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### **Director's Corner: Grant Funding**

 February 2020 | Volume 13 | Issue 2

I am pleased to announce that the COPS Office has begun  accepting applications for our 2020 grant awards, and we are excited to offer a  full array of grants this year.

 If you work for a state, local, tribal, or territorial law  enforcement agency, or in a related field, I invite you to explore any of these  funding opportunities. Since Congress established our office in 1994, we’ve  awarded over $14 billion in grants, and are proud to say that this support has  sponsored many innovations which have become successful and widely implemented  programs and practices. 

## 2020 OPEN SOLICITATIONS

              -  COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force (AHTF) Program 
              -  COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP) 
              -  School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) 
              -  Community Policing Development (CPD) Program 
              -  Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) Program 
              -  Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program 
              -  Tribal Resources Grant Program – Technical Assistance (TRGP-TA) 
              -  Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) 
              -  COPS Hiring Program (CHP) 
              -  Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrants Program 

 For 2020, we will fund projects in eight law enforcement topic  areas, one of which is Community Policing  Development (CPD). CPD awards will support the development and testing of approaches  to preventing crime and promoting safe communities with a variety of projects  or programs. The COPS Office also  offers microgrants for projects and programs requiring smaller amounts of money. 

 Another area in which we are seeking applicants is efforts  to support the recently passed Law  Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA). Funding will be  available for training and technical assistance, demonstration projects, and  the implementation of promising practices to promote the wellbeing of our law  enforcement officers.

 A third source of funding is the Tribal Resources Grant Program – Technical  Assistance (TRGP-TA) grant program, which will support tribal law  enforcement agencies through training and technical assistance efforts.

 We are also seeking applications for the Preparing for Active Shooter Situations  (PASS) program, which will support scenario-based training for officers and  other first responders.

 Agencies looking to rehire or add new officers to their  staff should look into the COPS Hiring  Program (CHP). And those interested in information- or intelligence-sharing  should consider applying for a grant to support participation in the Regional Information Sharing System (RISS) program,  which is administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

 Two drug enforcement awards are also available this year. The COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP) funds investigations of the manufacture and  distribution of methamphetamine (including precursor diversion, laboratories,  or methamphetamine traffickers). The Anti-Heroin Task Force (AHTF) program funds investigations of the unlawful  distribution of heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, or opioids.

 Individually, each of the grants we are funding has great  potential to improve public and officer safety. All together, they can have a  tremendous impact on the wellbeing of millions of individuals and thousands of  communities throughout our nation. 

 At the COPS Office, we know that there are many law enforcement  agencies and organizations with critical needs and good ideas that deserve funding,  and we want to help them navigate the application process. So we’ve developed User Guides which can be found on each  grant program’s web page. 

 Applicants can also find tips on preparing a strong  application in this month’s Dispatch article, How to Write a Winning Grant  Proposal.

Please  don’t hesitate to apply and remember to start well before the application  deadlines.        

 – Director Keith

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