2021 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) Award Owner’s Manual

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2021 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) Award Owner’s Manual 

This manual was created to assist COPS Hiring Program (CHP) recipients with the administrative and financial 

matters associated with their award. 

For more information about your CHP award, please contact your COPS Office Grant Manager or the COPS Office 

Response Center at 800-421-6770. 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 

145 N Street NE 

Washington, DC 20530 

Visit the COPS Office online: cops.usdoj.gov 

Published December 2021 

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Contents 

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I. Award Acceptance, Terms, and Conditions 3 

The award document 3 

Award conditions 4 

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Accepting the award 38 

Who should sign the award document for our agency? 39 

By when must the award document be signed? 39 

II. Accessing Award Funds 40 

Payment method 40 

Additional payment questions 41 

III. Financial Record Maintenance 43 

Accounting systems and records 43 

IV. Federal Audit Requirements 45 

Single Audit Act (SAA) requirements 45 

Office of Inspector General (OIG) recipient audits 46 

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V. Reports 49 

Federal Financial Reports 49 

Performance Reports 51 

Contact points to obtain technical assistance and report violations 53 

VI. Community Policing Activities 54 

VII. When the Award Period Has Ended 55 

Final Federal Financial Report (SF -425) 55 

Final Program Progress (Closeout) Report 55 

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Appendix A. List of source documents 58 

Appendix B. Assurances and Certifications 59 

Appendix C. Community policing defined 65 

Appendix D. COPS Hiring Program (CHP) file management: Documents to maintain in CHP award file 72 

Appendix E. Memorandum of Understanding guidance 76 

Appendix F. Enhancement of contractor protection from reprisal for disclosure of certain information (41 U.S.C. 

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Appendix G. 2 CFR Appendix II to Part 200: Contract provisions for nonfederal entity contracts under federal 

awards 82 

Appendix H. Remittance of Interest Earned Amounts 84 

Glossary of Terms 85 

COPS Office Resources 90 

Websites 90 

Publications 90 

References 91 

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Getting Started 

Congratulations on receiving an award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing 

Services (COPS Office). COPS Hiring Program (CHP) awards provide funding directly to law enforcement agencies to 

hire or rehire career law enforcement officers for the advancement of public safety through an increase in their 

community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. 

FY 2021 CHP awards will cover up to 75 percent of the entry-level salary and fringe benefits for each approved 

position for a three-year period, based on the applicant’s current entry level salary levels for full-time officers. 

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, 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. Funding under this program will support three years of officer or deputy salaries within a 

five-year period of performance to accommodate time needed for recruitment and hiring. Agencies must retain 

each CHP-funded position for 12 months following the three years of funding for that position. The additional 

officer positions should be added to your agency’s law enforcement budget with state and/or local funds over and 

above the number of locally funded officer positions that would have existed in the absence of the award. 

Absorbing CHP-funded positions through attrition (rather than adding the extra positions to your budget with 

additional funding) does not meet the retention requirement.The COPS Office will fund as many positions as 

possible for successful applicants; however, the number of officer positions requested by an agency may be 

reduced based on the availability of funding and other programmatic considerations. Funding under this program 

may be used to do the following:Recipients are required to use CHP award funds for the specific hiring categories 

awarded. Funding under this program may be used to do the following: 

• Hire new officers, which includes filling existing officer vacancies that are no longer funded in your agency’s 

budget. These positions must be in addition to your current budgeted (funded) level of sworn officer 

positions, and the officers must be hired on or after the official award start date on the notice of award. 

• Rehire officers laid off by any jurisdiction as a result of state, local, or Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) budget 

reductions. The rehired officers must be rehired on or after the official award start date on the notice of 

award. Documentation must be maintained showing the date(s) that the positions were laid off and rehired. 

• Rehire officers who are (at the time of application) currently scheduled to be laid off by your jurisdiction on a 

specific future date as a result of state, local, or BIA budget reductions. Recipients will be required to 

continue funding the positions with local funding until the date(s) of the scheduled layoffs. The dates of the 

scheduled layoffs and the number of positions affected must be identified in the CHP application. The 

recipient may rehire the officers with CHP funding on or immediately after the date of the scheduled layoff. 

Unless required by a recipient jurisdiction, the agency is not required to formally complete the administrative 

steps associated with the layoff of the individual officers it is seeking to rehire so long as the agency can 

document that a final, approved budget decision was made to lay off those individual officers on the 

identified layoff date. Documentation must be maintained detailing the dates and reason(s) for the layoffs. 

Furthermore, agencies awarded will be required to maintain documentation that demonstrates that the 

scheduled layoffs are occurring for local economic reasons unrelated to the availability of CHP award funds; 

such documentation may include local council meeting minutes, memoranda, notices, or orders discussing 

the layoffs, budget documents ordering jurisdiction-wide budget reductions, and/or notices provided to the 

individual officers regarding the layoffs.The allowable uses of your agency’s CHP awards are specified in the 

Award Package. Specifically, the category of officer hire (new hire, rehire) is listed on the Other Award 

Documents section of the award.If your agency’s local fiscal conditions have changed since submitting the 

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2021 CHP application and your agency wishes to modify its CHP award to reprogram awarded funding into a 

different hiring funding category, please refer to “Modification conditions” in this manual for detailed 

information on requesting a post-award modification. 

Compliance with this Award Owner’s Manual is a condition of your award, and this manual is binding guidance. 

This CHP Award Owner’s Manual will assist your agency with the administrative and financial matters associated 

with your award. It was developed by the COPS Office to ensure that all CHP recipients clearly understand and 

meet the requirements of their award. Please review this manual carefully because a failure to follow award 

requirements can have serious ramifications. Please do not hesitate to call the COPS Office Response Center at 

800-421-6770 if you need assistance with the implementation of your award. 

Please note that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is retiring the current Summary Reporting System (SRS) 

and will transition to an all-National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data collection system within the 

next five years. The transition to NIBRS will provide a more complete and accurate picture of crime at the national, 

state, and local level. Beginning in 2021, the FBI will no longer collect summary data and will only accept data in 

the NIBRS format, and COPS Office awards will be based on submitted NIBRS data. Transitioning all law 

enforcement agencies to NIBRS is the first step in gathering more comprehensive crime data. The COPS Office 

encourages its award recipients to submit NIBRS data to the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division in a 

timely manner, thereby ensuring sufficient and complete crime and arrest data is available for consideration. For 

more information regarding NIBRS reporting, please see https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/nibrs-overview. 

Thank you for providing us with the opportunity to work in partnership with your community. 

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I. Award Acceptance, Terms, and Conditions 

Your entity must successfully set up their JustGrants account and enroll in ASAP to accept and manage their award. 

If you have enrolled into ASAP and JustGrants, you can accept an award in JustGrants. Prior to accepting an award, 

the entity administrator must assign a financial manager, a grant administrator, and two authorized 

representatives for each award in Just Grants. COPS Office recipients will have two Authorized Representatives 

assigned to each award; both are required to accept the award. When the Authorized Representative(s) log(s) into 

their JustGrants account, they can view accepted awards and awards that need to be accepted. An email 

notification will also be sent to the Application Submitter, the Authorized Representatives and the Entity 

Administrator to sign and accept their award. 

Accepting or declining an award can only be done through JustGrants. You can still print the PDF for reference. 

To officially accept and begin your CHP award, your agency must access the JustGrants website. To officially 

accept your award, the Award Instrument (which includes your Award Information, Financial Information, 

Award Conditions, and Other Award Documents, if applicable) must be signed electronically within 45 days from 

the announcement date. 

Your agency will not be able to draw down award funds until the COPS Office receives your signed award 

document. For more information on drawing down award funds, please see the section “Accessing Award Funds” 

in this manual. 

The award document 

The award document is the document indicating your official award funding amount, the number of officer 

positions awarded, the type of positions awarded, the award number, the award conditions, the approved 

problem focus area, and the award start and end dates. 

The award document is pre-printed with your government executives’ names. Be sure to familiarize yourself with 

all terms, conditions, and requirements of your award before accepting the award. To officially accept your award, 

the law enforcement and government executives electronically sign the award document within 45 days from the 

announcement date. 

The award start date is the first date of the Project Period on the award document. Your agency may be 

reimbursed for any allowable costs incurred on or after this date. Funding under this program will support three 

years of officer or deputy salaries within a five-year period of performance to accommodate time needed for 

recruitment and hiring. 

Your award number is in the following format: 15JCOPS-21-GG-00000-SAHT as shown in figure 1 on page 4 for 

awards funded in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. The COPS Office tracks award information based upon this number. 

Therefore, it is important to have your agency’s award number readily available when corresponding with the 

COPS Office. 

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Figure 1. Award number example 

If you have any questions regarding your award, please refer to your award number when you contact the COPS 

Office. 

Award conditions 

The award conditions are included in the award package. By accepting this award, you are obtaining federal funds 

from the COPS Office. As part of that agreement, your agency acknowledges that it will comply with these 

conditions (and, if applicable, additional special or high risk conditions specific to your agency). The section that 

follows describes, in detail, all of the award conditions, their rationales, and their implications. It also addresses 

many frequently asked questions. If you have additional questions concerning any of these award conditions, 

please contact your COPS Office Grant Program Specialist at 800-421-6770. 

In limited circumstances, your award may be subject to special or high risk conditions that prevent your agency 

from drawing down or accessing award funds until the special conditions are satisfied, as determined by the COPS 

Office. Any special or high risk conditions will be included with your award package, However, if you have 

questions about the special conditions, please call your COPS Office Grant Program Specialist at 800-421-6770. 

Reasons foraward conditions 

The requirements of your CHP award are established within 

• the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994, which established the COPS Office; 

• applicable rules, regulations, and policies issued by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the United States Treasury; 

• the specific CHP programmatic requirements established by the COPS Office. 

A list of source documents for this manual is provided in the appendices. You may request copies of any source 

reference document from: 

Office of Administration, Publication Unit 

New Executive Office Building 

725 17th Street NW, Room G 236 

Washington, DC 20503 

COPS Office–specific documents may be requested directly from the COPS Office. 

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By signing the award document to accept this COPS Hiring Program award, your agency agrees to abide by the 

following award conditions: 

1. Award Owner’s Manual 

Condition: 

The recipient agrees to comply with the terms and conditions in the applicable 2021 COPS Office Program Award 

Owner's Manual; DOJ Grants Financial Guide; COPS Office statute (34 U.S.C. § 10381, et seq.) as applicable; 

Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. § 10551, et seq.) as 

applicable; the requirements of 2 C.F.R. Part 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit 

Requirements for Federal Awards) as adopted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2 C.F.R. § 2800.101; 48 C.F.R. 

Part 31 (FAR Part 31) as applicable (Contract Cost Principles and Procedures); the Cooperative Agreement as 

applicable; representations made in the application; and all other applicable program requirements, laws, orders, 

regulations, or circulars. 

Why this condition: 

This manual has been designed to inform you of the requirements, laws, regulations, and policies that apply to 

your award. Your agency will be responsible for the information and rules contained in this manual and for 

implementing your award in compliance with the applicable terms, conditions, and regulations. More detailed 

guidance regarding any particular award requirement or your agency’s specific circumstances can be requested 

through your COPS Office Grant Program Specialist. 

What you should do: 

Please read the entire CHP Award Owner’s Manual carefully prior to signing the award document. If you have any 

questions, please contact your COPS Office Grant Program Specialist. When accepting your award, you should 

ensure that the proper reporting and financial systems are in place to satisfy the award requirements. 

2. Assurances and Certifications 

Condition: 

The recipient acknowledges its agreement to comply with the Assurances and Certifications forms that were signed 

as part of its application. 

Why this condition: 

Although the COPS Office has made every effort to simplify the process of applying for and receiving awards, 

several provisions of federal law require us to obtain the recipient’s signed Assurances and Certifications regarding 

certain matters. Most of the Assurances and Certifications apply to all federal award programs. 

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Applicants to COPS Office award programs are required to sign the Assurances and Certifications forms at the time 

of application and application update. Signing these documents assures the COPS Office that you have read, 

understood, and accepted the award terms and conditions outlined in the Assurances and Certifications. Please 

read these documents carefully, because signatures on these documents are treated as a material representation 

of fact upon which reliance was placed when the U.S. Department of Justice determined whether to fund the 

covered award. Additional copies of the Assurances and Certifications forms are contained in the appendices of 

this manual. If you have any questions about them, please contact your COPS Office Grant Program Specialist at 

800-421-6770. 

3. Allowable Costs

Condition: 

The funding under this program will support three years of officer or deputy salaries (up to a maximum federal 

amount of $125,000 per officer over three years) within a five-year period of performance to accommodate time 

needed for recruitment and hiring. Agencies must retain each CHP-funded position for 12 months following the 

three years of funding for that position. The additional officer positions should be added to your agency’s law 

enforcement budget with state and/or local funds over and above the number of locally funded officer positions 

that would have existed in the absence of the award. Absorbing CHP-funded positions through attrition (rather 

than adding the extra positions to your budget with additional funding) does not meet the retention requirement 

Your agency is required to use CHP award funds for the specific hiring categories awarded. Funding under this 

program may be used for the following categories: 

• Hire new officers, which includes filling existing officer vacancies that are no longer funded in your agency’s 

budget. These positions must be in addition to your current budgeted (funded) level of sworn officer positions, 

and the officers must be hired on or after the official award start date on the notice of award. 

• Rehire officers laid off by any jurisdiction as a result of state, local, or Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) budget 

reductions. The rehired officers must be rehired on or after the official award start date on the notice of 

award. Documentation must be maintained showing the date(s) that the positions were laid off and rehired. 

• Rehire officers who are (at the time of application) currently scheduled to be laid off by your jurisdiction on a 

specific future date as a result of state, local, or BIA budget reductions. Recipients will be required to continue 

funding the positions with local funding until the date(s) of the scheduled layoffs. The dates of the scheduled 

layoffs and the number of positions affected must be identified in the CHP application. The recipient may 

rehire the officers with CHP funding on or immediately after the date of the scheduled layoff. Unless required 

by a recipient jurisdiction, the agency is not required to formally complete the administrative steps associated 

with the layoff of the individual officers it is seeking to rehire so long as the agency can document that a final, 

approved budget decision was made to lay off those individual officers on the identified layoff date. 

Documentation must be maintained detailing the dates and reason(s) for the layoffs. Furthermore, agencies 

awarded will be required to maintain documentation that demonstrates that the scheduled layoffs are 

occurring for local economic reasons unrelated to the availability of CHP award funds; such documentation 

may include local council meeting minutes, memoranda, notices, or orders discussing the layoffs, budget 

documents ordering jurisdiction-wide budget reductions, and/or notices provided to the individual officers 

regarding the layoffs. 

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CHP funds may only be used to pay for entry-level salaries and fringe benefits for 36 months for full-time career 

law enforcement officers hired or rehired on or after the award start date. You may use the CHP award to hire or 

rehire experienced officers, but award funding must be limited to paying your agency’s entry-level salary and 

fringe benefits; any costs higher than entry-level must be paid by your agency with local funds. 

What you should do: 

All recipients should keep and maintain the most recent, approved version of your 2021 CHP application, which 

will contain the approved costs for this award. Refer to your award financial informationfor the list of approved 

allowable costs. As long as funds are spent during the award period on the approved salaries and benefits that 

were documented in your application’s budget summary and were approved through the issuance of the award 

financial information, this award condition will be satisfied. The award number should be indicated on all 

budgetary documentation including purchase orders, receipts, and other documentation. All recipients should 

keep and maintain the most recent, approved version of their 2021 CHP application for future reference. 

Refer to your award financial information for the list of approved allowable costs. Salaries covered by CHP must be 

based on your agency’s standard entry-level salary and fringe benefits package under the laws or rules that govern 

hiring by your agency. Salary and fringe benefit payments must be based on payroll records supported by time and 

attendance records or their equivalent. Examples of the types of records your agency must keep to document 

allowable costs are described in the section “Financial Record Management” in this manual. Any additional costs 

above the approved entry-level salaries and fringe benefits are the responsibility of the recipient agency. Civilian 

positions, salaries and fringe benefits of part-time officer positions, overtime, training, weapons, communication 

equipment, and vehicles cannot be funded with your CHP award. 

CHP award funding may be used to pay the approved entry-level salaries and fringe benefits of newly hired officer 

recruits while they are in basic academy training prior to swearing them in if it is your agency’s standard practice to 

pay recruits while in training. 

Please be advised that recipients may not use COPS Office funding for the same item or service also funded by 

another U.S. Department of Justice award. See also award condition “Duplicative Funding” for more information. 

4. Supplementing, NotSupplanting 

Condition: 

State, local, and tribal government recipients must use CHP funds to supplement, and not supplant, state, local, or 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) funds that are already committed or otherwise would have been committed for 

award purposes (officer hiring) during the award period. In other words, recipients may not use COPS Office funds 

to supplant (replace) state, local, or BIA funds that would have been dedicated to the COPS Office-funded item(s) in 

the absence of the COPS Office award ( 34 U.S.C. § 10384(a)) . 

Why this condition: 

The COPS Office statutory nonsupplanting requirement mandates that award funds will not be used to replace 

state or local funds (or, for tribal recipients, BIA funds) that would, in the absence of federal aid, be made available 

for the award purposes. Instead, CHP award funds must be used to increase the total amount of funds that would 

otherwise be made available for hiring or rehiring law enforcement officers. 

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Your agency may not reduce its sworn officer budget just to take advantage of the CHP award. Any budget 

reductions must be for fiscal or other reasons unrelated to the receipt of CHP award funds to avoid a violation of 

the nonsupplanting requirement. 

Your agency may not reduce its locally funded number of sworn officer positions during the three-year CHP award 

period as a direct result of receiving CHP funding. Reductions in locally funded sworn officer positions that occur 

for reasons unrelated to CHP funding—such as citywide budget reductions—do not violate the nonsupplanting 

requirement, but your agency must maintain documentation demonstrating the date(s) and reason(s) for the 

budget reductions to prove that they were unrelated to the receipt of CHP funding in the event of an audit, 

monitoring site visit, or other form of award compliance review. 

Under CHP, the nonsupplanting requirement means that a recipient receiving CHP funds to hire a new officer 

position, including filling an existing officer vacancy that is no longer funded in the recipient’s local budget, must 

hire the additional position on or after the official award start date, above its current budgeted (funded) level of 

sworn officer positions. 

The nonsupplanting requirement also means that a recipient receiving CHP funds to rehire an officer laid off as a 

result of state, local, or BIA budget reductions must rehire the officer on or after the official award start date. The 

recipient must maintain documentation in its CHP award file showing the dates that the officer was laid off and 

rehired. 

In addition, the nonsupplanting requirement means that a recipient that receives CHP funds to rehire an officer 

who was, at the time of award application, scheduled to be laid off on a specific future date as a result of state, 

local, or BIA budget reductions, must continue to fund the officer with its own funds through the award start date 

until the date of the scheduled layoff. [For example, if the award start date is July 1 and the layoff is scheduled for 

November 1, then the COPS Office funds may not be used to fund the officer until November 1, the date of the 

scheduled layoff.] Your agency must have identified the date(s) of the scheduled layoffs and the number of officers 

to be laid off in its application. Your agency must maintain documentation showing the date(s) and reason(s) for 

the layoffs, the number of officers laid off, the number of officers rehired, and the dates the officers were rehired. 

[Please note that your agency may rehire the officers scheduled for layoff with CHP funding on or immediately 

after the date of the scheduled layoff. Unless required by your jurisdiction, your agency is not required to formally 

complete the administrative steps associated with the layoff of the individual officers you are seeking to rehire so 

long as your agency can document that a final, approved budget decision was made to layoff those particular 

individual officers on the identified layoff date.] 

Documentation that may be used to prove that scheduled layoffs or budget reductions are occurring for local 

economic reasons that are unrelated to the availability of CHP award funds may include (but are not limited to) 

council or departmental meeting minutes, memoranda, notices, or orders discussing the layoffs; notices provided 

to the individual officers regarding the date(s) of the layoffs; or final budget documents ordering departmental or 

jurisdiction-wide budget reductions. These records must be maintained with your agency’s CHP award records 

during the award period and for three years following the official closeout of the CHP award in the event of an 

audit, monitoring, or other evaluation of your award compliance. 

For more information regarding complying with the nonsupplanting requirement, including implementing your 

award when you have locally funded vacancies, please see the Grant Monitoring Standards and Guidelines for All 

COPS Grants and Cooperative Agreements (usdoj.gov). 

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Your agency may request an extension of the 60-month award period to receive additional time to implement your 

award program. Such extensions do not provide additional funding. Any request for an extension will be evaluated 

on a case-by-case basis. Only those recipients that can provide a reasonable justification for delays will be granted 

no-cost extensions. Reasonable justifications may include difficulties in filling COPS Office-funded positions, officer 

turnover, or other circumstances that interrupt the 36-month award funding period. An extension allows your 

agency to compensate for such delays by providing additional time to complete the full 36 months of funding for 

each position awarded. Extension requests must be received prior to the end date of the award. 

Why this condition: 

Under federal regulations, requests to extend the award period require prior written approval from the COPS 

Office. Without an approved extension, your agency is not permitted to draw down federal funding for costs 

incurred beyond the official award end date. However, if justified, the COPS Office seeks to accommodate 

reasonable requests for no-cost time extensions in order to fully implement the COPS Office award. 

What you should do: 

Requests to extend the award period must be submitted online and received by the COPS Office before the official 

award end date. Extension requests received after the expiration date will only be considered when the recipient 

provides justification of extraordinary circumstances; an example of this would be an instance where an 

unforeseen natural disaster prevented a recipient from requesting an extension. Failure to submit a request for a 

no-cost time extension by the end date may result in the immediate deobligation of any remaining award funds. 

If your agency has excess funds remaining at the end of the award due to salary and fringe benefit costs that were 

lower than anticipated, your agency may not extend award for the purpose of expending those excess funds. 

Recipients are entitled to a maximum of 36 months of federal funding based on the approved salary and fringe 

benefit costs in the award. The COPS Office will deobligate any remaining award funds during the closeout process. 

If you have any additional questions regarding a no-cost time extension, please contact your COPS Office Grant 

Program Specialist at 800-421-6770. 

6. Modifications 

Condition: 

Occasionally, a change in an agency’s fiscal or law enforcement situation necessitates a change in its COPS Office 

CHP award. Award modifications under CHP are evaluated on a case-by-case basis in accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 

200.308. For federal awards in excess of $250,000, any modification request involving the reallocation of funding 

between budget categories that exceed or are expected to exceed 10 percent (10%) of the total approved budget 

requires prior written approval by the COPS Office. Regardless of the federal award amount or budget modification 

percentage, any reallocation of funding is limited to approved budget categories. In addition, any budget 

modification that changes the scope of the project requires prior written approval by the COPS Office. In addition, 

please be aware that the COPS Office will not approve any modification request that results in an increase of 

federal funds. 

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In addition, modification requests should be submitted to the COPS Office when an agency determines that it will 

need to shift officer positions awarded in one hiring category into a different hiring category and/or reduce the 

total number of positions awarded. For example, if an agency was awarded CHP funding for two new, additional 

sworn officer positions, but due to fiscal distress/constraints the agency needs to change the hiring category from 

the new hire category to the rehire category for officers laid off or scheduled for layoff on a specific future date 

post-application, the agency would have to request a modification. The COPS Office will only consider a 

modification request after an agency makes final, approved budget and/or personnel decisions. An agency may 

implement the modified award following written approval from the COPS Office. Please be aware that the COPS 

Office will not approve any modification request that results in an increase of federal funds. 

Why thiscondition: 

Under federal regulations, you are required to expend federal funds only as approved in the award financial 

information. In addition, under CHP you are expected to expend funding only for the specific hiring categories 

awarded, as indicated on your Award Document. Any requests to change or alter an award should be submitted to 

the COPS Office for prior approval. Following written approval from the COPS Office, implementation of the 

modified award may begin. 

What youshould do:

You should notify the COPS Office if you determine that your agency will need to change hiring categories, reduce 

the total number of positions awarded, or make other changes to the entry-level salary and benefit amounts or 

categories. To modify your award from the new hire category to the rehire category, your agency must complete a 

hiring category change modification and submit supporting documentation by accessing JustGrants, providing the 

proposed changes, details of why the change is needed, etc. 

For additional information about the process for submitting your specific award modification request, please 

contact your COPS Office Grant Program Specialist at 800-421-6770. The COPS Office will then evaluate your 

request and notify your agency of our decision in writing. Implementation of the modified award may begin 

following written approval from the COPS Office. Please note that modification approvals for active awards will 

often be accompanied by a modified award document reflecting the approved changes. 

7. Evaluations 

Condition: 

The COPS Office may conduct monitoring or sponsor national evaluations of its award programs. The recipient 

agrees to cooperate with the monitors and evaluators 34 U.S.C. § 10385(b). 

Why thiscondition: 

The Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 states that evaluations of the program may be 

carried out or commissioned by the attorney general for the furtherance of the purposes of the act. The COPS 

Office conducts evaluations to determine which programs are working, how programs may be improved, and why 

certain programs are more successful than others. Specifically, the COPS Office may assess the way in which your 

agency implements its CHP award. In some jurisdictions, COPS Office staff members or evaluators may study the 

effectiveness of funded programs, projects, and activities. Evaluators may collect information about the programs’ 

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the challenges encountered during project implementation, how residents feel about community policing, and 

how police feel about their work. This information will be useful to other communities and police agencies across 

the country. 

What youshould do: 

When evaluations are undertaken, you may be contacted in writing with specific requests for information. In 

general, evaluators may need to speak with individuals in your department, observe activities, and obtain written 

reports about and from your department. You will be asked to facilitate any site visits and information gathering 

activities. In addition, you will be asked to provide accurate and timely information about your award activities. 

You should fully comply with any requests made regarding these evaluations. 

8. Reports/Performance Goals

Condition: 

To assist the COPS Office in monitoring and tracking the performance of your award, your agency will be 

responsible for submitting semi-annual programmatic progress reports that describe project activities during the 

reporting period and quarterly Federal Financial Reports using Standard Form 425 (SF-425). 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.328 -

200.329. The progress report is used to track your agency’s progress toward implementing community policing 

strategies and to collect data to gauge the effectiveness of increasing your agency’s community policing capacity 

through COPS Office funding. The Federal Financial Report is used to track the expenditures of the recipient’s award 

funds on a cumulative basis throughout the life of the award. 

Why thiscondition: 

The Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 and other federal regulations and policies 

require that financial assistance provided by the Federal Government must be monitored carefully to ensure the 

proper use of federal funds. In addition, the COPS Office seeks to document, on a continuing basis, the progress of 

our programs and recipients. 

What youshould do:

This award condition is designed to make your agency aware of reporting requirements associated with CHP 

awards. Semiannual programmatic progress reports and a final programmatic closeout report must be submitted 

directly to the COPS Office through the “Performance Management” section of the Award in JustGrants . Your 

agency is also required to submit semiannual Federal Financial Reports using Standard Form 425 (SF-425) within 30 

days after the end of each calendar quarter. A final SF-425 will be due within 120 days after the end of the award 

period. This report reflects the actual cumulative federal expenditures incurred during the funding period and the 

remaining unobligated balance of federal funds. Under federal regulations, your agency is not permitted to draw 

down federal funding for costs incurred after the official award end date; however, you will have a 120-day grace 

period after the award end date during which you can draw down funds for eligible expenditures incurred before 

the award end date. Agencies with more than one delinquent programmatic or financial report submission per 

fiscal year may be subject to delays in receiving reimbursement for allowable expenses, and may be required to 

receive technical assistance to improve compliance with reporting. These reports are discussed in greater detail in 

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“Reports” in this manual. All reports should be submitted within the deadlines given to avoid suspension or 

possible termination of award funds or other remedial actions; failure to submit required reports may also impact 

future funding opportunities. 

9. Award Monitoring Activities 

Condition: 

Federal law requires that recipients receiving federal funding from the COPS Office must be monitored to ensure 

compliance with their award conditions and other applicable statutes and regulations. The COPS Office is also 

interested in tracking the progress of our programs and the advancement of community policing. Both aspects of 

award implementation—compliance and programmatic benefits—are part of the monitoring process coordinated 

by the U.S. Department of Justice. Award monitoring activities conducted by the COPS Office include site visits, 

office-based grant reviews, alleged noncompliance reviews, financial and programmatic reporting, and audit 

resolution. As a COPS Office award recipient, you agree to cooperate with and respond to any requests for 

information pertaining to your award. This includes all financial records, such as general accounting ledgers and all 

supporting documents. All information pertinent to the implementation of the award is subject to agency review 

throughout the life of the award, during the close-out process and for three-years after the submission of the final 

expenditure report. 34 U.S.C. § 10385(a) and 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.334 and 200.337. 

Why thiscondition: 

The Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 states that each award program must contain a 

monitoring component. The COPS Office actively monitors how recipients are complying with COPS Office award 

requirements. In addition, the monitoring component provides customer service and technical assistance to help 

ensure recipients understand how to remain in compliance while implementing their awards. 

What youshould do: 

Your agency may be required to accommodate routine and non-routine efforts by the COPS Office, or an entity 

designated by the COPS Office, to examine your agency’s use of federal funds both programmatically and 

financially. The four primary means of ensuring recipients’ compliance with the terms and conditions of their 

awards are as follows: 

1. Site Visits. The COPS Office strategically selects award recipients based on a variety of risk factors to 

conduct site visits to ensure compliance with award terms and conditions. The purpose of site visits is 

three-fold: 

i. To review for compliance with the terms and conditions of the award 

ii. To review the recipient’s community policing strategies 

iii. To provide customer service and technical assistance 

If selected, recipients will be notified in writing in advance with detailed instructions for how to prepare 

for the review of their COPS Office awards. This review is generally performed over a period of one or 

more days. Recipients will have an opportunity to resolve any identified noncompliance issues while onsite or, if necessary, following the site visit. In addition, recipients will have an opportunity to seek 

customer service and/or technical assistance on the implementation of their award. 

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2. Enhanced Office-Based Grant Reviews (EOBGR). In lieu of a site visit, awards may be selected for an 

EOBGR conducted at the COPS Office via teleconference or video conference. EOBGRs serve as an 

alternative for conducting award monitoring reviews in support of the COPS Office’s overall award 

monitoring strategy. The purpose of the EOBGR is three-fold: 

i. To review for compliance with the terms and conditions of the award 

ii. To review the recipient’s community policing strategies 

iii. To provide customer service and technical assistance 

If selected, the recipient will be notified in writing in advance of any EOBGR of its COPS Office awards. This 

review is generally performed over a one- to two-day period. Recipients will have an opportunity to 

resolve any identified noncompliance issues if necessary following the EOBGR interview. In addition, 

award recipients will have an opportunity to seek customer service and/or technical assistance on the 

implementation of their award. 

3. Alleged Noncompliance Referral (ANCR). An ANCR is an allegation of suspected noncompliance that 

originates from an internal source within the COPS Office or an external referral from one of many 

sources. Internal ANCRs generally originate from the COPS Office Grants Administration Division, the 

COPS Office Finance Division, or the COPS Office Legal Division, although any COPS Office component may 

refer a noncompliance issue to the ANCR. External noncompliance referrals may be received from 

anonymous complainants, media, citizens, law enforcement agencies, other federal agencies, or other 

outside sources. On a case-by-case basis, COPS Office ANCR staff members determine the appropriate 

course of action to take to investigate complaints of alleged noncompliance. This may include phone or 

letter contact or a site visit or an EOBGR by COPS Office staff or the Office of the Inspector General OIG. 

Each ANCR referral is resolved as a violation or nonviolation based upon supporting documentation 

and/or other factors used to make a determination for compliance or noncompliance. 

4. Audit Liaison. The OIG may conduct a random audit for any recipient of a COPS Office award. In the event 

your agency has undergone an OIG audit and there are audit recommendations (findings) resulting from 

noncompliance and/or poor accountability practices, the COPS Office Audit Liaison Section will work with 

your agency to resolve and close these recommendations. Remedies to close recommendations may 

include repayment of award funds and/or providing adequate documentation to demonstrate compliance 

and/or providing proof of policies or procedures that were created or revised to directly address the 

causes for the noncompliance as a proactive preventative measure to avoid future noncompliance. 

Recipients are responsible for remedying any award noncompliance that is identified during site visits, EOBGRs, 

and/or ANCRs. In addition, recipients are responsible for remedying noncompliance stemming from audit 

recommendations identified in audits of COPS Office awards conducted by the OIG and the Office of the Chief 

Financial Officer (OCFO). Remedies for noncompliance may include but are not limited to repayment of award 

funds for unallowable or unsupported costs, providing adequate documentation to demonstrate compliance, 

suspending active award funding, voluntary withdrawal from or involuntary termination of remaining award funds, 

or a restriction from receiving future COPS Office awards for a period of time. Under certain conditions, additional 

actions may include referral and placement on the U.S. Department of Justice’s High Risk List, which will include 

mandatory completion of the Office of Justice Programs Financial Management Training and being subject to 

increased monitoring of current and future awards while on the list. In the event of criminal misuse of award 

funds, recipients may also be subject to fines and imprisonment. To avoid findings of noncompliance, recipients 

are strongly encouraged to become familiar with the Grant Monitoring Standards and Guidelines for All COPS 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements (usdoj.gov) for the year in which the award is funded. Recipients should also 

contact the COPS Office or their Grant Program Specialist at any time during the life of a COPS Office award with 

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questions concerning award conditions, terms, or requirements to seek guidance to avoid noncompliance. It is 

necessary for recipients to maintain all relevant documentation (administrative, financial, and programmatic) used 

to develop the application and implement the award that may be necessary or required to demonstrate award 

compliance. For more information, please contact the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770 or at 

AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov. 

10. Federal Civil Rights Laws 

Condition: 

The Applicant understands that the federal statutes and regulations applicable to the award (if any) made by the 

Department based on the application specifically include statutes and regulations pertaining to civil rights and 

nondiscrimination, and, in addition— 

1. the Applicant understands that the applicable statutes pertaining to civil rights will include section 601 of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d); section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 794); section 

901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. § 1681); and section 303 of the Age Discrimination Act of 

1975 (42 U.S.C. § 6102); 

2. the Applicant understands that the applicable statutes pertaining to nondiscrimination may include section 

809(c) of Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. § 10228(c)); section 1407(e) of 

the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. § 20110(e)); section 299A(b) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention Act of 2002 (34 U.S.C. § 11182(b)); and that the grant condition set out at section 40002(b)(13) of the 

Violence Against Women Act (34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(13)), which will apply to all awards made by the Office on 

Violence Against Women, also may apply to an award made otherwise; 

3. the Applicant understands that it must require any subrecipient to comply with all such applicable statutes (and 

associated regulations); and 

4. on behalf of the Applicant, I make the specific assurances set out in 28 C.F.R. §§ 42.105 and 42.204. 

The Applicant also understands that (in addition to any applicable program-specific regulations and to applicable 

federal regulations that pertain to civil rights and nondiscrimination) the federal regulations applicable to the 

award (if any) made by the Department based on the application may include, but are not limited to, 2 C.F.R. Part 

2800 (the DOJ "Part 200 Uniform Requirements") and 28 C.F.R. Parts 22 (confidentiality - research and statistical 

information), 23 (criminal intelligence systems), 38 (regarding faith-based or religious organizations participating in 

federal financial assistance programs), and 46 (human subjects protection). 

Why thiscondition: 

In establishing financial assistance programs, Congress linked the receipt of federal funding to compliance with 

federal civil rights laws. As a result, recipients are required to comply with the civil rights requirements found in 

the nondiscrimination provisions referenced above. A hold may be placed on your award if it is deemed that your 

agency is not in compliance with federal civil rights laws or is not cooperating with an ongoing federal civil rights 

investigation. If a hold is placed on your award, you will not be able to obligate or draw down federal funds under 

your agency’s COPS Office award until you comply with federal civil rights laws or cooperate with any ongoing 

federal civil rights investigation. 

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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice has been delegated the 

responsibility for ensuring that recipients of federal financial assistance from the COPS Office are not engaged in 

discrimination prohibited by law. Included with your award package is a letter from the OCR, which addresses the 

federal civil rights statutes and regulations applicable to your award. You should review this memorandum to 

understand your agency’s civil rights responsibilities. For an overview of the civil rights laws and nondiscrimination 

requirements in connection with your award, please see https://www.ojp.gov/program/civil-rights/overview. 

As a recipient of federal financial assistance from the COPS Office, you are required to comply with the applicable 

federal civil rights laws and to collect data and information sufficient to permit effective enforcement of such laws 

and to cooperate with any federal civil rights investigation, which includes providing access to records, accounts, 

documents, information, facilities, and staff. 

11. Equal Employment Opportunity Plan (EEOP)

Condition: 

All recipients of funding from the COPS Office must comply with the federal regulations pertaining to the 

development and implementation of an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan (EEOP) (28 C.F.R. Part 42 subpart E). 

Why this condition: 

It is the experience of the U.S. Department of Justice in implementing its responsibilities under the Omnibus Crime 

Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Safe Streets Act), the statute that funds the COPS Office, that “the full and 

equal participation of women and minority individuals in employment opportunities in the criminal justice system 

is a necessary component to the Safe Streets Act’s program to reduce crime and delinquency in the United States” 

(28 CFR § 42.301). EEOPs do not impose quotas or hiring requirements on recipients. 

What youshould do: 

The obligations to comply with the EEOP requirement differ depending on your organization’s legal status, the 

number of its employees, and the amount of the award. 

If your organization is a government agency or private business and has received a single award for $25,000 or 

more and has fifty or more employees (counting both full- and part-time employees but excluding political 

appointees), then it has to prepare a Utilization Report and submit it to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within 120 

days from the date of the award. Although the OCR has discretion to review all submitted Utilization Reports, it will 

review the Utilization Reports from recipients that receive an award of $500,000 or more. 

To begin developing a Utilization Report, please consult the OCR's website at 

https://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/about/ocr/eeop.htm and click EEOP Reporting Tool Login. Additional assistance can 

be found online at the bottom of the same webpage by clicking the EEO Reporting Tool Job Aid and Frequently 

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If your organization has less than fifty employees or receives an award of less than $25,000 or is a nonprofit 

organization, a medical institution, an educational institution, or an Indian tribe, then it is exempt from the EEOP 

requirement. To claim the exemption, however, your organization must certify that it is exempt by logging into the 

EEO Reporting Tool on the OCR website at https://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/about/ocr/eeop.htm, providing the 

contact and organizational profile information, and then submitting a Certificate of Exemption. 

If you have further questions regarding the EEOP requirements, you may contact an EEOP specialist at the OCR by 

telephone at 202-307-0690, by TTY at 202-307-2027, or by e-mail at EEOPforms@usdoj.gov. 

12. False Statements 

Condition: 

False statements or claims made in connection with COPS Office awards may result in fines, imprisonment, 

debarment from participating in federal awards or contracts, and/or any other remedy available by law. 31 U.S.C. § 

3729-3733. 

Why thiscondition: 

This condition advises recipients of the consequences of submitting false claims or statements on applications, 

financial and programmatic reports, or other award documents. 

What youshould do: 

Ensure that all documentation related to your agency’s receipt and use of award funding (award applications, 

progress reports, Federal Financial Reports, etc.) is true and accurate. 

13. Duplicative Funding 

Condition: 

The recipient understands and agrees to notify the COPS Office if it receives, from any other source, funding for the 

same item or service also funded under this award. 

Why thiscondition: 

This award was provided to your agency to address its law enforcement needs that are not funded with other 

funds, including federal, state, local, tribal, or BIA funds. Consequently, your agency may not use this funding for 

items or services that you already have funding for from other sources. 

What youshould do: 

If your agency receives funding from another source for the same item(s) or services(s) also funded under this 

award, please contact your COPS Office Grant Program Specialist at 800-421-6770. 

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The recipient agrees to comply with any additional requirements that may be imposed during the award 

performance period if the awarding agency determines that the recipient is a high-risk recipient. 2 C.F.R. § 200.208. 

Why thiscondition: 

In accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 200.208, the DOJ may impose additional requirements specific to your award, as 

needed, when it determines that there is unsatisfactory performance, financial or administrative instability, 

noncompliance with award terms and conditions, or other lack of responsibility risk factors. In such cases, the DOJ 

may impose special conditions or restrictions that may include requiring the production of documentation, 

financial award administration training, on-site monitoring, prior approval for expenditure of funds, quarterly 

progress reports, separate bank accounts, or other requirements. 

What youshould do:

In order to obtain a COPS Office award, recipients must agree to comply with any additional requirements that 

may be imposed during the award performance period if the awarding agency determines that the recipient is a 

high-risk recipient. 

15. System forAward Management (SAM) andUniversal Identifier Requirements 

Condition: 

The recipient agrees to comply with the following requirements of 2 C.F.R. Part 25, Appendix A to Part 25 – Award 

Term: 

I. System for Award Management and Universal Identifier Requirements 

A. Requirement for System for Award Management 

Unless you are exempted from this requirement under 2 CFR 25.110, you as the recipient must maintain current 

information in the SAM. This includes information on your immediate and highest level owner and subsidiaries, as 

well as on all of your predecessors that have been awarded a Federal contract or Federal financial assistance within 

the last three years, if applicable, until you submit the final financial report required under this Federal award or 

receive the final payment, whichever is later. This requires that you review and update the information at least 

annually after the initial registration, and more frequently if required by changes in your information or another 

Federal award term. 

B. Requirement for Unique Entity Identifier 

If you are authorized to make subawards under this Federal award, you: 

1. Must notify potential subrecipients that no entity (see definition in paragraph C of this award term) may receive 

a subaward from you until the entity has provided its Unique Entity Identifier to you. 

2. May not make a subaward to an entity unless the entity has provided its Unique Entity Identifier to you. 

Subrecipients are not required to obtain an active SAM registration, but must obtain a Unique Entity Identifier. 

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C. Definitions 

For purposes of this term: 

1. System for Award Management (SAM) means the Federal repository into which a recipient must provide 

information required for the conduct of business as a recipient. Additional information about registration 

procedures may be found at the SAM internet site (currently at https://www.sam.gov). 

2. Unique Entity Identifier means the identifier assigned by SAM to uniquely identify business entities. 

3. Entity includes non-Federal entities as defined at 2 CFR 200.1 and also includes all of the following, for purposes 

of this part: 

a. A foreign organization; 

b. A foreign public entity; 

c. A domestic for-profit organization; and 

d. A Federal agency. 

4. Subaward has the meaning given in 2 CFR 200.1. 

5. Subrecipient has the meaning given in 2 CFR 200.1. 

Why thiscondition: 

The purpose of this standard award term is to ensure government-wide uniformity in establishing the DUNS 

number as the universal identifier for federal financial assistance applicants, as well as recipients and their direct 

subrecipients (if applicable), and to establish the SAM as the repository for standard information about applicants 

and recipients. 

What youshould do: 

At the time of award application, your agency was required to provide its DUNS number and be registered in the 

SAM database. 

Your agency should continue to use the same DUNS number provided in your award application and update, as 

needed, the information associated with that DUNS number. If your agency is authorized to make subawards 

under its award, your agency may make subawards only to entities that have DUNS numbers. For more 

information about your DUNS number, please contact D&B using the toll-free number 866-705-5711 or visit 

http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. 

Your agency must maintain active registration and current information in the SAM until you submit the final 

financial report or receive the final payment under your award, whichever is later. Your agency must review and 

update its SAM information at least once per year to maintain an active registration status. For more 

information about SAM registration, please visit www.sam.gov. 

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The recipient agrees to comply with the following requirements of 2 C.F.R. Part 170, Appendix A to Part 170 – 

Award Term: 

I. Reporting Subawards and Executive Compensation 

a. Reporting of first-tier subawards. 

Applicability. Unless you are exempt as provided in paragraph d. of this award term, you must report each action 

that equals or exceeds $30,000 in Federal funds for a subaward to a non-Federal entity or Federal agency (see 

definitions in paragraph e. of this award term). 

2. Where and when to report. 

i. The non-Federal entity or Federal agency must report each obligating action described in paragraph a.1. of this 

award term to http://www.fsrs.gov. 

ii. For subaward information, report no later than the end of the month following the month in which the obligation 

was made. (For example, if the obligation was made on November 7, 2010, the obligation must be reported by no 

later than December 31, 2010.) 

3. What to report. You must report the information about each obligating action that the submission instructions 

posted at http://www.fsrs.gov specify. 

b. Reporting total compensation of recipient executives for non-Federal entities. 

1. Applicability and what to report. You must report total compensation for each of your five most highly 

compensated executives for the preceding completed fiscal year, if— 

i. The total Federal funding authorized to date under this Federal award equals or exceeds $30,000 as defined in 2 

CFR 170.320; 

ii. in the preceding fiscal year, you received— 

(A) 80 percent or more of your annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and subcontracts) and 

Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act, as defined at 2 CFR 170.320 (and subawards), and 

(B) $25,000,000 or more in annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and subcontracts) and 

Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act, as defined at 2 CFR 170.320 (and subawards); and, 

iii. The public does not have access to information about the compensation of the executives through periodic 

reports filed under section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a), 78o(d)) or 

section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (To determine if the public has access to the compensation 

information, see the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission total compensation filings at 

http://www.sec.gov/answers/execomp.htm.) 

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2. Where and when to report. You must report executive total compensation described in paragraph b.1. of this 

award term: 

i. As part of your registration profile at https://www.sam.gov. 

ii. By the end of the month following the month in which this award is made, and annually thereafter. 

c. Reporting of Total Compensation of Subrecipient Executives. 

1. Applicability and what to report. Unless you are exempt as provided in paragraph d. of this award term, for each 

first-tier non-Federal entity subrecipient under this award, you shall report the names and total compensation of 

each of the subrecipient's five most highly compensated executives for the subrecipient's preceding completed fiscal 

year, if— 

i. in the subrecipient's preceding fiscal year, the subrecipient received— 

(A) 80 percent or more of its annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and subcontracts) and 

Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act, as defined at 2 CFR 170.320 (and subawards) and, 

(B) $25,000,000 or more in annual gross revenues from Federal procurement contracts (and subcontracts), and 

Federal financial assistance subject to the Transparency Act (and subawards); and 

ii. The public does not have access to information about the compensation of the executives through periodic 

reports filed under section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a), 78o(d)) or 

section 6104 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (To determine if the public has access to the compensation 

information, see the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission total compensation filings at 

http://www.sec.gov/answers/execomp.htm.) 

2. Where and when to report. You must report subrecipient executive total compensation described in paragraph 

c.1. of this award term: 

i. To the recipient. 

ii. By the end of the month following the month during which you make the subaward. For example, if a subaward 

is obligated on any date during the month of October of a given year (i.e., between October 1 and 31), you must 

report any required compensation information of the subrecipient by November 30 of that year. 

d. Exemptions. 

If, in the previous tax year, you had gross income, from all sources, under $300,000, you are exempt from the 

requirements to report: 

i. Subawards, and 

ii. The total compensation of the five most highly compensated executives of any subrecipient. 

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e. Definitions. For purposes of this award term: 

1. Federal Agency means a Federal agency as defined at 5 U.S.C. 551(1) and further clarified by 5 U.S.C. 552(f). 

2. Non-Federal entity means all of the following, as defined in 2 CFR part 25: 

i. A Governmental organization, which is a State, local government, or Indian tribe; 

ii. A foreign public entity; 

iii. A domestic or foreign nonprofit organization; and, 

iv. A domestic or foreign for-profit organization 

3. Executive means officers, managing partners, or any other employees in management positions. 

4. Subaward: 

i. This term means a legal instrument to provide support for the performance of any portion of the substantive 

project or program for which you received this award and that you as the recipient award to an eligible 

subrecipient. 

ii. The term does not include your procurement of property and services needed to carry out the project or program 

(for further explanation, see 2 CFR 200.331). 

iii. A subaward may be provided through any legal agreement, including an agreement that you or a subrecipient 

considers a contract. 

5. Subrecipient means a non-Federal entity or Federal agency that: 

i. Receives a subaward from you (the recipient) under this award; and 

ii. Is accountable to you for the use of the Federal funds provided by the subaward. 

6. Total compensation means the cash and noncash dollar value earned by the executive during the recipient's or 

subrecipient's preceding fiscal year and includes the following (for more information see 17 CFR 229.402(c)(2)). 

Why thiscondition: 

To further federal spending transparency, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 

(FFATA) requires, among other things, that information on federal awards (federal financial assistance and 

expenditures) be made available to the public via a single, searchable website, which is www.USASpending.gov. 

Recipients are responsible for reporting their applicable executive compensation and subaward information and 

the award term provides guidance to report the related information, as required by FFATA. 

What youshould do:

At the time of award application, your agency was asked to ensure that it has the necessary processes and systems 

in place to comply with the applicable subaward and executive compensation reporting requirements should it 

receive funding. If your agency received awards of $25,000 or more, you are required to report award information 

on any first-tier subawards totaling $25,000 or more and, in certain cases, to report information on the names and 

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total compensation of the five most highly compensated executives of the recipient and first-tier subrecipients. 

The FFATA Subaward Reporting System (FSRS), accessible via the Internet at www.fsrs.gov, is the reporting tool 

that your agency will use to capture and report subaward information and any executive compensation data 

required by FFATA. The subaward information entered in FSRS will then be displayed on www.USASpending.gov 

associated with your agency’s award to further federal spending transparency. 

For additional information regarding the executive compensation and subaward reporting requirements, please 

see Vol. 75, No. 177 (September 14, 2010) of the Federal Register, www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2010-09-

14/pdf/2010-22705.pdf. 

17. Debarment and Suspension 

Condition: 

The recipient agrees not to award federal funds under this program to any party which is debarred or suspended 

from participation in federal assistance programs. 2 C.F.R. Part 180 (Government-wide Nonprocurement 

Debarment and Suspension) and 2 C.F.R. Part 2867 (DOJ Nonprocurement Debarment and Suspension). 

Why thiscondition: 

Under federal regulations, recipients are required to ensure that federal funds are not given to parties that are 

debarred or suspended from participation in federal assistance programs. This is to protect the public interest and 

to ensure proper management and integrity in federal activities by conducting business only with responsible 

parties. For details regarding the debarment and suspension requirements, please see 2 C.F.R. Part 180 

(Government-wide Debarment and Suspension), and 2 C.F.R. Part 2867 (DOJ-specific requirements.) 

What youshould do:

If, under a COPS Office award, you enter into a contract for goods or services for $25,000 or more or any 

subaward, you must verify that the vendor or subrecipient and their respective principals (e.g., owners, top 

managers) with whom you intend to do business are not excluded or disqualified from participation in federal 

assistance programs. In addition, you must include a term or condition in the contract or subaward requiring the 

vendor or subrecipient to comply with subpart C of the OMB guidance in 2 C.F.R. Part 180 (Government-wide 

Debarment and Suspension) and subpart C of 2 C.F.R. Part 2867 (DOJ-specific requirements). 

18. Employment Eligibility 

Condition: 

The recipient agrees to complete and keep on file, as appropriate, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9). This form is to be used 

by recipients of federal funds to verify that persons are eligible to work in the United States. Immigration Reform 

and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), Public Law 99-603.Why this condition: 

Under federal immigration law, all employers are required to take certain steps to ensure that persons that are 

hired are legally permitted to work in the United States. The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services 

Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) outlines the types of documents that an employer should review to 

confirm that a new hire is eligible for employment. 

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You do not need to submit any documentation to the COPS Office to satisfy this condition. Rather, you should 

complete and maintain the I-9 forms for all new employees under the guidelines set forth by the Bureau of 

Citizenship and Immigration Services. For further information about this requirement, you may contact the 

Bureau’s Office of Business Liaison at 800-357-2099 or the National Customer Service Center at 800-375-5283. 

19. Whistleblower Protection 

Condition: 

The recipient agrees not to discharge, demote, or otherwise discriminate against an employee as reprisal for the 

employee disclosing information that he or she reasonably believes is evidence of gross mismanagement of a 

federal contract or award, a gross waste of federal funds, an abuse of authority relating to a federal contract or 

award, a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related 

to a Federal contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or award. The recipient also 

agrees to provide to their employees in writing (in the predominant native language of the workforce) of the rights 

and remedies provided in 41 U.S.C. § 4712. Please see the appendices in the Award Owner’s Manual for a full text 

of the statute. 

Why this condition: 

Under the “Enhancement of contractor protection from reprisal for disclosure of certain information” (41 U.S.C. § 

4712), recipients are prohibited from taking reprisal actions against employees for certain whistleblowing activities 

in connection with federal awards and contracts. The law protects the public interest and ensures the proper 

management and use of federal funds. 

What you should do: 

The recipient must not take reprisal actions against an employee for disclosing misconduct under federal contracts 

and awards to certain persons and entities. 

The recipient is prohibited from discharging, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against an employee as reprisal 

for disclosing information that he or she reasonably believes is evidence of 

• a gross waste of federal funds; 

• a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety; 

• a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a federal contract (including the competition for or 

negotiation of a contract) or award; 

• an abuse of authority relating to a federal contract or award; or 

• gross mismanagement of a federal contract or award. 

In addition, the disclosure must also have been made to 

• a court or grand jury; 

• a federal employee responsible for contract or award oversight or management at the relevant agency; 

• a management official or other employee of the contractor, subcontractor, or recipient who has the 

responsibility to investigate, discover, or address misconduct; 

• a member of Congress or a representative of a committee of Congress; 

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• an authorized official of the U.S. Department of Justice or other law enforcement agency; 

• an inspector general; or 

• the Government Accountability Office. 

An employee is deemed to have made a protected disclosure if he or she initiates or provides evidence of 

misconduct in any judicial or administrative proceeding relating to waste, fraud, or abuse on a federal contract or 

award. 

The recipient must inform its employees in writing, in the predominant language of the workforce, of employee 

whistleblower rights, protections, and remedies under 41 U.S.C. § 4712. 

Please see the appendices in this manual addressing Whistleblower Protection for a full text of the “Enhancement 

of contractor protection from reprisal for disclosure of certain information” (41 U.S.C. § 4712). 

20. Mandatory Disclosure 

Condition: 

Recipients and subrecipients must timely disclose in writing to the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity, 

as applicable, all federal criminal law violations involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity that may potentially affect the 

awarded federal funding. Recipients that receive an award over $500,000 must also report certain civil, criminal, or 

administrative proceedings in SAM and are required to comply with the Term and Condition for Recipient Integrity 

and Performance Matters as set out in 2 C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix XII to Part 200. Failure to make required 

disclosures can result in any of the remedies, including suspension and debarment, described in 2 C.F.R. § 200.339. 

2 C.F.R. § 200.113. 

Why this condition: 

Federal regulations require recipients and subrecipients to report all federal violations involving fraud, bribery, or 

gratuity that may affect the awarded federal funds. This condition advises your agency of the requirement and the 

consequences of failing to report such violations to the COPS Office or pass-through entity. 

What you should do: 

Ensure that you timely report in writing to the COPS Office or pass-through entity all federal violations involving 

fraud, bribery, or gratuity that may affect your federal award. 

21. Conflict ofInterest 

Condition: 

Recipients and subrecipients must disclose in writing to the COPS Office or pass-through entity, as applicable, any 

potential conflict of interest affecting the awarded federal funding in accordance with 2 C.F.R. § 200.112. 

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This means that recipients and subrecipients should not participate in any award-related decisions or 

recommendations that involve any of the following people or groups: 

• a partner 

• an immediate family member 

• an organization in which they are serving as an officer, director, partner, or employee 

• any person or organization with whom they are negotiating or who has an arrangement concerning 

prospective employment, has a financial interest, or for other reasons can have less than an unbiased 

transaction with the recipient or subrecipients 

This also means that recipients and subrecipients should avoid any action which might result in or create the 

appearance of 

• giving special treatment to any person; 

• losing complete independence or objectivity; 

• making an official decision outside official channels; 

• negatively affecting the confidence of the public in the integrity of the Federal Government or the program; 

or 

• using your official position for private gain. 

What youshould do: 

Ensure that you report in writing to the COPS Office or pass-through entity, as applicable, any potential conflict of 

interest that may affect your federal award. 

22. Contract Provision 

Condition: 

All contracts made by the award recipients under the federal award must contain the provisions required under 2 

C.F.R. Part 200, Appendix II to Part 200—Contract Provisions for Non-Federal Entity Contracts Under Federal 

Awards. Please see appendices in the Award Owner’s Manual for a full text of the contract provisions. 

Why thiscondition: 

Federal regulations require recipients and subrecipients to comply with the necessary contract provisions in order 

to standardize and strengthen oversight of all contracts made under federal awards. This provision protects the 

public interest and ensures the proper management and use of federal funds as it relates to contracts entered into 

by the recipient. 

What youshould do:

The recipient should review all contracts made under the federal award to ensure that they contain the provisions 

required under 2 C.F.R. Part 200, (Appendix II to Part 200—Contract Provisions for Non-Federal Entity Contracts 

Under Federal Awards) in the appendices of the Award Owner’s Manual. 

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No recipient or subrecipient under this award, or entity that receives a contract or subcontract with any funds 

under this award, may require any employee or contractor to sign an internal confidentiality agreement or 

statement that prohibits or otherwise restricts the lawful reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse to an investigative or 

law enforcement representative of a federal department or agency authorized to receive such information. 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260, Division E, Title VII, Section 742. 

Why this condition: 

Under the Appropriations Act neither the recipient, subrecipient, nor any entity that receives a contract or 

subcontract with any funds under this or any other Act may require its employees or contractors to sign an internal 

confidentiality agreement or statement prohibiting or otherwise restricting their lawful reporting of waste, fraud, 

or abuse to an investigative or law enforcement representative of a federal department or agency. This provision 

protects the public interest and ensures the proper management and use of federal funds. This limitation is not 

intended, and shall not be understood by the agency making this award, to contravene requirements applicable to 

Standard Form 312 (which relates to classified information), Form 4414 (which relates to sensitive compartmented 

information), or any other form issued by a federal department or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 

information 

What you should do: 

In accepting this award, the recipient 

• represents that it neither requires nor has required internal confidentiality agreements or statements from 

employees or contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) 

employees or contractors from reporting waste, fraud, or abuse as described above; 

• represents that, if it learns or is notified that it is or has been requiring its employees or contractors to 

execute agreements or statements that prohibit or otherwise restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) 

reporting of waste, fraud, or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop any further obligations of 

award funds, will provide prompt written notification to the agency making this award, and will resume such 

obligations only if expressly authorized to do so by that agency. 

If the recipient does or is authorized to make subawards or contracts under this award, in accepting, the recipient 

• represents that it has or will determine that no other entity that the recipient proposes may or will receive 

award funds (whether through a subaward, contract, or subcontract) either requires or has required internal 

confidentiality agreements or statements from employees or contractors that currently prohibit or otherwise 

restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) employees or contractors from reporting waste, fraud, or abuse as 

described above; 

• represents that it has or will make appropriate inquiry, or otherwise has an adequate factual basis, to support 

this representation; 

• represents that, if it learns or is notified that any subrecipient, contractor, or subcontractor entity that 

receives funds under this award is or has been requiring its employees or contractors to execute agreements 

or statements that prohibit or otherwise restrict (or purport to prohibit or restrict) reporting of waste, fraud, 

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or abuse as described above, it will immediately stop any further obligations of award funds to or by that 

entity, will provide prompt written notification to the agency making this award, and will resume (or permit 

resumption of) such obligations only if expressly authorized to do so by that agency. 

24. Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters 

For awards over $500,000, the recipient agrees to comply with the following requirements of 2 C.F.R. Part 200, 

Appendix XII to Part 200 – Award Term and Condition for Recipient Integrity and Performance Matters: 

A. Reporting of Matters Related to Recipient Integrity and Performance 

1. General Reporting Requirement 

If the total value of your currently active grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts from all 

Federal awarding agencies exceeds $10,000,000 for any period of time during the period of performance of this 

Federal award, then you as the recipient during that period of time must maintain the currency of information 

reported to the System for Award Management (SAM) that is made available in the designated integrity and 

performance system (currently the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)) about 

civil, criminal, or administrative proceedings described in paragraph 2 of this award term and condition. This is a 

statutory requirement under section 872 of Public Law 110-417, as amended (41 U.S.C. 2313). As required by 

section 3010 of Public Law 111-212, all information posted in the designated integrity and performance system on 

or after April 15, 2011, except past performance reviews required for Federal procurement contracts, will be 

publicly available. 

2. Proceedings About Which You Must Report 

Submit the information required about each proceeding that: 

a. Is in connection with the award or performance of a grant, cooperative agreement, or procurement contract 

from the Federal Government; 

b. Reached its final disposition during the most recent five-year period; and 

c. Is one of the following: 

(1) A criminal proceeding that resulted in a conviction, as defined in paragraph 5 of this award term and condition; 

(2) A civil proceeding that resulted in a finding of fault and liability and payment of a monetary fine, penalty, 

reimbursement, restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more; 

(3) An administrative proceeding, as defined in paragraph 5. of this award term and condition, that resulted in a 

finding of fault and liability and your payment of either a monetary fine or penalty of $5,000 or more or 

reimbursement, restitution, or damages in excess of $100,000; or 

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(4) Any other criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding if: 

(i) It could have led to an outcome described in paragraph 2.c.(1), (2), or (3) of this award term and condition; 

(ii) It had a different disposition arrived at by consent or compromise with an acknowledgment of fault on your 

part; and 

(iii) The requirement in this award term and condition to disclose information about the proceeding does not 

conflict with applicable laws and regulations. 

3. Reporting Procedures 

Enter in the SAM Entity Management area the information that SAM requires about each proceeding described in 

paragraph 2 of this award term and condition. You do not need to submit the information a second time under 

assistance awards that you received if you already provided the information through SAM because you were 

required to do so under Federal procurement contracts that you were awarded. 

4. Reporting Frequency 

During any period of time when you are subject to the requirement in paragraph 1 of this award term and 

condition, you must report proceedings information through SAM for the most recent five year period, either to 

report new information about any proceeding(s) that you have not reported previously or affirm that there is no 

new information to report. Recipients that have Federal contract, grant, and cooperative agreement awards with a 

cumulative total value greater than $10,000,000 must disclose semiannually any information about the criminal, 

civil, and administrative proceedings. 

5. Definitions 

For purposes of this award term and condition: 

a. Administrative proceeding means a non-judicial process that is adjudicatory in nature in order to make a 

determination of fault or liability (e.g., Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative proceedings, Civilian 

Board of Contract Appeals proceedings, and Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals proceedings). This includes 

proceedings at the Federal and State level but only in connection with performance of a Federal contract or grant. 

It does not include audits, site visits, corrective plans, or inspection of deliverables. 

b. Conviction, for purposes of this award term and condition, means a judgment or conviction of a criminal offense 

by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether entered upon a verdict or a plea, and includes a conviction entered 

upon a plea of nolo contendere. 

c. Total value of currently active grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts includes— 

(1) Only the Federal share of the funding under any Federal award with a recipient cost share or match; and 

(2) The value of all expected funding increments under a Federal award and options, even if not yet exercised. 

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Under 2 CFR § 200.210 (b) (1) (iii), recipients of awards in excess of $500,000 are required to report certain civil, 

criminal, and administrative proceedings if they have active federal awards, cooperative agreements, or contracts 

(or any combination of these) that total more than $10,000,000 during the COPS Office award period. The purpose 

is to protect the public interest and to ensure proper management in federal activities by conducting business with 

responsible parties. 

What you should do: 

If the total value of your active awards, cooperative agreements, and contracts from all federal awarding agencies 

exceeds $10,000,000 during the COPS Office award period, then you must ensure that the proceedings described 

in paragraph 2 of this award term that are reported in the System for Award Management (SAM) are current. The 

information about the reported proceedings is made available in SAM via the designated integrity and 

performance system (currently the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS)). 

During the award period, you must either report for the most recent five-year period new information about any 

proceeding(s) that you have not reported previously or affirm that there is no new information to report. You must 

also disclose semiannually any information about criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings. 

25. Memorandum ofUnderstanding Requirement (for School Resource Officers only) 

Recipients using award funding to hire and/or deploy School Resource Officers into schools understand and agree 

to the following: 

• Your agency must submit a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the law enforcement 

agency and the school partner(s) to the COPS Office before obligating or drawing down funds under this 

award. The MOU must be submitted to the COPS Office within 90 days of the date shown on the award letter. 

• Your agency’s MOU must contain the following information: 

• The purpose of the MOU 

• Clearly defined roles and responsibilities of the school district and the law enforcement agency, 

focusing officers’ roles on safety 

• Information sharing 

• Supervision responsibility and chain of command for the SRO 

• Signatures 

Note: Please refer to the MOU Fact Sheet for a detailed explanation of the requirements under each of the bullets. 

Your agency’s implementation of the CHP award without submission and acceptance of the required MOU may 

result in expenditures not being reimbursed by the COPS Office and/or award de-obligation. 

Why this condition: 

School Resource Officer (SRO) programs play an important role in maintaining and increasing safety in schools and 

neighboring communities. To effectively implement such programs, law enforcement agencies and schools are 

required to develop a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to clearly document the program’s purpose, partner 

roles and responsibilities, requirements for information sharing, and supervision of the SRO. 

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Recipients are required to develop a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that meets the requirements of this 

condition. Please refer to the School Resource Office Memorandum of Understanding Fact Sheet for a detailed 

explanation of the above requirements in the appendices (or 

https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2021AwardDocs/chp/SRO_MOU.pdf). Recipients are required to submit the MOU to 

the COPS Office within 90 days of the date shown on the award letter before drawing down funds. The MOU must 

be signed and dated by both the highest ranking law enforcement executive (i.e., police chief or sheriff ) and the 

school official(s) who will have general educational oversight and decision-making authority (i.e., board of 

education chairperson, superintendent, or school principal). 

26. Advancing Department of Justice Priority Problem Focus Areas 

Condition: 

This condition applies to agencies that selected one of the following priority crime problem/focus areas to address 

in their 2021 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) application: 

• Building Legitimacy and Trust 

• Violent Crime/Gun Violence 

• Combatting Hate and Domestic Extremism 

• Police-based Response to Persons in Crisis 

Your agency understands and agrees to the following: 

• Your agency will implement the one specific community policing plan identified in your CHP award application 

and listed as the Approved Problem Focus Area on the Award;

• Your agency will address its specific priority crime problem throughout the entire CHP award period;

• Your agency will implement any organizational changes identified in its CHP award application; 

• Your agency will cooperate with any award monitoring by the COPS Office to ensure that it is initiating or 

enhancing its community policing efforts to address its priority crime problem, which may include your agency 

having to respond to additional or modified reporting requirements. 

Why this condition: 

At the time of the application, your agency selected priority crime/focus areas to address with its CHP award 

funding. Your agency is required to use its CHP award funding to address the approved priority crime/focus area 

identified in your CHP award package. 

What you should do: 

Recipients are required to use CHP award funding to address the approved priority crime/focus area identified in 

their CHP award package. Recipients may not use CHP award funding to address a different crime/focus area that 

was not approved. Please contact the COPS Office Customer Care Center at 800-421-6770 if you have any question 

regarding this condition. 

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At the time of award application, your agency committed to retaining all sworn officer positions awarded under the 

CHP award with state and/or local funds for a minimum of 12 months following the conclusion of 36 months of 

federal funding for each position, over and above the number of locally funded sworn officer positions that would 

have existed in the absence of the award. Your agency cannot satisfy the retention requirement by using CHPfunded positions to fill locally funded vacancies resulting from attrition. 34 U.S.C. § 10382 (c)(8). 

Why this condition: 

The retention requirement ensures that the increased officer staffing level under the CHP award continues with 

state or local funds for a minimum of 12 months after federal funding ends. 

What you should do: 

At the time of award application, your agency was required to affirm that it plans to retain all sworn officer 

positions funded under the CHP award and identify the planned source(s) of retention funding. Your agency 

committed to retaining each awarded position for at least 12 months following the conclusion of 36 months of 

federal funding for that position. The retention period begins for an awarded officer position once that position 

has completed the 36-month implementation period. If an agency is awarded several officer positions, the 

retention period for each individual officer position begins upon completion of 36 months of funding for that 

position (not based on the award end date). 

The retained CHP-funded position(s) must be added to your agency’s law enforcement budget with state or local 

funds at the conclusion of award funding, over and above the number of locally funded sworn officer positions that 

would have existed in the absence of the award. Absorbing CHP-funded positions through attrition (rather than 

adding the extra positions to your budget with additional funding) does not meet the retention requirement. In 

addition, COPS Office award funding may not be used to retain positions awarded under a previous COPS Office 

hiring award. 

Your agency should maintain documentation demonstrating when the 36-month award funding period expired for 

each awarded position and that each retained position was above and beyond the number of officer positions that 

your agency would have otherwise funded with state or local funds. We understand that your agency’s identified 

source(s) of retention funding may change during the life of the award, so your agency should maintain 

documentation of any changes in the event of an audit, monitoring, or other evaluation of your award compliance. 

Please note that your agency is required to retain the officer position(s) awarded under the CHP award and not the 

specific officer(s) hired to fill the award position(s). If a position funded by the CHP award becomes vacant during 

the retention period, your agency is required to take active and timely steps consistent with your agency’s hiring 

policies and procedures to fill the position with a new officer to complete the remainder of the 12-month retention 

period. Your agency should maintain documentation demonstrating that you did not delay filling the position and 

that the steps your agency took to fill the position were consistent with your hiring policies and procedures. 

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At the conclusion of federal funding, agencies that fail to retain the sworn officer positions awarded under the CHP 

award may be ineligible to receive future COPS Office hiring awards for a period of one to three years. If your 

agency is unable to retain any of the awarded officer positions, you should contact your COPS Office Grant 

Program Specialist for further review. 

28. Community Policing 

Condition: 

Community policing activities to be initiated or enhanced by your agency and the officers funded by this award 

program were identified and described in your CHP award application. In sections VI(A) and (B), your agency 

developed a community policing plan for the CHP award with specific reference to a crime or disorder problem and 

the following elements of community policing: (a) problem solving—your agency’s plan to assess and respond to 

the problem identified; (b) community partnerships and support, including related governmental and community 

initiatives that complement your agency’s proposed use of CHP funding; and (c) organizational transformation— 

how your agency will use the funds to reorient its mission to community policing or enhance its involvement in and 

commitment to community policing. Throughout the CHP award period, your agency is required to implement the 

community policing plan it set forth in the CHP award application. 

The COPS Office defines community policing as a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support 

the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions 

that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime. CHP awards through the 

specific officers funded (or an equal number of redeployed veteran officers) must be used to initiate or enhance 

community policing activities. All newly hired additional or rehired officers (or an equal number of redeployed 

veteran officers) funded under CHP must implement your agency’s approved community policing plan, which you 

described in your award application. 

Why this condition: 

CHP is designed to assist agencies advance public safety through the hiring and rehiring of sworn officer positions 

to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. This is achieved through problem 

solving, community policing partnerships, and organizational transformation. It enhances police professionalism by 

providing officers with the skills and motivation to act in innovative ways to solve community crime-related 

problems. Your organization may be monitored or audited to ensure that it is initiating or enhancing community 

policing in accordance with your proposed plan as outlined in section VI (B) of your CHP application and that the 

officers hired (or an equal number of redeployed veteran officers) are used to implement this plan and advance 

your agency’s community policing activities over the life of the award. The COPS Office may also use this 

information to understand the needs of the field and potentially provide for training, technical assistance, problem 

solving, and community policing implementation tools. 

What you should do: 

Community policing activities to be implemented or enhanced by your agency were identified in your CHP 

application in section VI (B). While the COPS Office recognizes that your COPS Office-funded officer(s) (or an equal 

number of redeployed veteran officers) will participate in some or all aspects of your identified community policing 

strategy and advance your agency’s community policing activities over the life of the award, we also encourage 

your agency to move toward an organization-wide philosophy and commitment to community policing. 

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Your CHP semiannual progress reports will collect information related to the implementation of and progress 

toward those community policing activities. Your community policing strategy may be influenced and impacted by 

others within and outside your organization; this is considered beneficial to your community policing efforts. Your 

community policing needs may change during the life of your CHP award, and minor changes to this strategy may 

be made without prior approval of the COPS Office. Any changes to the community policing scope or strategies 

originally identified in your CHP application should be documented within your semiannual progress report. If your 

agency’s community policing strategy changes significantly, however, you must submit those changes to the COPS 

Office through the semiannual progress report for approval. Changes are significant if they deviate from the 

specific crime problem(s) originally identified and approved in the original community policing strategy submitted 

with your application. Recipients who chose priority community policing problem/focus area will not be able to 

change the problem/focus area of their community policing strategies post-award. Additional information about 

community policing may be found in the appendices of this manual. 

The COPS Office requires all recipients who received funding to hire School Resource Officers (SRO) to provide 

contact information for each school partner where they intend to deploy the SRO(s). These recipients are also 

required to submit to the COPS Office a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the law enforcement 

agency and their school partner(s) before drawing down funds. Additional information about this requirement may 

be found in the appendices of this manual. 

29. Local Match

Condition: 

Recipients are required to contribute a local match of at least 25 percent toward the total cost of the approved 

award project, unless waived in writing by the COPS Office. The local match must be a cash match from funds not 

previously budgeted for law enforcement purposes and must be paid during the award period. The local match 

contribution must be made on an increasing basis during each year of the three-year award period, with the federal 

share decreasing accordingly. 34 U.S.C. § 10381(g). 

Why thiscondition: 

The 2021 CHP provides up to 75 percent of the allowable costs of this award project (up to a maximum federal 

share of $125,000 per officer position). Recipients are responsible for providing at least 25 percent of the total 

project costs in local matching funds. The local match must be a cash match made from local, state, or other nonCOPS Office funds. Federal funds (other than COPS Office funds) may be used to meet your local match only if the 

federal funds are authorized by statute for that purpose and approved in writing by both the federal agency 

providing those funds and the COPS Office. 

What youshould do:

Matching contributions must be made on an increasing basis during each year of the three-year program with the 

federal share decreasing accordingly. The local match must be paid in full during the active award period; 

payments made prior to the CHP award start date or after the award end date do not qualify as a local match. 

Recipients are strongly encouraged to pay local match during each semiannual financial reporting period to avoid 

potential noncompliance. If your agency must withdraw from the award period prior to the end of award funding, 

your agency is responsible for ensuring that the federal share of funds expended is limited to a maximum of 75 

percent of the total program costs expended. If you have questions about the timing of your local match 

payments, please contact your COPS Office Staff Accountant at 800-421-6770. 

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Your agency must maintain records that clearly demonstrate the source of the local match, the amount of the local 

match, and when the local match was contributed. The local match must be in addition to funds previously 

budgeted for specific law enforcement purposes as indicated on your agency’s fiscal year budget. You do not need 

to provide these supporting documents to the COPS Office, but such records must be produced in the event of an 

audit, monitoring site visit, or office-based grant review. In addition, recipients are required to report the amount 

of local match contributed on the semiannual Federal Financial Report (SF-425), line j. 

Sources for local match requirements may include the following: 

• Funds contributed by private sources; 

• Funds from federal programs whose statutes specifically authorize their use as matching funds; 

• Funds from state or local governments that are committed to matching funds for your program; and/or 

• Nonfederal asset forfeiture funds (subject to approval from the state or local oversight agency). 

To maximize the number of communities that would be able to take advantage of CHP award funding, only a 

limited number of local match waiver requests were granted to applicants who were able to demonstrate severe 

fiscal distress. The COPS Office relied on the fiscal health data provided in the CHP application and a comparison of 

the applicant’s fiscal health data with that of the overall 2021 CHP applicant pool to make waiver decisions. 

30. School Resource Officer (SRO) Training Requirement 

Condition: 

COPS Office-funded SRO(s) are required to complete an SRO 40-hour basic training course from a list of COPS Office 

approved provider(s). Training must be completed no later than nine months after the date shown on the award 

congratulatory letter or six months from the SRO hire date; whichever comes first. If a COPS Office-funded SRO 

leaves the recipient agency after completing the training, the recipient agrees to pay for the new SRO, who is 

assigned to backfill this position, to attend a 40 hour basic training course. The new SRO must complete the training 

no later than nine months after being placed in the school. If the officer has completed 40-hour basic training 

within the last 12 months prior to the award date, the condition has been fulfilled. Any longer than 12 months will 

require the officers to retake the course. The agency must coordinate with the training provider if they want funds 

to cover registration and travel costs. 

Why thiscondition: 

This basic training course is intended not only to provide information on various important school safety topics, 

but is also designed to promote effective collaboration and partnerships among the school, law enforcement 

agency and other entities. After an SRO is selected for the COPS Office–funded position, the agency should contact 

the NASRO office (888-31-NASRO or COPS-SRO@usdoj.gov) and request to speak with the COPS Office Grant 

Coordinator to schedule officer training. The agency will use GSA per diem rates to determine travel expenses and 

reimbursement standards. Any travel costs over this amount must be paid for by the recipient. 

What youshould do:

The recipient must ensure all COPS Office–funded SROs complete the 40 hour basic training no later than nine 

months after the date shown on the award announcement or six months from the SRO hire date; whichever comes 

first. If possible, SROs should complete training prior to beginning work in a partner school or school district. If a 

COPS Office–funded SRO leaves his or her position after completing the training, the recipient is required to pay 

for the new SRO who is assigned to backfill the position to attend a basic training course. The new officer 

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backfilling the SRO position must complete the training no later than nine months after being placed in the 

schools. If there are less than nine months left in the award, then the officer needs to receive training prior to the 

end of the award. If the COPS Office–funded SRO already completed the basic training within the last 12 months 

prior to the award date, the condition has been fulfilled. Any longer than 12 months will require the officers to 

retake the course. For additional information regarding this mandatory training, view the SRO Mandatory Training 

Fact Sheet at https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2021AwardDocs/chp/SRO_Mandatory_Training_Fact_Sheet.pdf. 

31. Background Investigations. 

Condition: 

Recipients agree to ensure that each officer(s) hired with CHP funding will be subject to a background investigation, 

notify the COPS Office upon completion of the background investigation for each officer hired under the award, and 

cooperate with the COPS Office and provide updates on the status of background investigations upon request. 2 

C.F.R. § 200.208 

If the COPS Office determines that CHP funds are being used to pay the salary and fringe benefits of an officer who 

has not undergone a background investigation, the COPS Office may temporarily suspend grant funds in 

accordance with 2 C.F.R. §200.338 until the agency can demonstrate the background investigation has been 

completed. 

Why this condition: 

The officer background investigation requirement reduces the risk of hiring officers with past convictions of 

domestic violence, sexual assault, and other serious crimes. 

What you should do: 

You must complete a background investigation for each officer before hiring the officer to fill a COPS-funded 

officer position. Background investigations can include, but are not limited to, criminal history checks, credit 

checks, resume validation, work history verification, and personal and professional references. Background 

investigations may be conducted by the provider of your choosing. 

In addition, you should notify the COPS Office via your grant program specialist upon completion of the 

background investigation for each officer hired under a COPS Office award, cooperate with the COPS Office and 

provide updates on the status of background investigations upon request. 

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Condition: 

Officer hiring funds may only be used to pay entry-level salaries and fringe benefits for full-time “career law 

enforcement officers” for 36 months. The COPS Office’s statute defines a “career law enforcement officer” as “a 

person hired on a permanent basis who is authorized by law or by a State or local public agency to engage in or 

supervise the prevention, detection, or investigation of violations of criminal laws.” 34 U.S.C. §10389(1). A recipient 

agency may use officer hiring funds to pay the salary and benefits of recruits while in academy training to become 

“career law enforcement officers” if it is the standard practice of the agency to do so with locally-funded recruits. 

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“village public safety officer” defined as “an individual employed as a village public safety officer under the 

program established by the State pursuant to Alaska Statute 18.65.670.” Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, Pub. L. 

111-211, title II, § 247 (a)(2). 

Why this condition: 

Pursuant to the related statutory authorities, COPS Office funding is for the hiring and rehiring of “career law 

enforcement officers” (34 U.S.C. § 10381(b)(1) – (2)) and “village public safety officers” (Tribal Law and Order Act 

of 2010, Pub. L. 111-211, title II, § 247(b)). 

What you should do: 

You must use COPS Office funding awarded for officer hiring to pay for the salary and benefits of “career law 

enforcement officers” and/or “village public safety officers.” A recipient may use COPS Office funding to pay the 

salary and benefits of recruits while in academy training to become “career law enforcement officers” if it is the 

standard practice of your agency to pay those same costs for locally funded recruits. 

33. Contracts and/or MOUs with Other Jurisdictions 

Condition: 

Sworn law enforcement officer positions awarded must be used for law enforcement activities or services that 

benefit your agency and the population that it serves. The items funded under the CHP award cannot be utilized by 

other agencies unless the items benefit the population that your agency serves. Your agency may use items funded 

under the CHP award to assist other law enforcement agencies under a resource sharing, mutual aid, or other 

agreement to address multi-jurisdictional issues as described in the agreement. 

Why this condition: 

The CHP award is intended to benefit the communities within the recipient’s primary law enforcement jurisdiction. 

Therefore, the recipient must use the CHP award funding to benefit its own population, rather than contracting 

out the COPS Office–funded officer(s) to other jurisdictions. 

What you should do: 

Officers funded under the CHP award may not provide contract law enforcement services to other agencies unless 

they will directly benefit the recipient’s jurisdiction. For example, a sheriff’s department cannot use a CHP-funded 

officer to provide contract law enforcement services to a neighboring county but can use the CHP-funded officer to 

provide direct law enforcement services to towns within its own county. 

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Recipient understands and agrees that the COPS Office may terminate funding, in whole or in part, for the following 

reasons: 

(1) When the recipient fails to comply with the terms and conditions of a Federal award. 

(2) When an award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities, to the extent such termination is 

authorized by law. 

(3) When the recipient agrees to the termination and termination conditions. 

(4) When the recipient provides the COPS Office written notification requesting termination including the reasons, 

effective date, and the portion of the award to be terminated. The COPS Office may terminate the entire award if 

the remaining portion will not accomplish the purposes of the award. 

(5) Pursuant to any other termination provisions included in the award. 

2. C.F.R. § 200.340.

Why this condition: 

This condition sets forth the circumstances under which your federal award may be terminated. 

What you should do: 

Carefully review the reasons for termination in this condition to ensure that your agency is aware of when award 

funding may be terminated. If you have any questions regarding the provisions, please contact your COPS Office 

Program Manage or Grant Program Specialist at 800-421-6770. 

What are the specific rules regarding termination of award funding? 

The COPS Office has the right to sanction or terminate your agency’s project when there is reason to believe that 

your agency is 

• failing to make satisfactory progress toward the goals or strategies outlined in its application; 

• filing false statements or certifications in connection with an application, periodic report, or other awardrelated documents; 

• not adhering to award requirements or conditions; 

• not submitting financial or programmatic reports in a timely manner; 

• not substantially complying with the award requirements or other applicable provisions of federal law; 

• proposing substantial plan changes to the extent that, if originally submitted, would have resulted in the 

application being denied funding; 

• providing other good cause for sanctions or termination as determined by the COPS Office. 

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In these instances, the COPS Office may

 condition a future award or elect not to provide future award funds to your agency until appropriate actions

are taken to ensure compliance;

 disallow all or part of the cost of the activity or action not in compliance;

 recommend civil or criminal enforcement by other agencies;

 require that some or all of the award funds be remitted to the U.S. Department of Justice;

 temporarily withhold payments pending correction of the situation by your agency;

 wholly or partly suspend or terminate your award;

 withhold or restrict your agency from obtaining future awards;

 take other remedies that may be legally available.

In the event that sanctions are imposed or your award is terminated, your agency will be notified in writing of our

decision and the reason(s) for that decision.

Awards terminated due to noncompliance with the federal statutes, regulations, or award terms and conditions

will be reported to the integrity and performance system accessible through SAM (currently FAPIIS).

Accepting the award

After you have reviewed the conditions of your CHP award and your agency agrees with these conditions, you are

ready to accept the award. The Director of the COPS Office has signed the award document indicating approval of

your award, an obligation of federal funds to your organization, and our commitment to the award. As stated at

the beginning of this section, to officially begin your award and draw down your funds, the authorized officials (see

the Glossary of Terms on page 85) of your agency must access the Just Grants website to log in, review, and

electronically sign the award document and, if applicable, the special award conditions or high risk conditions in

the award document supplement, within 45 days of the announcement date.

Prior to accepting an award, the entity administrator must assign a financial manager, a grant administrator, and

two authorized representatives for each award. COPS awardees will have two Authorized Representatives assigned

to each award; both are required to accept the award. When the Authorized Representative(s) log(s) into their

JustGrants account, they can view accepted awards and awards that need to be accepted. An email notification

will also be sent to the Application Submitter, the Authorized Representative and the Entity Administrator to sign

and accept their award.

Prior to accepting the award, your agency must be fully enrolled in the Automatic Standard Application for

Payments (ASAP). See below.

Accepting or declining an award can only be done through JustGrants. You are able to print the PDF for reference.

Sign into JustGrants. 1) Select an award from My Worklist.

To accept the award, you will need to open and accept the information for each tab of the Award Details page.

Once updated, the notification column will read: “notification scheduled”.

The Authorized Representative title, the contact information, and the day/date automatically populate the

Acceptance tab. 3) Once all acceptance boxes in each tab have been selected, click Accept to proceed. After

accepting, the system will display a banner indicating that the award has been accepted.

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If you do not wish to accept the award: 4) Select the Decline button to proceed. 

Who should sign the award document for our agency? 

The authorized officials are the government and law enforcement executives who have ultimate and final 

responsibility for all programmatic and financial decisions regarding this award as representatives of the legal 

recipient. COPS Office awards require that both the top law enforcement executive (e.g., chief of police, sheriff, or 

equivalent) and the top government executive (e.g., mayor, board chairman, or equivalent) sign the award 

document. For non-law enforcement agencies (universities, etc.), the authorized officials are the programmatic 

and financial officials who have the ultimate signatory authority to sign contracts on behalf of your organization. 

Typically, these are the same executives named on your agency’s 2021 CHP application.. If you have any questions 

as to who should sign the award, please contact your jurisdiction’s local legal advisor. 

If the Authorized Representatives changes between the time of application submission and award receipt, the 

Entity Administrator (EA) will need to update the Authorized Representative in JustGrants. 

By when must the award document be signed? 

Please electronically sign the award document and all award condition pages within 45 days of the announcement 

date. Award funds will not be released until we have received your agency’s signed award document, your budget 

has received final clearance, and any other relevant award conditions particular to your agency have been 

satisfied. Failure to submit your signed award document within the 45-day award acceptance period may result in 

your CHP award being withdrawn and the funds deobligated without additional notification. If your agency 

requires an extension for accepting the award beyond the 45-day acceptance timeframe, you will be able to 

request an extension through the online system. Be sure to explain the circumstances that prevent your agency 

from signing the award document within the 45-day period, and identify the date by which the award document 

will be electronically signed. The COPS Office will review such requests on a case-by-case basis. The COPS Office 

reserves the right to deny requests to extend the 45-day award acceptance period. If you have any questions, 

please contact your COPS Office Grant Program Specialist at 800-421-6770. 

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II. Accessing Award Funds

This section provides answers to payment-related questions, including all the information needed to set up your 

payments. For assistance with financial management and award administration, please contact the COPS Office 

Response Center at 800-421-6770 or visit our website at cops.usdoj.gov. 

The Automatic Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) is the shared services payment system used by the 

Department of the Treasury that will replace the Grants Payment Request System (GPRS) for grants payments. 

Through this platform, recipients of DOJ grant awards and other forms of federal assistance will be able to request 

and receive payments for grants managed through JustGrants. 

The Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service – ISIM PP will send two emails to the entity’s System 

for Award Management (SAM) Electronic Business Point of Contact (E-Biz POC)—one containing a username and 

one containing a temporary password and a link to create a new password. 

After receiving both emails, the POC must complete the following steps: 

• Use the username and temporary password provided to log in to the ISIM system to change your password

and complete your security questions.

• Log in to ASAP using your username and your new password.

• Accept the ASAP terms.

• Select “1 notification awaiting review.”

• Select “Unread” from the Notification Status drop-down menu, then select “Continue.”

• Select the magnifying glass on the right side of the screen to view the Enrollment Notifications.

To learn more about the ASAP registration process, please see the ASAP Registration Checklist. 

If you have questions or need help using ASAP, you can contact the OCFO Customer Service Center by email at 

Ask.OCFO@usdoj.gov or by phone (800) 458-0786. 

Payment method 

What method of payment is used? 

There is currently one payment system available for accessing federal award funds— 

The Automatic Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) is the shared services payment system used by the 

Department of the Treasury that will replace the Grants Payment Request System (GPRS) for grants payments. 

Setting up youraccount 

To complete the ASAP enrollment process, please go to https://justicegrants.usdoj.gov/. 

Please review the following links for more detail on the enrollment process. 

https://justicegrants.usdoj.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh296/files/media/document/ASAP_Registration_Checklist.pd 

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https://fiscal.treasury.gov/asap/ 

Once the enrollment process is completed, you should receive an email from “JustGrants” to invite you to assign 

roles in order to allow access to each of your awards. The appropriate role must be assigned to individuals 

responsible for completing the financial reports and progress reports. Once the role assignments are complete you 

should be able to access the required reports and access your COPS Office award funds. 

For account access please contact the ASAP: 

Email: ASAPHelpDesk@fiscal.treasury.gov 

Phone: 855-868-0151 (select option 2; then select option 3) 

Fax: 816-414-2120 

When should Federal Financial Reports be filed? 

After your agency accepts the award, under current regulations, you are required to submit quarterly Federal 

Financial Reports (FFRs) using a Standard Form 425 (SF-425). This report reflects the actual monies spent and 

unliquidated obligations incurred by your agency. You will not be able to make drawdowns from you ASAP account 

if the SF-425 for the most recent reporting quarter has not been submitted in JustGrants by the deadline date. 

Recipients are required to submit their SF-425 reports in the Just-Grants portal: https://justicegrants.usdoj.gov/. 

For more information on how to complete and where to submit your quarterly SF-425, see the section of this 

manual, titled “Reports”. 

Filing the Federal Financial Report (SF-425) identifies your federal and local expenditures made during that calendar 

quarter. However, to receive actual payment, you must request it through ASAP. 

In JustGrants, an FFR is submitted by a Financial Manager. FFRs may be submitted 10 calendar days or less from a 

reporting period end date until the due date. Once the due date passes, a delinquent report can still be submitted 

by a Financial Manager. A Financial Manager also has privileges to edit and resubmit FFRs. The most recent 

Quarterly FFR can be reopened and resubmitted if the due date has not passed. Similarly, a Final FFR can be 

reopened and resubmitted up to 120 days after the project period end date. You must contact your awarding 

office to reopen and resubmit a final FFR anytime beyond 120 days after the award end date. Funds are frozen one 

day after the due date if the report is not submitted. Funds are released once the delinquent FFR is submitted. 

Additional payment questions 

Can wereceive advances? 

Yes. If you receive funds through electronic transfer, the period allowed is 10 days in advance. In general, the 

concept of “minimum cash on hand” applies to COPS Office awards. This concept requires that your agency 

request funds based upon immediate cash disbursement needs. You should time your request for payment to 

ensure that federal cash on hand is the minimum that you need. 

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There should be no excess federal award funds on hand, except for advances not exceeding 10 days, as noted 

earlier. 

The Federal Government has four basic rules regarding advances. Advances can be terminated if the recipient 

(1) is unwilling or unable to attain project goals;

(2) maintains excess cash on hand;

(3) does not adhere to the terms and conditions of the grant; and/or

(4) fails to submit reliable or timely reports.

How often can we request reimbursement ofcosts? 

There are no limitations on how often your agency may request reimbursements; however, your reimbursement 

requests should cover a specific time frame and include only costs that were approved in the award financial 

information. As a general guideline, most agencies request reimbursement on a monthly or quarterly basis. Also, 

please note that a date range for a reimbursement request can only be used once. 

Can we earn interest on our award funds? 

For states, payments are governed by Treasury-State CMIA agreements and default procedures codified at 31 

C.F.R. Part 205 ‘‘Rules and Procedures for Efficient Federal-State Funds Transfers’’ and TFM 4A–2000 Overall

Disbursing Rules for All Federal Agencies.

For nonfederal entities other than states, payment methods must minimize the time between your drawdown of 

federal funds and your payment of award costs to avoid earning excess interest on your award funds. You must 

account for interest earned on advances of federal funds as follows: 

• The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) uniform guidance at 2 C.F.R. § 200.305(b)(9) states that

interest earned on federal advance payments deposited in interest-bearing accounts up to $500 per year

may be retained by the nonfederal entity for administrative expenses.

• Any interest earned on federal advance payments deposited in interest-bearing accounts that is in excess of

$500 per year must be remitted annually to the Department of Health and Human Services Payment

Management System (PMS) through an electronic medium using either Automated Clearing House (ACH)

network or a Fedwire Funds Service payment. For detailed information on remittance please see the

appendices of the Award Owner’s Manual for a full text of the electronic medium remittance options.

• If you do not have access to an electronic medium option, then please make a check payable to “The

Department of Health and Human Services” and mail the check to Treasury-approved lockbox: HHS Program

Support Center, P.O. Box 530231, Atlanta, GA 30353-0231. (Please allow 4–6 weeks for processing of a

payment by check to be applied to the appropriate Payment Management System (PMS) account).

• Please notify your COPS Office Staff Accountant in the COPS Office Finance Business Unit when any interest

that is earned is remitted to the Department of Health and Human Services, Payment Management System.

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III. Financial Record Maintenance

Under the COPS Office CHP, your agency is required to establish and maintain accounting systems and financial 

records to accurately account for funds awarded and disbursed. These records must include both federal funds 

and any local funds contributed to this project. 

Accounting systems and records 

What accounting systems are required? 

As required by 2 C.F.R. § 200.1 (Internal control over compliance requirements for federal awards), your 

accounting system should be designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of the 

following objectives for federal awards: 

• Funds, property, and other assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized use or disposition.

• Transactions are executed in compliance with all applicable federal statutes, regulations, and the award

terms and conditions.

• Transactions are properly recorded and accounted for in order to prepare reliable financial statements and

federal reports and to maintain accountability over assets.

What records must be kept? 

Your agency’s fiscal control and accounting systems should enable you to make accurate, current, and complete 

disclosure of the financial activity under your CHP award. Your accounting records should contain information 

showing expenditures under the award and must be supported by items such as payroll records, time and 

attendance records, cancelled checks, or similar documents. 

Your agency must adequately safeguard award funds and make sure that they are used for authorized purposes 

only. Your agency will be responsible for refunding any unallowable expenses. 

How long must records be kept? 

All financial records and supporting documents associated with your CHP award (including payroll, time and 

attendance records, canceled checks, and purchase orders) must be retained for a period of three years from the 

date of submission of the final expenditure report as stated in 2 CFR §200.334 (Retention requirements for 

records). 

Your agency should maintain records so that you can identify them by award year or by fiscal year, whichever you 

find more convenient. If any litigation, claim, negotiation, audit, or other action involving these records has been 

started before the end of the three-year period, the records should be kept until completion of the action. These 

records should be easily located and should be properly protected against fire or other damage. Failure to 

maintain adequate records to document award expenditures may result in a requirement to repay all federal funds 

that cannot be supported with appropriate records. 

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If your agency has more than one COPS Office award or an award from another federal agency, funds received 

under one project may not be used to support another project without specific written authorization from the 

COPS Office, or in the case of an award from another agency, from both awarding agencies. Your accounting 

systems and financial records must reflect expenditures for each project separately. 

Who mayaccess our records? 

Authorized federal representatives, including representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Comptroller 

General of the United States, the COPS Office, and any entity designated by the COPS Office may access these 

records for the purposes of conducting audits, site visits, or other examinations. 

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IV. Federal Audit Requirements

In addition to oversight by the COPS Office, your award may be subject to an audit by independent examiners. The 

two primary types of audit are Single Audit Act (SAA) audits and U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector 

General (OIG) audits. 

Single Audit Act (SAA) requirements 

What are the regulations governing SAA requirements? 

The Single Audit Act (SAA) of 1984 established uniform guidelines and standardized audit requirements for States, 

local governments, and Indian tribal governments receiving federal financial assistance.The 1984 Act was amended 

in July 1996, by extending these requirements to all non profit recipients of federal financial assistance. On 

December 26, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)6614 issued final guidance for 2 CFR Part 200— 

Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform 

Guidance). This guidance applies to all federal awards or funding increments awarded on or after December 26, 

2014 and provides additional guidelines regarding the implementation of SAA requirements. 2 C.F.R. Part 200, 

Subpart F – Audit Requirements, available at www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/textidx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfr200_main_02.tpl, establishes the requirements for organizational audits that 

apply to COPS Office award recipients. Recipients must arrange for the required organization-wide (not award-byaward) audit in accordance with the requirements of Subpart F. 

Who must have an SAA audit? 

A recipient that expends $750,000 or more during the recipient's fiscal year in federal awards must have a single 

audit conducted in accordance with 2 CFR §200.514 (Scope of audit) except when it elects to have a programspecific audit conducted in accordance with 2 CFR §200.501(c). An auditee may be a recipient, a subrecipient, or a 

vendor. 

SAA audits are conducted annually unless a state or local government is required by constitution or statute in 

effect on January 1, 1987 to undergo audits less frequently than annually. The primary objective of an SAA audit is 

to express opinions on the recipient’s financial statements, internal controls, major and non-major award 

programs, and compliance with government laws and regulations. Single Audits may also address specific 

compliance issues with respect to COPS Office award requirements. 

In cases of continued inability or unwillingness to have an audit conducted in accordance with this part, federal 

agencies and pass-through entities must take appropriate action as provided in 2 C.F.R. §200.339 (Remedies for 

noncompliance). See 2 C.F.R. §200.505. 

These sanctions under §200.339 could include the following: 

• Disallowing (that is, denying both use of funds and any applicable matching credit for) all or part of the cost of

the activity or action not in compliance

• Initiating suspension or debarment proceedings as authorized under 2 CFR part 180 and federal awarding

agency regulations (or in the case of a pass-through entity, recommend such a proceeding be initiated by a

federal awarding agency)

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• Temporarily withholding cash payments pending correction of the deficiency by the nonfederal entity or

more severe enforcement action by the federal awarding agency or pass-through entity

• Wholly or partly suspending or terminating the federal award

• Withholding further federal awards for the project or program

• Taking other remedies that may be legally available

Your SAA reports should not be sent to the COPS Office. 

If the U.S. Department of Justice is your cognizant federal agency (see the Glossary of Terms in the appendices), 

they should be sent to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse at: 

Federal Audit Clearinghouse 

Bureau of Census 

1201 East 10th Street 

Jeffersonville, IN 47132 

The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP) serves as the liaison between recipients and 

auditors in the conduct of resolving and closing SAA audits. Questions and comments regarding SAA audits may be 

directed to the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770. 

Office of Inspector General (OIG) recipient audits 

What is the role of the OIG for award audits? 

The OIG is a separate component of the U.S. Department of Justice and is independent of the COPS Office. The 

primary objective of OIG recipient audits is to assess compliance with award terms and conditions. OIG audits are 

designed to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse of federal funds. The OIG audit process promotes efficiency and 

effectiveness in the administration and implementation of awards by evaluating compliance with the terms and 

conditions of awards. 

How are COPS Office awards selected for an OIG audit? 

The OIG randomly selects awards to be audited or may conduct a COPS Office recipient audit in response to a 

referral that the OIG believes warrants further evaluation. The OIG also surveys DOJ award-making agencies on an 

annual basis to solicit input on suggested audit areas for the upcoming fiscal year. In most instances, however, the 

OIG generally selects awards to be audited based on a number of factors, including the geographical distribution of 

awards funded, award amount, population served, award status (active and expired), and type of award (hiring 

and non-hiring). As such, the fact that a recipient has been selected for an OIG audit is not necessarily indicative of 

a suspected concern or problem area. 

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The COPS Office Grant Monitoring Division’s Audit Liaison Section serves as the liaison between recipients and the 

OIG’s Audit Division, which conducts the audit. The OIG steps in the audit process will determine the interactions 

between the OIG, the recipient, and the COPS Audit Liaison Section. 

• Call for award data. The OIG requests award documentation from the COPS Office.

• Entrance conference. The OIG schedules to meet with the recipient to gather documentation and conduct

audit.

• Draft audit report. The OIG reviews documentation and presents initial findings to the recipient and copies

the COPS Office. The COPS Office interacts with the recipient to coordinate any repayments and/or policy or

procedure documents to be submitted to the OIG before release of Final Audit Report.

• Final audit report. The OIG has completed its direct interaction with the recipient. The COPS Office directs

the recipient to formulate a Corrective Action Plan to address recommendations (findings). As each

recommendation is successfully addressed by the recipient, the COPS Office requests closure on the

recommendation.

• Closing the audit. When all recommendations have been closed, the COPS Office requests closure on the

audit from the OIG and notifies the recipient that the audit is closed.

If you have any questions regarding an OIG audit, please contact the COPS Office Grant Monitoring Division’s Audit 

Liaison Section, via the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770. Questions and comments regarding the 

administration of your COPS Office CHP award, not specifically related to an audit, should be referred to your COPS 

Office Grant Program Specialist. 

Typical audit findings 

The OIG has typically reported the following audit findings pertaining to awards as a result of lack of proper 

documentation, poor business practices, or inadequate accounting and record keeping systems: 

• Unallowable costs. Recipient incurred costs that were not approved in the original budget or a budget

modification, were in excess of the approved budget, or were charged to the award after the expiration date

and an award extension was not obtained.

• Unsupported costs. Specific award expenditures and reimbursements could not be supported by adequate

documentation (including but not limited to receipts or purchase orders), that may have been allowable

under the program, but for which no prior written approval was obtained from the COPS Office, or award

expenditures were in excess of actual approved award costs.

• Lack of complete/timely programmatic and financial reporting. Recipient failed to submit required

programmatic and financial reports in a timely manner and/or had inadequate record keeping systems.

• Failure to retain. Recipient lacked documentation to support retention planning efforts during the award

period and/or failed to demonstrate an increase in the baseline of locally funded sworn officer positions at

the conclusion of the 36 months of federal funding, over and above what the recipient would have funded in

absence of the award.

• Supplanting. Recipient could not document efforts to backfill vacant local sworn officer positions, or recipient

could not explain reductions in local law enforcement budget or in sworn officer positions during the award

period.

• Lack of adequate community policing. Recipient had difficulty demonstrating community policing activities.

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• Funds to better use. Funds could be used more efficiently based on management actions such as reductions

in outlays; deobligation of funds; withdrawal; costs not incurred by implementing recommended

improvements; and other identified savings.

• Questioned costs. Costs that are questioned by the auditor because of an audit finding which resulted from a

violation or possible violation of a provision of law, regulation, award terms and conditions, or other

document governing the use of federal funds; or because costs incurred appear unreasonable and do not

reflect the actions a prudent person would take under the same circumstances; or because costs at the time

of the audit are not supported by adequate documentation.

• Policy and procedure. Weaknesses are identified in a recipient’s accounting practices, fiscal stewardship,

accuracy of data used in the development of the award applications, and/or inventory controls that led to the

recommendation cited in the audit. The recipient is required to develop or revise policies and/or procedures

consistent with their existing practices and submit to the COPS Office to forward to the OIG to close the

recommendation.

After the final OIG audit report has been issued, the COPS Office Grant Monitoring Division will continue working 

as the liaison between your agency and the OIG to obtain closure on any audit findings. The COPS Office will issue 

a closure letter once all audit recommendations have been closed by the OIG. You must keep all documentation 

related to the audit for a period of three years following the audit’s closure. 

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V. Reports

As part of CHP, your agency will be required to submit quarterly Federal Financial Reports as well as semiannual 

performance reports. Awarded agencies should be prepared to track and report CHP funding separately from 

other funding sources (including other COPS Office and federal awards) to ensure accurate financial and 

programmatic reporting on a timely basis. Your agency should ensure that you have financial internal controls in 

place to monitor the use of CHP funding and ensure that its use is consistent with the award terms and conditions. 

Good stewardship in this area includes written accounting practices and use of an accounting system that tracks all 

award drawdowns and expenditures and has the ability to track when CHP award-funded positions are filled or 

vacant (including if the position was for a new hire or a rehire). Failure to submit complete reports, or submit them 

in a timely manner, may result in the suspension and possible termination of your agency’s COPS Office award 

funding or other remedial actions. 

Federal Financial Reports 

As a reminder, the only role within JustGrants that can submit the federal financial report ( FFR) is the Financial 

Manager. Individuals with that role in JustGrants should review Just Grants resources online which outlines helpful 

guidance on how to complete and submit FFRs in the JustGrants system. 

Your agency is required to submit quarterly Federal Financial Reports using Standard Form 425 (SF-425) within 30 

days after the end of each calendar . A final SF-425 will be due within 120 days after the end of the award period. 

This report reflects the actual cumulative federal expenditures incurred during the funding period and the 

remaining unobligated balance of federal funds. Under federal regulations, your agency is not permitted to draw 

down federal funding for costs incurred after the official award end date; however, you will have a 120-day period 

after the award end date during which you can drawdown funds for eligible expenditures incurred before the 

award end date. 

How do we file Federal Financial Reports ? 

All COPS Office award recipients are strongly encouraged to submit the required quarterly SF-425 online. 

To submit an FFR, follow these steps: 

• Navigate to the Just Grants Home link on the left-hand side.

• Go to your Task List.

• Open the FFR you want to edit/submit.

Once the FFR opens, the Recipient Information appears, select Continue to move to the next screen. Note: The

data on this page is prepopulated from the award package and the entity profile.

The Report Information screen contains several required fields.

(a) Enter the Recipient Account Number.

(b) Select the Report Type.

(c) Select the Basis of Accounting. Scroll down to the Transactions section.

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The following fields are not editable because they are not required for DOJ:

(a) 10a. Cash Receipts

(b) 10b. Cash Disbursements

(c) 10c. Cash on Hand (line a minus b)

 Enter information in the following fields as appropriate:

(a) 10d. Total Federal funds authorized

(b) 10g. Total Federal share (sum of • Prepopulated from the Award Package lines e and f)

(c) 10e. Federal share of expenditures • System calculated • Enter the cumulative amount of federal

(d) 10h. Unobligated balance of Federal fund expenditures. Funds (line d minus g)

(e) 10f. Federal Share of Unliquidated • System Calculated Obligation • Insert as appropriate

(f) 10i. Total recipient share required

A new change for FY21: Cumulative expenditures must be entered in line 10e, 10j, 10f, 10j, 10m, and 10n.

Cumulative expenditures are defined as: The amount from the awards inception to the end of the reporting

period.

 Enter information in the following fields as appropriate:

(a) 10k. Remaining recipient share to be provided (line i minus j)

(b) 10l. Total Federal program income earned

(c) 10m. Program Income expended in accordance with the deduction alternative

(d) 10n. Program Income expended in accordance with the addition alternative

(e) 10o. Unexpended program income

 Select Continue

In the Remarks and Certification screen, enter text in box 12. Additional Information.

 13 Note: If the figures in line 10e or 10j are less than the previous reporting period, you are required to add

additional narrative in Box 12 “Remarks” explaining this discrepancy. Failure to do so will result in a validation

error.

 Select Upload Supporting Documents to attach a document

 Review the certification information. Select the Submit button.

The FFR status will be changed to “Resolved-Completed” once the FFR data is transferred to the Unified Financial

Management System (UFMS).

When are Federal Financial Reports due?

An SF-425 report must be submitted for each COPS office award at the end of every calender quarter and no later

than 30 days after the last day of each reporting period, as detailed table 1 on page 51.

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Table 1. Due dates of SF-425 by quarter 

Reporting quarter SF-425 due date 

January 1–March 31 April 30 

April 1–June 30 July 30 

July 1–September 30 October 30 

October 1–December 31 January 30 

For your initial SF-425 submission, determine when the most recent SF-425 reporting quarter ended and complete 

an SF-425 to cover the period from the award start date to the end of that period. You are required to submit an 

SF-425 even if you have not spent any money or incurred any costs during a reporting period. The due dates for 

online filing of SF-425s are the same as for the submission of paper copies. 

Example: 

If your award start date is 02-01-13 and the current date is 04-15-13, then your first SF-425 would be due no later 

than 04-30-13 and would cover the period 02-01-13 (award start date) through 03-31-13 (end of the most recent 

reporting period). This SF-425 must be on file with the COPS Office so that you can successfully complete a 

drawdown of funds through GPRS. 

Award recipients who do not submit SF-425s by the due date each quarter will be unable to draw down award 

funds until the report has been successfully submitted. The payment system contains a function which checks for 

SF-425 delinquency and will reject a drawdown attempt if the SF-425 is not up to date. Subsequent outreach 

through e-mail, fax, or hard copy reminders may be sent to the recipient if the SF-425 is delinquent. 

For general information concerning online filing of SF-425 reports, go to cops.usdoj.gov or contact the COPS Office 

Response Center by phone at 800-421-6770 or by e-mail at AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov. 

For assistance in completing the SF-425, contact the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770 or by e-mail at 

AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov or review the “Helpful Hints Guide for Completing the Federal Financial Report (SF-425)” at 

https://cops.usdoj.gov/complianceandreporting. 

How will awards be monitored? 

The COPS Office and designated representatives from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Justice 

Programs monitor the financial aspects of your agency’s award through financial reports, on-site visits, officebased grant reviews, meetings, telephone contacts, reports, audits, reviews of grant change requests, and special 

request submissions. 

Performance Reports 

Semiannual Performance Reports and a Final Performance (Closeout) Report are required to be submitted directly 

to the COPS Office. Agencies must submit a separate performance report for each award. 

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Only the Grants Award Administrator for your organization will be able to view and submit a performance report. 

For information on assigning a Grant Award Administrator to your award, see the Entity Management Job Aid 

Reference Guide on the JustGrants website. 

To submit your performance report, please log in to JustGrants and check your worklist or the “Funded Award 

Performance Management” tab for performance reports. The Grant Award Administrator can locate the current 

report question set in JustGrants in two locations: My Worklist or on the Performance Management tab of the 

funded award. Information on JustGrants Performance Reporting is found here. 

If you experience issues with submitting your performance report, please contact JustGrants Support at 

JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov or 833– 872–5175, Monday through Friday between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 

9:00 p.m. ET; and Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. 

How dowe file a final performance report? 

You should complete a final performance report if the award period of performance ended more than 120 days 

ago, or your award is being closed out, and you did not submit a final performance report in Just Grants. To submit 

a final report, the Grants Award Administrator should locate the report question set in My Worklist or on the 

Performance Management tab. The report cover page will ask whether the report is interim progress report or a 

final report – please select “final” to view final report questions. 

When arePerformance Reports due? 

Effective January 1, 2020, the COPS Office transitioned to a semiannual submission, due in March and August. 

March 30 and August 30, as shown in table 2. 

Table 2. Due dates of Performance Reports by semiannual dates. 

Reporting Period Program Progress Report due date 

August 1 – January 31 March 3 

February 1 – July 31 August 31 

What kind of information will these reports require? 

These reports will request information about the status of your award in terms of hiring personnel, and progress in 

meeting milestones identified in the cooperative agreement, as well as general information about your agency. 

What if we make a mistake or need to modify the report after it is submitted? 

You may contact your Grant Program Specialist at 800-421-8770 for any assistance including if you need to correct 

a mistake or make any other changes. 

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Performance Reports submitted to the COPS Office may be reported publicly in response to a Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) request. 

If your agency has any questions regarding the submission of these required reports, please contact the COPS 

Office. 

Entity Management 

If you do not have the ability to submit your federal financial report or performance report, this may indicate that 

the Entity Administrator for your organization has not made the correct work assignment to your grant. To confirm 

the work assignment has been properly made, the Entity Administrator should follow the steps below to confirm: 

1. Log in to JustGrants. 2. Click “Awards” from the left menu. 3. Click “Show/Hide Roles.” 4. Click the “Financial

Manager” and “Grant Award Administrator” check boxes. 5. Click “Confirm.” If the Financial Manager and Grant

Award Administrator’s names appear under the respective columns, then the work assignment has been properly

made and those users should be able to complete and submit the reports

If the names do not appear in the respective columns, the Entity Administrator should take the following steps: 1. 

Click the check box next to the award ID. 2. Choose a role (e.g., Financial Manager, Grant Award Administrator) 

from the “Choose Role” dropdown menu (bottom of the screen). 3. Choose the individual’s name from the “Assign 

to” drop-down menu. 4. Click “Assign.” Once the Entity Administrator has completed these steps, the assigned 

Financial Manager and Grant Award Administrator should be able to access and submit the respective reports. 

Contact points to obtain technical assistance and report violations 

Any alleged violations, serious irregularities, or acts that may result in the use of public funds in a manner 

inconsistent with the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 or the purposes of this award, 

may be reported to the U.S. Department of Justice. Furthermore, the COPS Office welcomes the opportunity to 

provide assistance regarding the implementation of award provisions to help ensure that federal award funds are 

spent responsibly. As such, the following contacts are provided to address noncompliance and technical assistance 

issues: 

• If you suspect violations of a criminal nature, please contact the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the

Inspector General (OIG) at https://oig.justice.gov/hotline, OIG.hotline@usdoj.gov, or 800-869-4499.

• If you suspect award violations (not criminal in nature) related to the award conditions listed in this manual,

please contact the COPS Office Grant Monitoring Division at 202-514-9202.800-421-6770.

• If you have any questions or need assistance regarding your award, please contact your COPS Office Grant

Program Specialist via the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770.

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VI. Community Policing Activities

The COPS Office defines community policing as a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support 

the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate 

conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, fear of crime, and social disorder. CHP awards must 

be used to initiate or enhance community policing activities. All newly hired, additional, or rehired officers funded 

under CHP (or an equal number of redeployed veteran officers) must implement your agency’s approved 

community policing strategy, which you described in your award application, and advance your agency’s 

community policing activities over the life of the award. 

In your application, you specified a community policing implementation strategy for the CHP award with specific 

reference to a specific crime or disorder problem and the following elements of community policing: 

• Problem solving—your agency’s strategy to assess and respond to the problem identified

• Community partnerships and support, including related governmental and community initiatives that

complement your agency’s proposed use of CHP funding

• Organizational transformation—how your agency will use these funds to reorient its mission to community

policing or enhance its involvement in and commitment to community policing

Your organization may be audited or monitored to ensure that it is initiating or enhancing community policing in 

accordance with the community policing strategy or strategies you indicated in your application and that the 

officers hired (or an equal number of redeployed veteran officers) are used to implement this strategy. We 

understand that your community policing needs may change during the life of your award. We also recognize that 

this strategy may incorporate a broad range of possible community policing strategies and activities and that your 

agency may implement particular community policing strategies from the plan on an as-needed basis throughout 

the life of the award. Minor changes to this plan may be made without prior approval of the COPS Office; however, 

recipients will be required to report on progress or changes to the community policing strategy (if any) through 

required quarterly progress reports. Any changes to the community policing scope or strategies originally 

identified in your CHP application should be documented within your performance report. If your agency’s 

community policing strategy changes significantly, you must submit those changes to the COPS Office for approval 

through the performance report. Changes are significant if they deviate from the specific crime problem(s) 

originally identified and approved in the community policing strategy submitted with the application. Additional 

information about community policing may be found in the appendices of this manual. 

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VII. When the Award Period Has Ended

At the end of your agency’s award period, the COPS Office is responsible for the closeout of your award. As part of 

this process, the COPS Office requires documentation demonstrating that your agency has met all of the financial 

and programmatic requirements of the award. 

After the end of the award period, your agency is required to submit a final Federal Financial Report (SF-425) and 

any applicable final program reports. 

Final Federal Financial Report (SF-425) 

The final Federal Financial Report (SF-425) for your award is due to the COPS Office no later than 120 days after 

the end of the award period. The final report should reflect the total amount of allowable federal expenditures 

that were incurred during the life of the award, as well as the amount of unobligated funds remaining, if any. The 

federal funds expended should reflect only the actual allowable incurred salary and fringe benefit costs for the 36-

month award period that each award position was occupied. In addition, once you have completed your final 

drawdown, this report should reconcile with the total amount of federal funds drawn down by your agency. The 

final SF-425 should also report the total amount of the local cash match contributed over the 36-month award 

period, which should be at least 25 percent of the total award project, unless waived by the COPS Office in writing. 

When should all of the award monies be spent? 

Award funds reflecting allowable project costs must be obligated before the end of the award period. Obligated 

funds cover monies spent and expenses for all approved items in the award financial information that your agency 

has incurred but has not yet paid. Your agency has up to 120 days after the end of the award period to request 

reimbursement for funds obligated. 

Please be advised that 2 CFR Part 200.343(a) requires recipients to submit final SF-425s and 2 CFR Part 200.343(b) 

requires recipients to draw down the final reimbursement for expended funds within 120 days after the expiration 

of the award. In addition, be advised that failure to complete the drawdown of funds within the 120-day period 

following award expiration will result in the forfeiture of the remaining eligible balance. 

It is possible that your agency may have excess award funds remaining in your account following the award period 

due to an overestimate of item costs during the award period. Your agency should review its records carefully to 

ensure that it draws down and expends only the amount required for actual costs incurred during the award 

period. Any excess unobligated or unspent funds should remain in your account and will be deobligated during the 

closeout process. 

Final Program Progress (Closeout) Report 

After your award period has ended, your agency’s final progress report can also be accessed through the 

Performance Management section of the award in JustGrants. This report will serve as your agency’s final 

programmatic report on the award, and the information your agency provides in this report will be used to make a 

final assessment of your award progress. 

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At the conclusion of 36 months of federal funding for each awarded officer position, your agency must implement 

its plan, submitted at the time of award application, to retain the additional COPS Office-funded officer position(s) 

with state or local funds for a minimum of 12 months as required by the award conditions in this manual. If an 

agency is awarded several officer positions, the retention period for each individual officer position begins upon 

completion of 36 months of federal funding for each position (not based on the award end date). The retention 

period can start within the five year period of performance, or after the period of performance has ended. The 

additional officer positions should be added to your agency’s law enforcement budget with state or local funds for 

at least 12 months over and above the number of locally funded officer positions that would have existed in the 

absence of the award. If a position becomes vacant during the retention period, your agency must take active and 

timely steps consistent with its hiring policies and procedures to fill the position with a new, additional officer to 

complete the remainder of the 12-month retention period. 

Absorbing CHP-funded officers through attrition (rather than adding the extra positions to your budget with 

additional funding) does not meet the retention requirement. In addition, your agency may not use federal funding 

from other COPS Office awards to retain positions awarded under a previous COPS Office hiring award. 

If you have any questions regarding the retention requirement, please contact your COPS Office Grant Program 

Specialist at 800-421-6770 or via e-mail at AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov. 

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VIII. Conclusion

We hope that this manual has assisted you and your agency with your award questions. We welcome and 

encourage any comments you have regarding CHP and the materials we have developed for its administration. If 

you have specific comments regarding this manual, please send them to: 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 

Attn: CHP Control Desk 

145 N Street NE 

Washington, DC 20530 

If you have any questions about your award, please call your COPS Office Grant Program Specialist or the COPS 

Office Response Center at 800-421-6770. 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13513, “Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging While Driving,” the COPS 

Office encourages recipients of U.S. Department of Justice funds to adopt and enforce policies that ban text 

messaging while driving and to establish workplace safety policies to decrease crashes caused by distracted 

drivers. 

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Appendices 

Appendix A. List of source documents 

A. Primary sources

Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 3796dd et seq. 

B. Secondary sources

Code ofFederal Regulations (CFR)/Office of Management and Budget (OMB): 

2 C.F.R. Part 200 (Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal 

Awards) as adopted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2 C.F.R. § 2800.101 

4 C.F.R. Parts 101-105, U.S. Department of Justice/Government Accountability Office, “Joint Federal Claims 

Collections Standards” 

5 C.F.R. Part 1320, “Controlling the Paperwork Burden on the Public” 

5 C.F.R. Part 151, “Political Activity of State and Local Officers or Employees” 

28 C.F.R. Part 83, “Government-Wide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplaces (Grants)” 

28 C.F.R. Part 69, “New Restrictions on Lobbying” 

31 C.F.R. Part 205,”Rules and Procedures for Efficient Federal-State Funds Transfers” 

OMB Circular A-129, ”Policies for Federal Credit Programs and Non-Tax Receivables” 

Executive orders: 

Executive Order 12291, “Regulations” 

Executive Order 12372, 28 C.FR. Part 30 “Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs” 

Executive Order 12547, “Non-Procurement Debarments and Suspension” 

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Appendix B. Assurances and Certifications 

U.S. Department of Justice Certified Standard Assurances 

The applicant will review and accept the assurances electronically in JustGrants as part of the application process. 

On behalf of the Applicant, and in support of this application for a grant or cooperative agreement, I certify under 

penalty of perjury to the U.S. Department of Justice ("Department"), that all of the following are true and correct: 

(1) I have the authority to make the following representations on behalf of myself and the Applicant. I understand

that these representations will be relied upon as material in any Department decision to make an award to the

Applicant based on its application.

(2) I certify that the Applicant has the legal authority to apply for the federal assistance sought by the application,

and that it has the institutional, managerial, and financial capability (including funds sufficient to pay any

required non-federal share of project costs) to plan, manage, and complete the project described in the

application properly.

(3) I assure that, throughout the period of performance for the award (if any) made by the Department based on

the application—

a. the Applicant will comply with all award requirements and all federal statutes and regulations applicable

to the award;

b. the Applicant will require all subrecipients to comply with all applicable award requirements and all applicable federal statutes and regulations; and

c. the Applicant will maintain safeguards to address and prevent any organizational conflict of interest, and

also to prohibit employees from using their positions in any manner that poses, or appears to pose, a personal or financial conflict of interest.

(4) The Applicant understands that the federal statutes and regulations applicable to the award (if any) made by

the Department based on the application specifically include statutes and regulations pertaining to civil rights

and nondiscrimination, and, in addition—

a. the Applicant understands that the applicable statutes pertaining to civil rights will include section 601 of

the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d); section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. §

794); section 901 of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. § 1681); and section 303 of the Age

Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. § 6102);

b. the Applicant understands that the applicable statutes pertaining to nondiscrimination may include section 809(c) of Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. § 10228(c)); section 1407(e) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. § 20110(e)); section 299A(b) of the Juvenile

Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002 (34 U.S.C. § 11182(b)); and that the grant condition set

out at section 40002(b)(13) of the Violence Against Women Act (34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(13)), which will apply to all awards made by the Office on Violence Against Women, also may apply to an award made otherwise;

c. the Applicant understands that it must require any subrecipient to comply with all such applicable statutes (and associated regulations); and

d. on behalf of the Applicant, I make the specific assurances set out in 28 C.F.R. §§ 42.105 and 42.204.

(5) The Applicant also understands that (in addition to any applicable program-specific regulations and to applicable federal regulations that pertain to civil rights and nondiscrimination) the federal regulations applicable to

the award (if any) made by the Department based on the application may include, but are not limited to, 2

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C.F.R. Part 2800 (the DOJ "Part 200 Uniform Requirements") and 28 C.F.R. Parts 22 (confidentiality -research

and statistical information), 23 (criminal intelligence systems), 38 (regarding faith-based or religious organizations participating in federal financial assistance programs), and 46 (human subjects protection).

(6) I assure that the Applicant will assist the Department as necessary (and will require subrecipients and contractors to assist as necessary) with the Department's compliance with section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (54 U.S.C. § 306108), the Archeological and Historical Preservation Act of 1974 (54 U.S.C. §§ 

312501-312508), and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4335), and 28 C.F.R.

Parts 61 (NEPA) and 63 (floodplains and wetlands).

(7) I assure that the Applicant will give the Department and the Government Accountability Office, through any

authorized representative, access to, and opportunity to examine, all paper or electronic records related to

the award (if any) made by the Department based on the application.

(8) I assure that, if the Applicant is a governmental entity, with respect to the award (if any) made by the Department based on the application—

a. it will comply with the requirements of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions

Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. §§ 4601-4655), which govern the treatment of persons displaced as a result of federal and federally assisted programs; and

b. it will comply with requirements of 5 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1508 and 7324-7328, which limit certain political activities of State or local government employees whose principal employment is in connection with an activity financed in whole or in part by federal assistance.

(9) If the Applicant applies for and receives an award from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

(COPS Office), I assure that as required by 34 U.S.C. § 10382(c)(11), it will, to the extent practicable and consistent with applicable law—including, but not limited to, the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act—seek, recruit, and hire qualified members of racial and ethnic minority groups and qualified women

in order to further effective law enforcement by increasing their ranks within the sworn positions, as provided

under 34 U.S.C. § 10382(c)(11).

(10) If the Applicant applies for and receives a DOJ award under the STOP School Violence Act program, I assure as

required by 34 U.S. C. § 10552(a)(3), that it will maintain and report such data, records, and information (programmatic and financial) as DOJ may reasonably require.

I acknowledge that a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement (or concealment or omission of a material 

fact) in this certification, or in the application that it supports, may be the subject of criminal prosecution 

(including under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 and/or 1621, and/or 34 U.S.C. §§ 10271-10273), and also may subject me and 

the Applicant to civil penalties and administrative remedies for false claims or otherwise (including under 31 U.S.C. 

§§ 3729-3730 and 3801-3812). I also acknowledge that the Department’s awards, including certifications provided

in connection with such awards, are subject to review by the Department, including by its Office of the Inspector

General.

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(For your electronic signature, please type in your name) 

Date 

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and Other Responsibility Matters; Drug-Free Workplace Requirements; Law Enforcement and Community Policing 

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Applicants should refer to the regulations cited below to determine the certification to which they are required to 

attest. Applicants should also review the instructions for certification included in the regulations before completing 

this form. The certifications shall be treated as a material representation of fact upon which reliance will be placed 

when the U.S. Department of Justice (“Department”) determines to award the covered transaction, grant, or 

cooperative agreement. 

1. LOBBYING

As required by 31 U.S.C. § 1352, as implemented by 28 C.F.R. Part 69, the Applicant certifies and assures (to

the extent applicable) the following:

(i) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the Applicant, to any

person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of

Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the making of any Federal grant, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, or the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any Federal grant or cooperative

agreement;

(ii) If the Applicant’s request for Federal funds is in excess of $100,000, and any funds other than Federal

appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member of Congress in connection with this Federal grant or cooperative

agreement, the Applicant shall complete and submit Standard Form - LLL, “Disclosure of Lobbying

Activities” in accordance with its (and any DOJ awarding agency’s) instructions; and

(iii) The Applicant shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents

for all subgrants and procurement contracts (and their subcontracts) funded with Federal award

funds and shall ensure that any certifications or lobbying disclosures required of recipients of such

subgrants and procurement contracts (or their subcontractors) are made and filed in accordance with

31 U.S.C. § 1352.

2. DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, AND OTHER RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS

A. Pursuant to Department regulations on nonprocurement debarment and suspension implemented at 2

C.F.R. Part 2867, and to other related requirements, the Applicant certifies, with respect to prospective

participants in a primary tier “covered transaction,” as defined at 2 C.F.R. § 2867.20(a), that neither it nor

any of its principals—

(i) is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, sentenced to a denial

of Federal benefits by a State or Federal court, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by

any Federal department or agency;

(ii) has within a three-year period preceding this application been convicted of a felony criminal violation

under any Federal law, or been convicted or had a civil judgment rendered against it for commission

of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a

public (Federal, State, tribal, or local) transaction or private agreement or transaction; violation of

Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion or receiving stolen property,

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making false claims, or obstruction of justice, or commission of any offense indicating a lack of business integrity or business honesty that seriously and directly affects its (or its principals’) present responsibility; 

(iii) is presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity (Federal,

State, tribal, or local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (b) of this certification; and/or

(iv) has within a three-year period preceding this application had one or more public transactions (Federal, State, tribal, or local) terminated for cause or default.

B. Where the Applicant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, it shall attach an explanation to this application. Where the Applicant or any of its principals was convicted, within a threeyear period preceding this application, of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law, the Applicant

also must disclose such felony criminal conviction in writing to the Department (for OJP Applicants, to OJP

at Ojpcompliancereporting@usdoj.gov; for OVW Applicants, to OVW at OVW.GFMD@usdoj.gov; or for

COPS Applicants, to COPS at AskCOPSRC@usdoj.gov), unless such disclosure has already been made.

3. FEDERAL TAXES

A. If the Applicant is a corporation, it certifies either that (1) the corporation has no unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have

lapsed, that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible

for collecting the tax liability, or (2) the corporation has provided written notice of such an unpaid tax liability (or liabilities) to the Department (for OJP Applicants, to OJP at Ojpcompliancereporting@usdoj.gov;

for OVW Applicants, to OVW at OVW.GFMD@usdoj.gov; or for COPS Applicants, to COPS at

AskCOPSRC@usdoj.gov).

B. Where the Applicant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, it shall attach an explanation to this application.

4. DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE (GRANTEES OTHER THAN INDIVIDUALS)

As required by the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, as implemented at 28 C.F.R. Part 83, Subpart F, for grantees, as defined at 28 C.F.R. §§ 83.620 and 83.650:

A. The Applicant certifies and assures that it will, or will continue to, provide a drug-free workplace by—

(i) Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing,

possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in its workplace and specifying the actions

that will be taken against employees for violation of such prohibition;

(ii) Establishing an on-going drug-free awareness program to inform employees about—

a. The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace;

b. The Applicant’s policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace;

c. Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs; and

d. The penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations occurring inthe

workplace;

(iii) Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in the performance of the award be given

a copy of the statement required by paragraph (a);

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(iv) Notifying the employee in the statement required by paragraph (a) that, as a condition of employment under the award, the employee will—

a. Abide by the terms of the statement; and

b. Notify the employer in writing of the employee’s conviction for a violation of a criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace no later than five calendar days after such conviction;

(v) Notifying the Department, in writing, within 10 calendar days after receiving notice under subparagraph (d)(2) from an employee or otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction. Employers of

convicted employees must provide notice, including position title of any such convicted employee to

the Department, as follows:

For COPS award recipients - COPS Office, 145 N Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20530; 

For OJP and OVW award recipients - U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 

ATTN: Control Desk, 810 7th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20531. 

Notice shall include the identification number(s) of each affected award; 

(vi) Taking one of the following actions, within 30 calendar days of receiving notice under subparagraph

(d)(2), with respect to any employee who is so convicted:

a. Taking appropriate personnel action against such an employee, up to and including termination,

consistent with the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; or

b. Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation

program approved for such purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, law enforcement, or

other appropriate agency; and

c. Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through implementation of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f).

5. LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY CERTIFICATION REQUIRED UNDER DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DISCRETIONARY

GRANT PROGRAMS (“SAFE POLICING CERTIFICATION”)

If this application is for a discretionary award pursuant to which award funds may be made available (whether

by the award directly or by any subaward at any tier) to a State, local, college, or university law enforcement

agency, the Applicant certifies that any such law enforcement agency to which funds will be made available

has been certified by an approved independent credentialing body or has started the certification process. To

become certified, a law enforcement agency must meet two mandatory conditions:

(i) the agency’s use of force policies adhere to all applicable federal, State, and local laws; and

(ii) the agency’s use of force policies prohibit chokeholds except in situations where use of deadly force

is allowed by law.

For detailed information on this certification requirement, see https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO. 

The Applicant acknowledges that compliance with this safe policing certification requirement does not ensure 

compliance with federal, state, or local law, and that such certification shall not constitute a defense in any 

federal lawsuit. Nothing in the safe policing certification process or safe policing requirement is intended to be 

(or may be) used by third parties to create liability by or against the United States or any of its officials, 

officers, agents or employees under any federal law. Neither the safe policing certification process nor the 

safe policing certification requirement is intended to (or does) confer any right on any third-person or entity 

seeking relief against the United States or any officer or employee thereof. No person or entity is intended to 

be (or is) a third-party beneficiary of the safe policing certification process, or, with respect to the safe policing 

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6. COORDINATION REQUIRED UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAMS

As required by the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994, at 34 U.S.C. § 10382(c)(5), if

this application is for a COPS award, the Applicant certifies that there has been appropriate coordination with

all agencies that may be affected by its award. Affected agencies may include, among others, Offices of the

United States Attorneys; State, local, or tribal prosecutors; or correctional agencies.

I acknowledge that a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement (or concealment or omission of a material 

fact) in this certification, or in the application that it supports, may be the subject of criminal prosecution 

(including under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 and/or 1621, and/or 34 U.S.C. §§ 10271-10273), and also may subject me and 

the Applicant to civil penalties and administrative remedies for false claims or otherwise (including under 31 U.S.C. 

§§ 3729-3730 and 3801-3812). I also acknowledge that the Department’s awards, including certifications provided

in connection with such awards, are subject to review by the Department, including by its Office of the Inspector

General.

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(For your electronic signature, please type in your name) 

Date 

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Appendix C. Community policing defined 

Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies and supports the systematic use of 

partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to 

public safety issues such as crime, fear of crime, and social disorder. 

Problem solving 

Problem solving is the process of engaging in the proactive and systematic examination of identified problems to 

develop effective responses that are evaluated rigorously. 

• Scanning: Identifying and prioritizing problems

• Analysis: Analyzing problems

• Response: Responding to problems

• Assessment: Assessing problem-solving initiatives

• Using the crime triangle to focus on immediate conditions (victim/offender/location)

Community policing emphasizes proactive problem solving in a systematic and routine fashion. Rather than 

responding to crime only after it occurs, community policing encourages agencies to proactively develop solutions 

to the immediate underlying conditions contributing to public safety problems. Problem solving must be infused 

into all police operations and guide decision-making efforts. Agencies are encouraged to think innovatively about 

their responses and view making arrests as only one of a wide array of potential responses. A major conceptual 

vehicle for helping officers to think about problem solving in a structured and disciplined way is the SARA 

(Scanning, Analysis, Response, and Assessment) problem-solving model. 

Scanning: Identifying and prioritizing problems 

The objectives of scanning are to identify a basic problem, determine the nature of that problem, determine the 

scope of severity, and establish baseline measures. An inclusive list of stakeholders for the selected problem is 

typically identified in this phase. A problem can be thought of as two or more incidents similar in one or more 

ways, and that is of concern to the police and the community. Problems can be a type of behavior, a place, a 

person or persons, a special event or time, or a combination of any of these. The police, with input from the 

community, should identify and prioritize concerns. 

Analysis: Analyzing 

Analysis is the heart of the problem-solving process. The objectives of analysis are to develop an understanding of 

the dynamics of the problem, develop an understanding of the limits of current responses, establish correlation, 

and develop an understanding of cause and effect. As part of the analysis phase, it is important to find out as much 

as possible about each aspect of the crime triangle by asking who? what? when? where? how? why? and why not? 

about the victim, offender, and crime location. 

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The response phase of the SARA model involves developing and implementing strategies to address an identified 

problem by searching for strategic responses that are both broad and uninhibited. The response should follow 

logically from the knowledge learned during the analysis and should be tailored to the specific problem. The goals 

of the response can range from totally eliminating the problem through substantially reducing the problem to 

reducing the amount of harm caused by the problem or improving the quality of community cohesion. 

Assessment: Assessing problem-solving initiatives 

Assessment attempts to determine if the response strategies were successful by determining if the problem 

declined and if the response contributed to the decline. This information not only assists the current effort but also 

gathers data that builds knowledge for the future. Strategies and programs can be assessed for process, outcomes, 

or both. If the responses implemented are not effective, the information gathered during analysis should be 

reviewed. New information may have to be collected before new solutions can be developed and tested. The 

entire process should be viewed as circular rather than linear. 

Using the crime triangle to focus on immediate conditions (victim/offender/location) 

To understand a problem, many problem solvers have found it useful to visualize links among the victim, offender, 

and location (the crime triangle) and those aspects that could have an impact on them—for example, capable 

guardians for victims, handlers for offenders, and managers for locations. Rather than addressing root causes of a 

problem, the police focus on the factors that are within their reach, such as limiting criminal opportunities and 

access to victims, increasing guardianship, and associating risk with unwanted behavior. 

Community partnerships 

Community partnerships are collaborative partnerships between the law enforcement agency and the individuals 

and organizations they serve to develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police. 

• Other government agencies

• Community members and groups

• Nonprofits and service providers

• Private businesses

• Media

Community policing, recognizing that police rarely can solve public safety problems alone, encourages interactive 

partnerships with relevant stakeholders. The range of potential partners is large, and these partnerships can be 

used to accomplish the two interrelated goals of developing solutions to problems through collaborative problem 

solving and improving public trust. The public should play a role in prioritizing public safety problems. 

Other government agencies 

Law enforcement organizations can partner with a number of other government agencies to identify community 

concerns and offer alternative solutions. Examples of agencies include legislative bodies, prosecutors, probation 

and parole departments, public works departments, neighboring law enforcement agencies, health and human 

services departments, child support, ordinance enforcement, and schools. 

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Individuals who live, work, or otherwise have an interest in the community—volunteers, activists, formal and 

informal community leaders, residents, visitors and tourists, and commuters—are a valuable resource for 

identifying community concerns. Partnerships with these factions of the community can engage the community in 

achieving specific goals at town hall meetings, neighborhood association meetings, decentralized 

offices/storefronts in the community, and team beat assignments. 

Nonprofits andservice providers 

Advocacy and community-based organizations that provide services to the community and advocate on its behalf 

can be powerful partners. These groups often work with or are composed of individuals who share certain 

interests and can include such entities as victims groups, service clubs, support groups, issue groups, advocacy 

groups, and the faith community. 

Private businesses 

For-profit businesses also have a great stake in the health of the community and can be key partners because they 

often bring considerable resources to bear on problems of mutual concern. Businesses can help identify problems 

and provide resources for responses, often including their own security apparatus and community outreach. The 

local chamber of commerce can also assist in disseminating information about police and business partnerships 

and initiatives. 

Media 

The media represent a powerful mechanism by which to communicate with the community. It can assist with 

publicizing community concerns and available solutions, such as services from government or community agencies 

or new laws or codes that will be enforced. In addition, the media can have a significant impact on public 

perceptions of the police, crime problems, and fear of crime. 

Organizational transformation 

Organizational transformation is the alignment of organizational management, structure, personnel, and 

information systems to support community partnerships and proactive problem solving. 

Agency management 

• Climate and culture

• Decision making

• Despecialization

• Geographic assignment of officers

• Labor relations

• Leadership

• Organizational evaluations

• Organizational structure

• Policies

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• Resources and finances

• Strategic planning

• Transparency

Personnel 

• Recruitment, hiring, and selection

• Personnel supervision/evaluations

• Training

Information systems (technology) 

• Communication / access to data

• Quality and accuracy of data

The community policing philosophy focuses on the way that departments are organized and managed and how the 

infrastructure can be changed to support the philosophical shift behind community policing. It encourages the 

application of modern management practices to increase efficiency and effectiveness. Community policing 

emphasizes changes in organizational structures to institutionalize its adoption and infuse it throughout the entire 

department, including the way the department is managed and organized, its personnel, and its technology. 

Agency management 

Under the community policing model, police management needs to infuse community policing ideals throughout 

the agency by making a number of critical changes in climate and culture, leadership, formal labor relations, 

decentralized decision-making and accountability, strategic planning, policing and procedures, organizational 

evaluations, and increased transparency. 

Climate andculture 

Changing the climate and culture means supporting a proactive orientation that values systematic problem solving 

and partnerships. Formal organizational changes should support the informal networks and communication that 

take place within agencies to support this orientation. 

Leadership 

Leaders serve as role models for taking risks and building collaborative relationships to implement community 

policing, and they use their position to influence and educate others about it. Leaders, therefore, must constantly 

emphasize and reinforce community policing’s vision, values, and mission within their organization and support 

and articulate a commitment to community policing as the dominant way of doing business. 

Labor relations 

If community policing is going to be effective, police unions and similar forms of organized labor need to be a part 

of the process and function as partners in the adoption of the community policing philosophy. Including labor 

groups in agency changes can ensure support for the changes that are imperative to community policing 

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Community policing calls for decentralization both in command structure and in decision making. Decentralized 

decision making allows front-line officers to take responsibility for their role in community policing. When an 

officer is able to create solutions to problems and take risks, he or she ultimately feels accountable for those 

solutions and assumes a greater responsibility for the well-being of the community. Decentralized decision making 

involves flattening the hierarchy of the agency, increasing tolerance for risk taking in problem-solving efforts, and 

allowing officers discretion in handling calls. In addition, providing sufficient authority to coordinate various 

resources to attack a problem and allowing the officers the autonomy to establish relationships with the 

community will help define problems and develop possible solutions. 

Strategic planning 

The department should have a written statement reflecting a department-wide commitment to community 

policing and a plan that matches operational needs to available resources and expertise. If a strategic plan is to 

have value, the members of the organization should be well-versed in it and be able to give examples of their 

efforts that support the plan. Components such as the organization’s mission and value statement should be 

simple and communicated widely. Everything should connect back to this plan. 

Policies 

Community policing affects the nature and development of department policies and procedures to ensure that 

community policing principles and practices have an effect on activities on the street. Problem solving and 

partnerships, therefore, should become institutionalized in policies, along with corresponding sets of procedures 

where appropriate. 

Organizational evaluations 

In addition to the typical measures of police performance (arrests, response times, tickets issued, and crime rates), 

community policing calls for a broadening of police outcome measures to include increased community 

satisfaction, less fear of crime, the alleviation of problems, and improvement in quality of life. Community policing 

calls for a more sophisticated approach to evaluation—one that looks not only at measured outcomes but also at 

how feedback information is used. 

Transparency 

Community policing involves decision-making processes that are more open than traditional policing. If the 

community is to be a full partner, the department needs mechanisms for readily sharing relevant information on 

crime and social disorder problems, as well as police operations with the community. 

Organizational structure 

It is important that the organizational structure of the agency ensures that local patrol officers have decisionmaking authority and are accountable for their actions. This can be achieved through long-term assignments, the 

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With community policing, there is a shift to the long-term assignment of officers in specific neighborhoods or 

areas. Geographic deployment plans can help enhance customer service and facilitate more contact between 

police and citizens, thus establishing strong relationships and mutual accountability. Beat boundaries should 

correspond to neighborhood boundaries, and other government services should recognize these boundaries when 

coordinating government public-service activities. 

Despecialization 

To achieve community policing goals, officers must be able to handle multiple responsibilities and take a team 

approach to collaborative problem solving and partnering with the community. Community policing encourages its 

adoption agency-wide, not just in special units, although there may be a need for specialist units that are tasked 

with identifying and solving particularly complex problems or managing complex partnerships. 

Resources andfinances 

Agencies must devote the necessary human and financial resources to support community policing to ensure that 

problem-solving efforts are robust and that partnerships are sustainable and effective. 

Personnel 

The principles of community policing need to be infused throughout the entire personnel system of an agency, 

including recruitment, hiring, selection, and retention of all law enforcement agency staff including sworn officers, 

nonsworn officers, civilians, and volunteers, as well as personnel evaluations, supervision, and training. 

Recruitment, hiring, and selection 

Agencies need a systematic means of incorporating community policing elements into their recruitment, selection, 

and hiring processes. Job descriptions should recognize community policing and problem-solving responsibilities 

and encourage the recruitment of officers who have a spirit of service, not just a spirit of adventure. A community 

policing agency must also thoughtfully examine where it looks for recruits, whom it is recruiting and hiring, and 

what is being tested. Some community policing agencies also look for the involvement of the community in this 

process through the identification of competencies and participation in review boards. 

Personnel supervision/evaluations 

Tie performance evaluations to community policing principles and activities that are incorporated into job 

descriptions. Performance, reward, and promotional structures should support sound problem-solving activities, 

proactive policing and community collaboration, and citizen satisfaction with police services. 

Training 

Training at all levels—academy, field, and in-service—must support community policing principles and tactics. It 

also needs to encourage creative thinking, a proactive orientation, communication and analytical skills, and 

techniques for dealing with quality-of-life concerns and maintaining order. Officers can be trained to (a) identify 

and correct conditions that could lead to crime, (b) raise public awareness, and (c) engage the community in 

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finding solutions to problems. Field training officers and supervisors can encourage problem solving and help 

officers learn from other problem-solving initiatives. Until community policing is institutionalized within the 

organization, training in its fundamental principles will need to take place regularly. 

Information systems (technology) 

Community policing is information-intensive and technology plays a central role in providing ready access to 

quality information. Accurate and timely information makes problem-solving efforts more effective and ensures 

that officers are informed about the crime and community conditions of their beat. In addition, technological 

enhancements can greatly assist with improving two-way communication with citizens and developing agency 

accountability systems and performance outcome measures. 

Communication /access to data 

Technology provides agencies with the ability to communicate externally with the public and internally with their 

own staff. To communicate with the public, community policing encourages agencies to develop two-way 

communication systems through the Internet to provide online reports, reverse 911 and e-mail alerts, discussion 

forums, and feedback on interactive applications (surveys, maps), thereby creating ongoing dialogs and increasing 

transparency. 

Technology also encourages effective internal communication through memos, reports, newsletters, e-mail and 

enhanced incident reporting, dispatch functions, and communications interoperability with other entities for more 

efficient operations. Community policing advocates the use of technology to develop accountability and 

performance measurement systems that are timely and contain accurate metrics and a broad array of measures 

and information. 

Community policing also promotes the use of technology to provide officers with ready access to timely 

information on crime and community characteristics within their beats, either through laptop computers in their 

patrol cars or through personal data devices. In addition, technology can support crime/problem analysis functions 

by enabling agencies to gather information on greater aspects of events including more detailed information on 

offenders, victims, crime locations, and quality-of-life concerns, and to further enhance analysis. 

Quality andaccuracy of data 

Information is only as good as its source; therefore it is not useful if it is not high quality and accurate. Community 

policing encourages agencies to put safeguards in place to ensure that information from various sources is 

collected in a systematic fashion and entered into central systems that are linked to one another and checked for 

accuracy so that the information can be used effectively for strategic planning, problem solving, and performance 

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Records must be maintained throughout the three-year CHP award period and for at least three years following 

the official closeout of the CHP award. 

AWARD PROGRAM____CHP_________AWARD #

AWARD START DATE_____________ORIGINAL AWARD END DATE

EXTENDED AWARD END DATE (if applicable)

COPY OF AWARD APPLICATION (You can access the final copy of your CHP application through the COPS Office 

website at cops.usdoj.gov. Using the “Account Access” link, print a copy of the application and keep it with your 

agency’s CHP award records.) 

COPY OF AWARD DOCUMENT 

FINANCIAL CLEARANCE MEMO 

AWARD MODIFICATION APPROVAL LETTERS (with revised budget information) OR AWARD EXTENSION APPROVAL 

LETTERS (if applicable) 

QUARTERLY FEDERAL FINANCIAL REPORT – SF-425 (for each quarter of the award period) 

PROGRAMMATIC PROGRESS REPORTS 

• CHP quarterly progress report(s) (for each quarter of the award period)

• Closeout report

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR DRAWDOWNS 

• W2 employee forms (copy)

• Records of salary / approved fringe benefits rates for each person hired under the award

• Records of hire dates for each person hired under the award

• Payroll records / time & attendance records

• Postal receipts / fax transmission reports (to prove submission dates)

• Log of reimbursement requests made via GPRS

• Copies of checks or wire transfer documents (if applicable)

• Copies of financial office journal entries (if applicable)

ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR MILITARY VETERAN HIRES 

• Copy of Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD-214)

ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR REHIRES 

• Records of the date of layoff(s)

• Records demonstrating the reason(s) for the layoff(s), specifically showing fiscal reasons that are unrelated to

the availability or receipt of CHP funds. [Records that may be used to prove that scheduled layoffs are

occurring for local economic reasons that are unrelated to the availability of CHP award funds may include

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(but are not limited to) council or departmental meeting minutes, memoranda, notices, or orders discussing 

the layoffs; notices provided to the individual officers regarding the date(s) of the layoffs; or budget 

documents ordering departmental and/or jurisdiction-wide budget reductions.] 

• Records demonstrating that your agency continued funding the officers with local funds until the date of the

scheduled layoffs and did not draw down on CHP funding for the positions until the layoffs otherwise would

have occurred.

• Records demonstrating that your agency paid any higher-than-entry-level salary and benefits costs to rehired

officers with local funds and used CHP funds only for the approved entry-level salary and benefits package.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR RETENTION 

• Records (e.g., council meeting minutes) demonstrating that your agency plans to retain.

• Personnel records (e.g., employee action forms) with the employment dates of each officer. [If a position

becomes vacant during the award or retention period, your agency must maintain records of the

employment dates of any new officer(s) hired to fill the position.]

• Records demonstrating that your agency took timely and active steps to fill all vacancies occurring during the

retention period in accordance with the agency’s standard hiring practices and procedures.

• Records demonstrating the date each officer position was retained with local funds and that each position

was retained with local funds for at least 12 months following the 36-month award period.

AWARD CORRESPONDENCE (all other general correspondence between COPS Office and recipient) 

MEDIA REPORTS 

• [Newspaper clippings, magazine articles, certificates, or other noteworthy items should be included to

illustrate achievements and successes of the award, such as community policing highlights and other awardrelated accomplishments. In addition, any CDs, DVDs, electronic newsletters, brochures, website addresses,

or other similar information published in connection with the award should be referenced.]

In the event of a COPS Office award monitoring review, the following information should be retained: 

Reduction-in-force review 

• Identification of the number of sworn officer positions (both full-time and part-time) funded in the agency’s

budget with local or other non-COPS Office funding during each fiscal year as of the threshold review date

(please note that this may include vacant but funded positions).

• Identification of the current number of vacancies among the agency’s locally funded sworn personnel, the

dates on which the positions were vacated, whether the agency intends to fill the vacancies, and the steps, if

any, that were taken to fill the vacancies.

• Provision of supporting documentation from the time the reduction in force occurred indicating the reason(s)

for the reduction in force (examples of supporting documentation may include minutes from council

meetings, budget directives, contemporaneous memoranda, etc.).

• Identification of the number of COPS Office-funded officers the agency currently employs.

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• Documentation regarding whether other local departments in the city/township have experienced similar

manpower or budget reductions for the same reasons as the PD.

• Letters from the agency’s government executive and law enforcement executive explaining the reduction in

force and addressing whether the reduction in force was unrelated to the receipt of the COPS Office CHP

funding and therefore would have occurred even in the absence of the CHP award.

• Provision of a request to continue implementing all applicable COPS Office awards (identifying which awards

are in place) despite the reduction in force.

Failure to retain review 

• Evidence to show that attempts have failed to add the COPS Office-funded positions to a request for local

funding during local budget negotiations; attempts have failed to obtain other nonfederal funding sources

(such as state awards) to support the additional positions at the termination of the COPS Office award; and

attempts have failed to seek additional law enforcement funding from private sources, including corporate,

nonprofit, and foundation donations or awards.

• Documentation of any of the following mitigating circumstances that may have hindered agency attempts to

implement the retention plan: evidence to show that the jurisdiction has been declared bankrupt by a court

of law; jurisdiction has been placed in receivership, or its functional equivalent, by the state or Federal

Government; jurisdiction has been declared a financially distressed area by its state; budgetary imbalance or

expenditure cutbacks resulting in significant reductions in other services provided by the agency or significant

layoffs of the agency’s personnel; extraordinary and unanticipated nonrecurring expenses or loss of revenue

(including closure or relocation of major employers) resulting in a material effect on the jurisdiction’s fiscal

condition; significant downgrading of the jurisdiction’s bond rating for fiscal-related reasons; filing for

bankruptcy, receivership, or similar measures, with the request for relief pending; location within an area in

which a declaration of major disaster has been made pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act; or other events or conditions demonstrating severe fiscal distress.

Excess cash review 

• Identification of the total amount of award funding drawn down from the award.

• Summary and supporting documentation of how the agency expended award funding.

• Revised Federal Financial Reports.

Local match review 

• Documentation that specifically identifies the sources of the local match such as written memoranda, local

government council minutes, or other documentation to support the appropriation or designation of local

funds for the sole purpose of paying local match for the specific award.

• Written requests for waiver of local match and written approval from the COPS Office waiving local match.

• Federal Quarterly Financial Reports (SF-425) that identify the amount of local match paid each quarter.

Unallowable/unsupported costs review 

• Payroll ledgers for all expenses charged to the award.

Community policing review 

• Brochures, newsletters, or any documents detailing the agency’s community policing efforts as specified in

your award application, particularly in the following key areas:

• Organizational Commitment

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 Community policing principles found in mission and values statements, policy and procedures manuals,

etc.

 Promoting community policing as part of the law enforcement culture.

 Community policing training disseminated during recruit training in the academy and/or during in-service

training.

 Strategic planning that incorporates community policing initiatives as part of the overall law enforcement

approach to provide public safety.

• Problem Solving Activities

 Building on information systems to enhance crime analysis capabilities.

 Identifying crime problems by looking at crime trends.

 Identifying crime problems with members of the community or other government agencies.

 Preventing crime by focusing on conditions that lead to crime.

• Community Partnerships

 Meetings with community members to learn about specific problems.

 Locating offices or stations within neighborhoods.

 Use of volunteers and/or reserve officers.

 Providing community policing training to citizens.

 Police participation in community organization working groups and/or special programs for schools and

other interest groups which enhance crime prevention.

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Appendix E. Memorandum of Understanding guidance 

Developing your school-based partnership 

School and law enforcement partnerships are built on a foundation of shared goals and objectives, which are 

approached in a constructive and positive manner and achieved through open communication. When schools, 

communities, and law enforcement agencies work together to creatively tackle problems, they may be able to 

achieve a number of positive outcomes, including the following: 

• An increased ability of law enforcement agencies, schools, and community groups to gather and analyze

useful and timely information about crime and fear of crime in schools in accordance with applicable privacy

laws;

• An increased ability of law enforcement agencies, schools, and community groups to work together in

developing innovative, systemic, long-term approaches to reducing and preventing different kinds of crime in

and around their schools and preventing unnecessary law enforcement involvement in non-criminal student

misbehavior. Measurable outcomes may be determined by implementing strategies focused on targeted

crimes, thereby improving the quality of life for those affected (students, teachers, school personnel, and

parents), promoting a safer environment that is conducive for learning, and decreasing the fear of crime and

violence among students, school employees, and the surrounding community;

• An increased understanding of how to effectively interact with youth through coordinated training on topics

such as basic childhood and adolescent development and age-appropriate responses, disability and special

education issues, conflict resolution and de-escalation techniques, bias-free policing including implicit bias

and cultural competence, restorative justice techniques, and working with specific student groups such as

students with disabilities or limited English proficiency and students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT);

• An increased understanding of an SRO’s roles and responsibilities, including an understanding that school

code of conduct violations and routine discipline of students remains the responsibility of school administrators and that law enforcement actions (such as arrest, citations, ticketing, or court referrals) are only to be

used as a last resort for incidents that involve criminal behavior or when it becomes necessary to protect the

safety of students, faculty, and staff from the threat of immediate harm;

• An increased ability through coordinated training for schools and law enforcement agencies to properly train

and respond to school safety threats;

• An increased ability to plan for and respond appropriately to emergencies.

Developing a Memorandum of Understanding 

An MOU, also referred to as an interagency agreement or Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), is an instrument 

used to build mutual respect and trust between partners while delineating specific roles and responsibilities of the 

partnering agencies. Every jurisdiction with a school and law enforcement partnership should have an MOU that 

clearly defines the roles and responsibilities of the individual partners involved, including school districts, boards or 

departments of education, school administration officials, law enforcement agencies (including SROs), and 

students and parents. As a policy instrument, all parties should sign and abide by the MOU, and it should be 

considered a living document that operates within the context created by applicable federal and state laws— 

including, but not limited to, federal civil rights laws and privacy laws. 

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Memorandum of Understanding guidelines 

The COPS Office strongly encourages law enforcement agencies to work collaboratively with school partners to 

formulate additional information that will help successfully implement their overall school safety plans. The MOU 

must be submitted to the COPS Office within 90 days of the date shown on the award congratulatory letter. The 

implementation of the CHP award without submission and acceptance of the required MOU may result in 

expenditures not being reimbursed by the COPS Office and/or award de-obligation. The following information 

should be included within an MOU. 

Purpose of the MOU 

This statement may already exist within your ongoing partnership or may need to be developed jointly to assist in 

defining the primary purpose of your partnership. The statement of purpose should describe the agencies that are 

entering into the partnership and the effective date of the agreement. 

Description of partner roles and responsibilities 

This description must include the roles and responsibilities of the school, the school district, and the law enforcement agency, and each partner should be specifically listed within the document. It must clearly indicate that SROs 

will not be responsible for requests to resolve routine discipline problems involving students. The administration of 

student discipline, including student code of conduct violations and student misbehavior, is the responsibility of 

school administrators unless the violation or misbehavior involves criminal conduct. 

The MOU must include the roles and responsibilities of the school partner. These roles may include providing a 

secure work space for the SRO to conduct interviews and maintain confidential records; establishing standing 

meetings; and working with school administrators in identifying problems and evaluating progress under the MOU, 

including data collection and evaluation. The school administrator should ensure that staff cooperates with police 

investigations and any subsequent actions related to crime or criminal activity on campus. 

The law enforcement partner is responsible for the selection of officer(s) assigned to the school, and these 

officer(s) should adhere to the principles of community policing. This section of the MOU must define the roles and 

responsibilities of the SRO and the assigned hours of SRO duty, including arrival and departure times and specifying 

if after-hour duties may be performed and if time spent in court, attending interagency meetings, and investigating 

school-related crimes are within the scope of SRO duties. 

The MOU should include examples of the activities that the SRO will engage in, such as 

• handling requests for calls for service in and around schools;

• conducting comprehensive safety and security assessments;

• developing emergency management and incident response systems based on the National Incident

Management System (NIMS) and the four phases of emergency management: mitigation/prevention,

preparedness, response, and recovery;

• developing and implementing safety plans or strategies;

• integrating appropriate security equipment/technology solutions, including incorporating Crime Prevention

Through Environmental Design (CPTED) as appropriate to enhance school safety;

• responding to unauthorized persons on school property;

• serving as liaisons between the school and other police agencies, investigative units, or juvenile justice

authorities when necessary and consistent with applicable civil rights laws and privacy laws;

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• serving as a member of a multidisciplinary school team to refer students to professional services within both

the school (guidance counselors or social workers) and the community (youth and family service

organizations);

• building relationships with juvenile justice counselors to help connect youth with needed services;

• developing and expanding crime prevention efforts for students;

• developing and expanding community justice initiatives for students.

Information sharing 

This section must address the type of and the extent to which information will be shared between the law enforcement agency and school or school district partners. For example, it should define the type of information that 

the school is permitted or willing to share with law enforcement, as well as information flow from law 

enforcement to school partner(s). When entering into an MOU, agencies should consider all federal or state laws 

that govern the collection, use, and dissemination of student records. 

Federal privacy laws, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), the Health Insurance 

Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and civil rights and other laws must be considered when 

developing plans for information sharing that involves personally identifiable information from student education 

records. For more information on FERPA, see the U.S. Department of Education’s FERPA home page at 

www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html; for more information on HIPAA, see the U.S. Department 

of Health and Human Service’s Health information privacy site at www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/index.html; and for 

an overview of FERPA issues relevant to emergency planning and SRO programs, please see the ”Closer Look” 

section of the Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans at 

http://rems.ed.gov/docs/rems_k-12_guide_508.pdf. 

Supervision responsibility and chain of command for the SRO 

This section should clearly establish a definitive chain of command for the SRO, including the individual(s) 

responsible for the supervision of the SRO. With rare exception, this responsibility lies with the law enforcement 

executive or his or her law enforcement designee. 

Signatures 

The MOU must be signed and dated by both the highest ranking law enforcement executive (i.e., police chief or 

sheriff) and the school official(s) who will have general educational oversight and decision-making authority (i.e., 

board of education chairperson, superintendent, or school principal). The MOU should be developed with 

participation from school administrators and officers assigned to the school(s) so that staff members who are 

impacted by the agreement clearly understand their roles and responsibilities. Successful MOUs are often developed by teams that include students, parents, and other community members committed to keeping schools safe, 

in addition to school and law enforcement members. The MOU should be publicly available to members of the 

school community. 

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Appendix F. Enhancement of contractor protection from reprisal for 

disclosure of certain information (41 U.S.C. 4712) 

(a) Prohibition of reprisals.--

(1) In general.--An employee of a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, or subgrantee or personal services

contractor may not be discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for disclosing to a person or body described in paragraph (2) information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of gross mismanagement of a Federal contract or grant, a gross waste of Federal

funds, an abuse of authority relating to a Federal contract or grant, a substantial and specific danger

to public health or safety, or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a Federal contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract) or grant.

(2) Persons and bodies covered.--The persons and bodies described in this paragraph are the persons

and bodies as follows:

(A) A Member of Congress or a representative of a committee of Congress.

(B) An Inspector General.

(C) The Government Accountability Office.

(D) A Federal employee responsible for contract or grant oversight or management at the relevant

agency.

(E) An authorized official of the Department of Justice or other law enforcement agency.

(F) A court or grand jury.

(G) A management official or other employee of the contractor, subcontractor, or grantee who has

the responsibility to investigate, discover, or address misconduct.

(3) Rules of construction.--For the purposes of paragraph (1)--

(A) an employee who initiates or provides evidence of contractor, subcontractor, or grantee misconduct in any judicial or administrative proceeding relating to waste, fraud, or abuse on a Federal

contract or grant shall be deemed to have made a disclosure covered by such paragraph; and

(B) a reprisal described in paragraph (1) is prohibited even if it is undertaken at the request of an

executive branch official, unless the request takes the form of a non-discretionary directive and is

within the authority of the executive branch official making the request.

(b) Investigation of complaints.--

(1) Submission of complaint.--A person who believes that the person has been subjected to a reprisal

prohibited by subsection (a) may submit a complaint to the Inspector General of the executive agency

involved. Unless the Inspector General determines that the complaint is frivolous, fails to allege a violation of the prohibition in subsection (a), or has previously been addressed in another Federal or

State judicial or administrative proceeding initiated by the complainant, the Inspector General shall

investigate the complaint and, upon completion of such investigation, submit a report of the findings

of the investigation to the person, the contractor or grantee concerned, and the head of the agency.

(2) Inspector General action.--

(A) Determination or submission of report on findings.--Except as provided under subparagraph (B),

the Inspector General shall make a determination that a complaint is frivolous, fails to allege a

violation of the prohibition in subsection (a), or has previously been addressed in another Federal

or State judicial or administrative proceeding initiated by the complainant or submit a report under paragraph (1) within 180 days after receiving the complaint.

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(B) Extension of time.--If the Inspector General is unable to complete an investigation in time to submit a report within the 180-day period specified in subparagraph (A) and the person submitting

the complaint agrees to an extension of time, the Inspector General shall submit a report under

paragraph (1) within such additional period of time, up to 180 days, as shall be agreed upon between the Inspector General and the person submitting the complaint.

(3) Prohibition on disclosure.--The Inspector General may not respond to any inquiry or disclose any information from or about any person alleging the reprisal, except to the extent that such response or

disclosure is--

(A) made with the consent of the person alleging the reprisal;

(B) made in accordance with the provisions of section 552a of title 5 or as required by any other applicable Federal law; or

(C) necessary to conduct an investigation of the alleged reprisal.

(4) Time limitation.--A complaint may not be brought under this subsection more than three years after

the date on which the alleged reprisal took place.

(c) Remedy and enforcement authority.--

(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after receiving an Inspector General report pursuant to subsection

(b), the head of the executive agency concerned shall determine whether there is sufficient basis to

conclude that the contractor or grantee concerned has subjected the complainant to a reprisal prohibited by subsection (a) and shall either issue an order denying relief or shall take one or more of the

following actions:

(A) Order the contractor or grantee to take affirmative action to abate the reprisal.

(B) Order the contractor or grantee to reinstate the person to the position that the person held before the reprisal, together with compensatory damages (including back pay), employment benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment that would apply to the person in that position if the reprisal had not been taken.

(C) Order the contractor or grantee to pay the complainant an amount equal to the aggregate

amount of all costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees and expert witnesses' fees) that were

reasonably incurred by the complainant for, or in connection with, bringing the complaint regarding the reprisal, as determined by the head of the executive agency.

(2) Exhaustion of remedies.--If the head of an executive agency issues an order denying relief under paragraph (1) or has not issued an order within 210 days after the submission of a complaint under subsection (b), or in the case of an extension of time under paragraph (b)(2)(B), not later than 30 days

after the expiration of the extension of time, and there is no showing that such delay is due to the

bad faith of the complainant, the complainant shall be deemed to have exhausted all administrative

remedies with respect to the complaint, and the complainant may bring a de novo action at law or

equity against the contractor or grantee to seek compensatory damages and other relief available

under this section in the appropriate district court of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction

over such an action without regard to the amount in controversy. Such an action shall, at the request

of either party to the action, be tried by the court with a jury. An action under this paragraph may not

be brought more than two years after the date on which remedies are deemed to have been exhausted.

(3) Admissibility of evidence.--An Inspector General determination and an agency head order denying

relief under paragraph (2) shall be admissible in evidence in any de novo action at law or equity

brought pursuant to this subsection.

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(4) Enforcement of orders.--Whenever a person fails to comply with an order issued under paragraph

(1), the head of the executive agency concerned shall file an action for enforcement of such order in

the United States district court for a district in which the reprisal was found to have occurred. In any

action brought under this paragraph, the court may grant appropriate relief, including injunctive relief, compensatory and exemplary damages, and attorney fees and costs. The person upon whose

behalf an order was issued may also file such an action or join in an action filed by the head of the

executive agency.

(5) Judicial review.--Any person adversely affected or aggrieved by an order issued under paragraph (1)

may obtain review of the order's conformance with this subsection, and any regulations issued to

carry out this section, in the United States court of appeals for a circuit in which the reprisal is alleged

in the order to have occurred. No petition seeking such review may be filed more than 60 days after

issuance of the order by the head of the executive agency. Review shall conform to chapter 7 of title

5. Filing such an appeal shall not act to stay the enforcement of the order of the head of an executive

agency, unless a stay is specifically entered by the court.

(6) Burdens of proof.--The legal burdens of proof specified in section 1221(e) of title 5 shall be controlling for the purposes of any investigation conducted by an Inspector General, decision by the head of

an executive agency, or judicial or administrative proceeding to determine whether discrimination

prohibited under this section has occurred.

(7) Rights and remedies not waivable.--The rights and remedies provided for in this section may not be

waived by any agreement, policy, form, or condition of employment.

(d) Notification of employees.--The head of each executive agency shall ensure that contractors, subcontractors, and grantees of the agency inform their employees in writing of the rights and remedies provided

under this section, in the predominant native language of the workforce.

(e) Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the discharge of, demotion of, or

discrimination against an employee for a disclosure other than a disclosure protected by subsection (a) or

to modify or derogate from a right or remedy otherwise available to the employee.

(f) Exceptions.

(1) This section shall not apply to any element of the intelligence community, as defined in section 3(4)

of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)).

(2) This section shall not apply to any disclosure made by an employee of a contractor, subcontractor, or

grantee of an element of the intelligence community if such disclosure--

(A) relates to an activity of an element of the intelligence community; or

(B) was discovered during contract, subcontract, or grantee services provided to an element of the

intelligence community.

(g) Definitions.--In this section:

(1) The term “abuse of authority” means an arbitrary and capricious exercise of authority that is inconsistent with the mission of the executive agency concerned or the successful performance of a contract or grant of such agency.

(2) The term “Inspector General” means an Inspector General appointed under the Inspector General Act

of 1978 and any Inspector General that receives funding from, or has oversight over contracts or

grants awarded for or on behalf of, the executive agency concerned.

(h) Construction.--Nothing in this section, or the amendments made by this section, shall be construed to

provide any rights to disclose classified information not otherwise provided by law.

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Appendix G. 2 CFR Appendix II to Part 200: Contract provisions for 

nonfederal entity contracts under federal awards 

In addition to other provisions required by the federal agency or nonfederal entity, all contracts made by the 

nonfederal entity under the federal award must contain provisions covering the following, as applicable. 

(A) Contracts for more than the simplified acquisition threshold currently set at $150,000, which is the inflation

adjusted amount determined by the Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations

Council (Councils) as authorized by 41 U.S.C. 1908, must address administrative, contractual, or legal remedies in

instances where contractors violate or breach contract terms, and provide for such sanctions and penalties as appropriate.

(B) All contracts in excess of $10,000 must address termination for cause and for convenience by the non-Federal

entity including the manner by which it will be effected and the basis for settlement.

(C) Equal Employment Opportunity. Except as otherwise provided under 41 CFR Part 60, all contracts that meet the

definition of “federally assisted construction contract” in 41 CFR Part 60-1.3 must include the equal opportunity

clause provided under 41 CFR 60-1.4(b), in accordance with Executive Order 11246, “Equal Employment Opportunity” (30 FR 12319, 12935, 3 CFR Part, 1964-1965 Comp., p. 339), as amended by Executive Order 11375,

“Amending Executive Order 11246 Relating to Equal Employment Opportunity,” and implementing regulations at

41 CFR part 60, “Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Equal Employment Opportunity, Department of

Labor.”

(D) Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 3141-3148). When required by Federal program legislation, all prime

construction contracts in excess of $2,000 awarded by non-Federal entities must include a provision for compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 3141-3144, and 3146-3148) as supplemented by Department of Labor

regulations (29 CFR Part 5, “Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Covering Federally Financed and

Assisted Construction”). In accordance with the statute, contractors must be required to pay wages to laborers and

mechanics at a rate not less than the prevailing wages specified in a wage determination made by the Secretary of

Labor. In addition, contractors must be required to pay wages not less than once a week. The non-Federal entity

must place a copy of the current prevailing wage determination issued by the Department of Labor in each solicitation. The decision to award a contract or subcontract must be conditioned upon the acceptance of the wage determination. The non-Federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency.

The contracts must also include a provision for compliance with the Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act (40 U.S.C. 3145),

as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 3, “Contractors and Subcontractors on Public

Building or Public Work Financed in Whole or in Part by Loans or Grants from the United States”). The Act provides

that each contractor or subrecipient must be prohibited from inducing, by any means, any person employed in the

construction, completion, or repair of public work, to give up any part of the compensation to which he or she is

otherwise entitled. The non-Federal entity must report all suspected or reported violations to the Federal awarding agency.

(E) Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 3701-3708). Where applicable, all contracts awarded

by the non-Federal entity in excess of $100,000 that involve the employment of mechanics or laborers must include a provision for compliance with 40 U.S.C. 3702 and 3704, as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations (29 CFR Part 5). Under 40 U.S.C. 3702 of the Act, each contractor must be required to compute the wages of

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work week is permissible provided that the worker is compensated at a rate of not less than one and a half times 

the basic rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in the work week. The requirements of 40 U.S.C. 

3704 are applicable to construction work and provide that no laborer or mechanic must be required to work in surroundings or under working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous. These requirements do not 

apply to the purchases of supplies or materials or articles ordinarily available on the open market, or contracts for 

transportation or transmission of intelligence. 

(F) Rights to Inventions Made Under a Contract or Agreement. If the Federal award meets the definition of “funding agreement” under 37 CFR §401.2 (a) and the recipient or subrecipient wishes to enter into a contract with a

small business firm or nonprofit organization regarding the substitution of parties, assignment or performance of

experimental, developmental, or research work under that “funding agreement,” the recipient or subrecipient

must comply with the requirements of 37 CFR Part 401, “Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations

and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements,” and any implementing regulations issued by the awarding agency.

(G) Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251-1387), as

amended—Contracts and subgrants of amounts in excess of $150,000 must contain a provision that requires the

non-Federal award to agree to comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the

Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251-

1387). Violations must be reported to the Federal awarding agency and the Regional Office of the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA).

(H) Debarment and Suspension (Executive Orders 12549 and 12689)—A contract award (see 2 CFR 180.220) must

not be made to parties listed on the governmentwide exclusions in the System for Award Management (SAM), in

accordance with the OMB guidelines at 2 CFR 180 that implement Executive Orders 12549 (3 CFR part 1986 Comp.,

p. 189) and 12689 (3 CFR part 1989 Comp., p. 235), “Debarment and Suspension.” SAM Exclusions contains the

names of parties debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded by agencies, as well as parties declared ineligible

under statutory or regulatory authority other than Executive Order 12549.

(I) Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment (31 U.S.C. 1352)—Contractors that apply or bid for an award exceeding

$100,000 must file the required certification. Each tier certifies to the tier above that it will not and has not used

Federal appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer

or employee of any agency, a member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a member

of Congress in connection with obtaining any Federal contract, grant or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C.

1352. Each tier must also disclose any lobbying with non-Federal funds that takes place in connection with obtaining any Federal award. Such disclosures are forwarded from tier to tier up to the non-Federal award.

(J) See §200.322 Procurement of recovered materials.

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Appendix H. Remittance of Interest Earned Amounts 

2 CFR § 200.305 (b)(9) – Payment (remittance of interest earned) 

Interest earned amounts up to $500 per year may be retained by the non-federal entity for administrative expense. 

Any additional interest earned on federal advance payments deposited in interest-bearing accounts must be 

remitted annually to the Department of Health and Human Services Payment Management System (PMS) through 

an electronic medium using either Automated Clearing House (ACH) network or a Fedwire Funds Service payment. 

Remittances must include pertinent information of the payee and nature of payment in the memo area (often 

referred to as “addenda records” by Financial Institutions) as that will assist in the timely posting of interest earned 

on federal funds. Pertinent details include the Payee Account Number (PAN) if the payment originated from PMS, or 

Agency information if the payment originated from ASAP, NSF or another payment system. The 

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remittance must be submitted as follows: 

i. For ACH Returns:

Routing Number: 051036706

Account number: 303000

Bank Name and Location: Credit Gateway - ACH Receiver St. Paul, MN

ii. For Fedwire Returns*:

Routing Number: 021030004

Account number: 75010501

Bank Name and Location: Federal Reserve Bank Treas NYC/Funds Transfer Division New York, NY

(* Please note organization initiating payment is likely to incur a charge from your Financial Institu

tion for this type of payment)

iii. For International ACH Returns:

Beneficiary Account: Federal Reserve Bank of New York/ITS (FRBNY/ITS)

Bank: Citibank N.A. (New York)

Swift Code: CITIUS33

Account Number: 36838868

Bank Address: 388 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013

Payment Details (Line 70): Agency

Name (abbreviated when possible) and ALC Agency POC: Michelle Haney, 301-492-5065

For recipients that do not have electronic remittance capability, please make check** payable to:

“The Department of Health and Human Services.”

Mail Check to Treasury approved lockbox:

HS Program Support Center, P.O. Box 530231, Atlanta, GA 30353-0231

(** Please allow 4-6 weeks for processing of a payment by check to be applied to the appropriate

PMS account)

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Glossary of Terms 

allowable costs. Allowable costs are costs that will be paid for by this award program. The only allowable costs 

under CHP are the approved full-time entry-level salaries and fringe benefits of sworn career law enforcement 

officers hired or rehired on or after the award start date. CHP award funds may be used to hire or rehire 

experienced officers, but any costs higher than entry-level must be paid by your agency with local funds. Award 

funding must be limited to your agency’s entry-level sworn officer salary and benefits. Upon review of your 

submitted budget, any unallowable costs were removed. The award financial information included in your award 

package, specifies the final amount of CHP funds awarded to your agency for officer salaries and approved fringe 

benefits. Approved entry-level salaries and benefits paid during basic academy training are allowable when it is the 

agency’s policy to pay all newly hired officers during this training. 

audit. Work done by auditors, including both the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and state or local auditors, 

to examine financial statements and to review 

• compliance with laws and regulations;

• economy and efficiency of operations;

• effectiveness in achieving program results; and

• allowability of costs claimed against the award.

authorized officials. The authorized officials are the individuals in your organization who have final authority and 

responsibility for all programmatic and financial decisions regarding this award. At the time of award application, 

your agency listed the law enforcement executive (usually the chief of police, Sheriff, etc.) and the government 

executive (usually the mayor, board president, etc.) for your agency. These executives are listed on your award 

document and are understood to be your authorized officials. If any of the executive information is incorrect, 

please submit the correct information to the COPS Office by completing an official Change of Information form 

available online at cops.usdoj.gov. 

award number. The award number identifies your agency’s specific CHP award and can be found on your award 

document. This number should be used as a reference when corresponding with the COPS Office. Your award 

number is in the following format: 15JCOPS-21-GG-02187-UHPX. The COPS Office tracks award information based 

upon this number. 

award package. The award package includes your CHP award document, award financial information, and award 

congratulatory letter; it may be accessed through the “Account Access” tab on the COPS Office website 

(cops.usdoj.gov). Your agency’s CHP award document will list your award number, law enforcement executive, 

government executive, award amount, number and hiring category of positions awarded, award start and end 

dates, and all terms and conditions (including any special conditions placed on your agency’s CHP award). Your law 

enforcement and government executives have 90 days from the date of the announcement to electronically sign 

the award document and submit it to the COPS Office. Your agency’s award financial information will specify the 

final amount of CHP funds awarded to your agency for officer salaries and approved fringe benefits. 

award start date. This is the date on or after which your agency is authorized to hire or rehire positions that were 

approved by the COPS Office. The award start date is found on your award document. Recipients may not expend 

funds or hire or rehire award-funded officers prior to this date without written approval from the COPS Office. 

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career law enforcement officer. The COPS Office statute defines a career law enforcement officer as a person 

hired on a permanent basis who is authorized by law or by a state or local public agency to engage in or oversee 

the prevention, detection, or investigation of violations of criminal laws. 

Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). The CFDA is an annual government-wide publication that 

contains a description and index of all forms of federal assistance. Each program is assigned a CFDA number, which 

is used by auditors to track award revenues under the Single Audit Act. It is also used in participating states by 

State Single Points of Contact in conducting the required intergovernmental reviews under Executive Order 12372. 

The CFDA number for the COPS Office CHP award is 16.710. 

closeout. The process in which the awarding agency, the COPS Office, determines that all applicable administrative 

actions and all required work and conditions of the award have been completed and met by the recipient and 

awarding agency. 

cognizant federal agency. Your cognizant federal agency is generally the federal agency that provides your agency 

with the most federal money. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may have already assigned your 

cognizant federal agency to you. If this is the first federal award that your organization has received, the U.S. 

Department of Justice is your cognizant federal agency. 

community policing. Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the 

systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions 

that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime. All newly hired, additional, or 

rehired officers (or an equal number of redeployed veteran officers) funded under COPS Office programs must 

engage in community policing activities, and in the implementation of your community policing strategy. 

COPS Office. Created under the 1994 Crime Bill, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) 

is an independent office within the U.S. Department of Justice that is the grantor or awarding agency for your 

award or cooperative agreement. The COPS Office is responsible for assisting your agency with the administration 

and maintenance of your award for the entire award period. If you have any questions regarding the COPS office, 

please call the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770 or visit the COPS Office website at cops.usdoj.gov. 

COPS Office Finance Staff Accountants. The COPS Office finance staff accountants are responsible for your 

agency’s financial and budgetary needs related to this award. A staff accountant is assigned to each state and is 

available to answer any questions that you may have concerning the Quarterly Financial Status Report (SF-425) 

and other financial aspects of your award. To identify your staff accountant, please call the COPS Office Response 

Center at 800-421-6770 or visit the COPS Office website at cops.usdoj.gov. 

criminal intelligence officer. A criminal intelligence officer, whether working directly with a law enforcement 

agency or assigned to the appropriate state or regional fusion center, works in the field of criminal intelligence and 

may conduct data collection, research, and analysis to produce finished intelligence reports or other products 

designed to assist in the prevention, detection, or investigation of violations of criminal laws. 

Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number and Unique Entity Identifier. Since FY 2004, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) has required all agencies applying for federal funding to obtain this number prior 

to application. The DUNS number is a unique nine- or thirteen-digit identification number that is assigned upon 

request to agencies by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). This number will be used by the Federal Government to better 

track award recipient information throughout the award cycle and to provide consistent name and address data 

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for electronic award application systems. To obtain a DUNS number, visit the Dun & Bradstreet website at 

www.dnb.com or call 866-705-5711. In April 2022, this number will be replaced by the Unique Entity Identifier, 

available in www.SAM.gov. 

Employer Identification Number (EIN) / OJP vendor number. This number is usually your agency’s nine-digit 

federal tax identification number as assigned to you by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Your 

accounting/bookkeeping department should have this number. In some cases, the EIN has been previously 

assigned to another agency within your jurisdiction. In this instance, a new vendor number will be assigned to you 

by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer. The newly assigned number is to be used for COPS Office administrative 

purposes only and should not be used for IRS purposes. 

federally recognized tribe. Federally recognized tribes are Native American Indian tribal entities that are 

recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and are eligible for funding and services by virtue of their status as 

sovereign Native American Indian tribes. They are acknowledged to have the immunities and privileges available to 

federally acknowledged Indian tribes by virtue of their government-to-government relationship with the United 

States, as well as the responsibilities, power, limitation, and obligations of such tribes. For further information, 

contact: BIA, Division of Tribal Government Services, MS-4631-MIB, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240, 

202-208-2475.

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) ID. The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) database is 

maintained by the US Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior. The database assigns a unique, 

permanent feature identifier, the feature ID, which is the only standard federal key for integrating or reconciling 

feature data from multiple datasets. 

Grant Monitoring Specialist. COPS Office Grant Monitoring Specialists are trained and available to assist you in 

addressing any compliance-related questions regarding your award. Grant monitoring specialists plan and conduct 

site visits and office-based grant reviews. During the life of your award, you may be selected for a monitoring site 

visit to assess your compliance with the terms and agreements of the award program, to review your community 

policing initiatives, and to provide technical and administrative support for your award. Please contact the COPS 

Office Response Center at 800-421-6770 if you have any compliance-related questions. 

Grant Program Specialist. COPS Office Grant Program Specialists are trained to assist you with implementing and 

maintaining your award. A Grant Program Specialist is assigned to your state and is available to answer any 

questions that you may have concerning the administrative aspects of your award. Your Grant Program Specialist 

can assist you with requesting an extension on your award or modifying the award. To obtain the name and phone 

number of your Grant Program Specialist, please contact the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770. 

local budget cycle. Your agency’s fiscal year. Some common examples include January 1 to December 31, October 

1 to September 30, and July 1 to June 30. Some local budget cycles may extend up to 24 months. 

matching funds. What a locality must contribute as a cash match toward total allowable project costs over the life 

of the program. Under the 2021 CHP, the matching funds must be paid with state, local, or other non-COPS Office 

funds and may not be from any funds previously budgeted for law enforcement purposes. There is a minimum 25 

percent matching fund requirement for 2021 CHP, unless waived in writing by the COPS Office. 

military veteran. Under the 2021 CHP, a military veteran is is defined as a person who served in the active military, 

naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable. 

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obligation of funds. The COPS Office obligates federal funds when the award document is signed by the COPS 

Office Director or his or her designated official. For the recipient, award funds are obligated when monies are 

spent hiring approved personnel under the award. The term encumbrance is often used at the local and state 

levels to describe this type of transaction. Liquidated obligations are considered cash outlays or monies actually 

spent. Unliquidated obligations are obligations incurred and recorded but not yet paid (accrual basis of accounting) 

or not yet recorded and not yet paid (cash basis of accounting). 

primary law enforcement authority. An agency with primary law enforcement authority is the agency that is the 

first responder to calls for service, and has ultimate and final responsibility for the prevention, detection, or 

investigation of violations of criminal laws within its jurisdiction. 

The Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994. The COPS Office is charged with fulfilling the 

mandates of this law. The purposes of the law are to 

• increase the number of community policing officers on the beat;

• provide additional and more effective training to law enforcement officers to enhance their problem-solving,

service, and other skills needed in interacting with members of the community;

• encourage the development and implementation of innovative programs to permit members of the

community to assist law enforcement agencies in the prevention of crime; and

• encourage the development of new technologies to assist law enforcement agencies in reorienting the

emphasis of their activities from reacting to crime to preventing crime.

rehire. CHP provides funding to rehire full-time officers who were laid off (from any jurisdiction) or who were 

scheduled to be laid off on a specific future date at the time of award application as a result of state, local, or BIA 

budget reductions. A recipient may use CHP funding to rehire an experienced full-time officer, but any additional 

costs higher than entry-level that your agency pays the rehired officer must be paid with local agency funds, not 

CHP funds. 

retention period. After 36 months of COPS Office funding, CHP recipients are required to retain each additional 

COPS Office-funded position awarded using local, state, or other sources of non-COPS Office funds. Each awarded 

position must be retained for at least 12 months following the conclusion of the 36 months of federal funding for 

that position. This time span is referred to as the retention period. 

School Resource Officer (SRO). A career law enforcement officer with sworn authority, deployed in communityoriented policing and assigned by the employing police department or agency to work in collaboration with schools 

and community-based organizations to 

• address crime problems, gangs, and drug activities affecting or occurring in or around an elementary or

secondary school;

• deploy or expand crime prevention efforts for students;

• educate likely school-age victims in crime prevention and safety;

• develop or expand community justice initiatives for students;

• train students in conflict resolution, restorative justice, and crime awareness;

• assist in the identification of physical changes in the environment that may reduce crime in or around the

school; and

• assist in developing school policy that addresses crime and to recommend procedural changes.

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supplanting. COPS Office award funds may not be used to supplant (replace) state, local, or Bureau of Indian 

Affairs (BIA) funds that would be made available in the absence of federal COPS Office award funding. CHP funds 

must be used to increase the amount of state, local, or BIA funds otherwise budgeted for sworn officer positions, 

plus any additional state, local, or BIA funds budgeted for these purposes. 

System for Award Management (SAM). The SAM database is the repository for standard information about 

federal financial assistance applicants, recipients, and subrecipients. Organizations that have previously submitted 

applications via www.grants.gov are already registered with SAM, as it is a requirement for www.grants.gov 

registration. Please note, however, that applicants must update or renew their SAM at least once per year to 

maintain an active status. Information about registration procedures can be accessed at www.sam.gov. 

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COPS Office Resources

Websites

COPS Office Community Policing Dispatch newsletter: http://cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/index.asp

COPS Office The Beat podcast: https://cops.usdoj.gov/thebeat

COPS Office What’s New in Blue video series: https://cops.usdoj.gov/whatsnewinblue

Grants information: http://cops.usdoj.gov/grants

Policing Task Force One Year Progress Report:

http://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/taskforce/TaskForce_Annual_Report.pdf

SRO Resources: http://cops.usdoj.gov/supportingsafeschools

Updated Publication list: https://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php

Publications

Beyond the Badge: Profile of a School Resource Officer http://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php?page=detail&id=COPSCD050

Intelligence-Led Community Policing, Community Prosecution, and Community Partnerships:

http://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php?page=detail&id=COPS-P322

Officer-Involved Shootings: A Guide for Law Enforcement Leaders:

http://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php?page=detail&id=COPS-P350

Police Perspectives: Building Trust in a Diverse Nation - No. 1. How to Increase Cultural Understanding:

http://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php?page=detail&id=COPS-P344

Police Perspectives: Building Trust in a Diverse Nation - No. 2. How to Serve Diverse Communities:

http://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php?page=detail&id=COPS-P345

Police Perspectives: Building Trust in a Diverse Nation - No. 3. How to Support Trust Building in Your Agency:

http://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php?page=detail&id=COPS-P346

Rank and File: Leaders in Building Trust and Community Policing:

http://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php?page=detail&id=COPS-P351

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References 

Atkinson, Anne J. 2002. Fostering School-Law Enforcement Partnerships. Safe and Secure: Guides to Creating Safer 

Schools, Guide 5. Washington, DC: Office of Justice and Juvenile Delinquency Prevention. 

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/book5.pdf. 

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This manual was created to assist COPS Hiring Program (CHP) program recipients with the administrative and 

financial matters associated with their award. 

For more information about your CHP award, please contact your COPS Office Grant Program Specialist. If you do 

not know the name or telephone number of your Grant Program Specialist, please contact the COPS Office 

Response Center at 800-421-6770. 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 

145 N Street NE 

Washington, DC 20530 

To obtain details about COPS Office programs, call the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770. 

Visit the COPS Office online at cops.usdoj.gov. 

Published December 2021