CFDA#
16.710
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
C - Funds little to no technology
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Authority
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
Summary
The COPS Hiring Program (CHP) provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.
Anticipated outcomes of the CHP program awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of the agency to engage in community policing activities.
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.
- 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.
The only allowable costs under CHP are the approved full-time, entry-level salaries and fringe benefits of newly hired or rehired sworn career law enforcement officers hired or rehired on or after the award start date.
Additional consideration will be given to applicants who select the following problem/focus areas:
- Building Legitimacy and Trust
- Violent Crime/Gun Violence
- Combating Hate and Domestic Extremism
- Police-based Response to Persons in Crisis
- Homeland Security
History of Funding
$216,809,571 was awarded to 394 applicants in 2023. Awardees can be viewed at: https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2023AwardDocs/chp/Award_List.pdf
$139,671,36 was awarded to 180 applicants in 2022. Awardees can be viewed at: https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2022AwardDocs/chp/Award_List.pdf
Previous awardees can be found at https://cops.usdoj.gov/programdocuments.
Additional Information
All items other than entry level personnel costs (salaries and fringe benefits) are considered unallowable under CHP. Therefore, requests for equipment, training, uniforms, vehicles, and indirect costs are not permitted under CHP. In addition, the following personnel costs are unallowable:
- Salaries and fringe benefits of existing locally-funded officers, unless those officers are currently scheduled to be laid off on a specific future date;
- Salaries and fringe benefits over and above an agency's entry-level salary and fringe benefits for officers;
- Salaries and fringe benefits for civilian or non-sworn personnel;
- Salaries and fringe benefits for part-time officer positions;
- Salaries and fringe benefits for furloughed officers;
- Salaries and fringe benefits for correctional officers;
- Overtime costs, severance pay, hazard pay; and
- Retroactive pay
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants are state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies that have primary law enforcement authority.
Deadline Details
Applicants are to submit a SF-424 and SF-LLL to Grants.gov by June 6, 2024, at 4:59 PM ET. Full applications are to be submitted to JustGrants by June 12, 2024, at 4:59 PM ET. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.
Award Details
Up to $156,668,839 is available in FY24. Awards provide up to 75% funding of the approved entry-level salaries and fringe benefits of each newly hired and/or rehired full-time sworn career law enforcement officer over the three-year award period. The maximum federal share of per officer position is $125,000 over the three-year period, (not $125,000 per year). A minimum 25% local cash match is required.
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