FY25 COPS Office Invitational Program | O COPS 2025 172263

Opportunity Information: Apply for O COPS 2025 172263

The FY25 COPS Office Invitational Program is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). The COPS Office is the DOJ component focused on advancing community policing nationwide by supporting state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies with both grant funding and practical resources. This particular solicitation is designed to strengthen the field of community policing by investing in projects that help law enforcement agencies adopt, improve, and expand community policing strategies using evidence, innovation, and real-world testing.

This opportunity will be awarded as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the COPS Office expects to be substantially involved in the project during the period of performance (for example, providing direction, collaboration, or ongoing input rather than simply issuing funds and stepping back). The funded work is intended to build law enforcement capacity by generating and sharing guidance on promising practices, developing and testing innovative strategies, and increasing knowledge about what works, for whom, and under what conditions. In practical terms, the program emphasizes learning and implementation support: creating new approaches, piloting them, assessing outcomes, and packaging results in ways that other agencies and communities can use to prevent crime and promote safer communities.

Eligibility is broad in terms of organizational type. The solicitation indicates that for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, community groups, and faith-based organizations may apply. However, participation is restricted in a critical way: the program is invitational. Only applicants that have received a direct invitation from the COPS Office are eligible to submit an application under this solicitation, so it is not an open competition for the general public.

Key administrative details include the Funding Opportunity Number O-COPS-2025-172263 and CFDA (Assistance Listing) 16.710. The application deadline is listed as November 27, 2024. The maximum award amount (ceiling) is $2,000,000, and the COPS Office anticipates making about 2 awards. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, reflecting the program focus on public safety practice, prevention strategies, and community-oriented approaches to policing.

• The Community Oriented Policing Services in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY25 COPS Office Invitational Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.710.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-10-09.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-11-27. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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