Community Policing Development (CPD) program is a competitive solicitation, open to all public governmental agencies, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, community groups, and faith-based organizations.

Community Policing Development Grant Program 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.

The 2022 CPD program will fund projects that develop knowledge, increase awareness of effective community policing strategies, increase the skills and abilities of law enforcement and community partners, increase the number of law enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders using proven community policing practices, and institutionalize community policing practice in routine business.

Up to $6 million is available through this year’s program, and all awards are subject to the availability of funds.

Link: 2022 Community Policing Development (CPD) Program Grant

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Law Enforcement Mental Health And Wellness Act Grant Program

The Fiscal Year 2022 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) program is a competitive solicitation, open to all public governmental agencies, for-profit and nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, community groups, and faith-based organizations.

LEMHWA funds are used to improve the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement through training and technical assistance, demonstration projects, and implementation of promising practices related to peer mentoring mental health and wellness programs that are national in scope and responsive to the solicitation topic requirements.

The 2022 LEMHWA program will fund projects that develop knowledge, increase awareness of effective mental health and wellness strategies, increase the skills and abilities of law enforcement, and increase the number of law enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders using peer mentoring programs.

Up to $2 million is available through this year's program, and all awards are subject to the availability of funds.

The 2022 LEMHWA Grant Program will fund projects related to the following topic areas:

1. LEMHWA Peer Mentoring Training and Support
2. LEMHWA Recommendation Implementation
3. LEMHWA Peer Support Implementation Projects

Link: 2022 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program Grant

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Community Policing Grant Program

Community Policing Development 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.

The 2022 CPD program will fund projects that develop knowledge, increase awareness of effective community policing strategies, increase the skills and abilities of law enforcement and community partners, increase the number of law enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders using proven community policing practices, and institutionalize community policing practice in routine business.

Up to $6 million is available through this year’s program, and all awards are subject to the availability of funds.

Link: 2022 Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrant

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COPS Hiring Grant Program

The COPS Hiring Program (CHP) Program is a competitive solicitation, open to all state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies with primary law enforcement authority.

Approximately $400 million in funding is available for FY 2022 CHP. CHP provides funding to hire and re-hire entry level career law enforcement officers in order to preserve jobs, increase community policing capacities and support crime prevention efforts.

This program aims to increase the capacity of law enforcement agencies to implement community policing strategies that strengthen partnerships for safer communities and enhance law enforcement’s capacity to prevent, solve, and reduce crime through funding for additional officers. The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program (CHP) provides funding for entry-level salary and benefits of newly hired or rehired (as a result of layoffs) community policing officer positions over three years.

Link: 2022 COPS Hiring Program

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Preparing For Active Shooter Situations Grant Program

Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) grant funds are used to increase law enforcement and public safety by providing funds for scenario-based training that prepares officers and other first responders to safely and effectively handle active-shooter and other violent threats. The 2022 PASS program will fund projects that will provide training to meet the goal of the 2016 Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act in offering “scenario-based, integrated response courses designed to counter active shooter threats or acts of terrorism against individuals or facilities.”

The 2022 PASS program is open to all public governmental agencies, federally recognized Indian tribes, for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, community groups, and faith-based organizations.

Link: 2022 Preparing For Active Shooter Situations

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ADDITIONAL POLICE & LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR

Urban Areas Security Initiative Grant Program

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) FY 2004 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) reflects the intent of Congress and the Administration to create a sustainable national model program to enhance security and overall preparedness to prevent, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism. The initiative includes an urban area assessment and strategy component which will be used by ODP and the Urban Area Working Group (UAWG) to both allocate grant funding and guide delivery of direct services in the form of equipment, planning, training, exercises, and technical assistance for police departments and law enforcement agencies.

Link: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/docs/fy04uasi.pdf

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Federal Government Grant Programs

Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies. The US Department of Health and Human Services is proud to be the managing partner for Grants.gov, an initiative that will have an unparalleled impact on the grant community.

Link: http://www.grants.gov/

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United States Department Of Justice Grants

The Department of Justice offers funding opportunities to conduct research, to support law enforcement activities in state and local jurisdictions, to provide training and technical assistance, and to implement programs that improve the criminal justice system.

Link: http://www.usdoj.gov/10grants/index.html

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Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program

The Local Law Enforcement Block Grants (LLEBG) Program provides funds to units of local government to underwrite projects that reduce crime and improve public safety. The LLEBG Program emphasizes local decision-making and encourages communities to craft their own responses to local crime and drug problems.

Link: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/llebg_app.html

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Community Foundation Grants

Community Foundations are non-profit, tax-exempt, publicly supported grant-making organizations. The foundations are public charities, since they develop broad support from many unrelated donors with a wide range of charitable interests in a specific community.

Link: http://www.tgci.com/funding/community.asp

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Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Technology Grant

The COPS Office has distributed over 8 billion dollars to advance community policing since it was created in 1994. This funding supports a wide range of activities. COPS funding helps local law enforcement agencies hire, equip, and train new community policing professionals. COPS funding helps redeploy existing officers into their communities and studies ways to maximize the impact they have on the people who live there. COPS funds a wide variety of strategies to advance community policing through innovative techniques and technologies.

Link: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/default.asp?Item=65

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Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Grant Programs

Since 2009, BJA has supported a small number of Field-Initiated projects that bring fresh perspectives for reducing and preventing crime at the local, state, tribal, and national levels. Through Encouraging Innovation: Field Initiated Programs, BJA builds partnerships with law enforcement and other criminal justice practitioners to leverage innovative strategies for preventing and reducing crime. BJA's Field Initiated Program is an opportunity for criminal justice practitioners to identify an emerging or chronic criminal justice challenge and propose evidence-based strategies to strengthen public safety.

Link to Encouraging Innovation: Field-Initiated Programs: https://bja.ojp.gov/program/encouraging-innovation-field-initiated-programs/overview

Edward Byrne Memorial State And Local Law Enforcement Assistance Grant

The Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Grant Program (Byrne Formula Grant Program) is a partnership among federal, state, and local governments to create safer communities. Grants may be used to provide personnel, equipment, training, technical assistance, and information systems for more widespread apprehension, prosecution, adjudication, detention, and rehabilitation of offenders who violate such state and local laws.

Link: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/byrne.html

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Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative

The Officer Robert Wilson III Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officers and Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR) Initiative is an effort to improve the immediate and long-term safety, wellness, and resilience of our nation’s law enforcement officers. VALOR continuously evolves to confront the many complex issues, concerns, and trends that law enforcement officers face and to integrate the latest research and practices to address all aspects of officer safety, wellness, resilience, and performance.

According to a recent publication by BJA, the BJA expects to receive more than 18 applications in FY 2022 and will have approximately $13M available for awards. Eligible Applicants Are: State, local, tribal and territorial governments, non-profits, for-profits, and institutions of higher education.

Link to Valor Initiative: https://bja.ojp.gov/program/valor/overview#:%7E:text=The%20Officer%20Robert%20Wilson%20III,our%20nation's%20law%20enforcement%20officers.

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Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Grants

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking applications for funding to improve public safety and victim services in tribal communities. This solicitation provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia an opportunity to apply for funding to aid in developing a comprehensive and coordinated approach to public safety and victimization.

The grant programs outlined in this CTAS solicitation are referred to as purpose areas. Applicants may apply for funding under the purpose area(s) that best address tribes’ concerns related to public safety, criminal and juvenile justice, and responses to domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, and other crimes. Below is a list of the CTAS purpose areas that relate to BJA

Link: 2022 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation

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Conclusion

That's our list of law enforcement grant opportunities and funding resources for the 2022-23 fiscal year. If you don't see the grant you're looking for, fill out the form below and we will notify you when new grants or funding opportunities pop up. Otherwise, the best way to stay connected with new grant opportunities is to bookmark this page and return to this page. We update this page weekly. If you have any questions are team is here to help, so please reach out with any questions.

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Frequently Asked Grant Questions

What Are DOJ Grants?

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has three grant-making components: the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) comprised of six bureaus and program offices; and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). These agencies are responsible for awarding federal financial assistance to support law enforcement and public safety activities in state, local, and tribal jurisdictions; to assist victims of crime; to provide training and technical assistance; to conduct research; and to implement programs that improve the criminal, civil, and juvenile justice systems.

Source: DOJ Program Plan

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Do You Provide Assistance Applying For Grants?

Yes. Apex Officer is your trusted partner when it comes to applying for grants. If you would like our help applying for grants or need additional information before applying for grants, enter your information in the form above and one of our team members will provide you with grant assistance.