FY22 Community Policing Development (CPD) Invitational Solicitation | O COPS 2022 171163

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The FY22 Community Policing Development (CPD) Invitational Solicitation is a U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office funding opportunity designed to strengthen law enforcement agencies ability to carry out community policing. In this context, community policing is treated as both a philosophy and an operating approach that relies on partnerships and structured problem-solving to address the conditions that lead to public safety concerns, including violent crime, nonviolent crime, and fear of crime. The program emphasizes practical, on-the-ground strategies that help agencies work with communities to prevent crime and improve safety, while also reinforcing trust between law enforcement and the people they serve.

CPD funding is aimed at building capacity through the development, testing, and spread of innovative and promising practices. Rather than only supporting routine operations, the solicitation focuses on producing guidance and tools that help the field learn what works, why it works, and how to replicate it. The COPS Office frames this work within broader commitments to civil rights and racial equity, improved access to justice, support for crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, stronger community safety, and readiness for evolving threats. In other words, projects are expected to contribute not only to crime prevention outcomes, but also to legitimacy, fairness, and public confidence in policing.

The solicitation is authorized under federal law, specifically the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (as amended) and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. Awards are contingent on the availability of appropriated funds and may be subject to additional legal requirements or changes imposed by law. The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which typically means the federal agency anticipates having substantial involvement in the work, such as collaboration on deliverables, review processes, or coordination on dissemination.

Administratively, applicants are allowed to submit more than one application, but each proposed project must be submitted as a separate application. A key compliance point is that applications must clearly identify the correct solicitation; if that is missing or unclear, the application may fail initial screening. Award recipients should be prepared to begin work immediately once selected and notified, which signals that the COPS Office expects projects to be implementation-ready, with workplans, staffing, and partner commitments lined up.

The opportunity also sets clear expectations for deliverables. Any training or curriculum-related outputs must follow the COPS Office Curriculum Standards and Review Process Guides posted on the COPS Office training website. If a project includes conferences or convenings, those activities must follow the COPS Office conference request approval process. Written products should align with the COPS Office Editorial and Style Manual, reinforcing that the program is strongly oriented toward producing standardized, field-ready materials that can be broadly shared and used. For proposals involving site-specific work, letters of support from the targeted agencies are strongly encouraged, helping show that partners are committed and that the proposed work is feasible in real operational settings.

Program goals under this solicitation center on identifying and expanding promising practices and producing knowledge products that meet specific quality standards. The COPS Office describes these products as needing to be quality-driven (practical action statements that reduce variation in performance), evidence-based (recommendations aligned with the strongest available evidence, ideally identified through systematic review), accessible (plain language and usable length for practitioners), and memorable (easy to apply in complex real-world situations). The intent is to translate research and innovation into guidance that working law enforcement professionals can quickly understand and implement.

Applicants are expected to lay out project-specific goals and explain, using appropriate research or methodology when relevant, how their work will advance community policing in several possible ways. These categories include developing knowledge (creating or leveraging information about strategies that show promise), increasing awareness (expanding how many agencies and individuals know about effective approaches), increasing skills and abilities (building practical capability through training, tools, or technical assistance), increasing practice (driving wider adoption of proven strategies), and institutionalizing practice (embedding these strategies into standard operating routines so they continue long after the project period ends). Not every category will fit every project, but proposals should clearly connect activities to measurable outcomes and should take into account the COPS Office performance measures referenced in the solicitation.

Key opportunity details include the funding opportunity title FY22 Community Policing Development (CPD) Invitational Solicitation, number O-COPS-2022-171163, and CFDA 16.710. It is a discretionary opportunity administered by the Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The posting indicates an expected total award ceiling of $9,790,000 and an anticipated five awards. The opportunity was created March 15, 2022, with an original closing date of May 17, 2022. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with additional clarification expected in the full eligibility section, meaning prospective applicants would need to confirm whether their organization type fits the COPS Office requirements for this specific invitational competition.

For questions, the solicitation directs applicants to the COPS Office Response Center, reachable by phone at 800-421-6770 or by email at AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov, during standard weekday business hours Eastern Time, excluding federal holidays. This support channel is intended for programmatic questions that come up while developing or submitting an application.

• The Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY22 Community Policing Development (CPD) Invitational Solicitation" 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 Mar 15, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 17, 2022. (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 $9,790,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 5 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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