FY25 Community Policing Development Microgrants | O COPS 2025 172384

Opportunity Information: Apply for O COPS 2025 172384

The FY25 Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrants opportunity is a discretionary federal grant program offered by the U.S. Department of Justice through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). Its central purpose is to help law enforcement agencies strengthen their ability to carry out community policing (also described in the notice as "common sense policing") by supporting practical, forward-looking projects that develop, test, and share effective approaches. The program is aimed at improving public safety outcomes by investing in promising practices, piloting innovative strategies, building evidence about what works, and encouraging creative methods to prevent crime and promote safer communities.

Funding under CPD Microgrants is designed for capacity-building and knowledge-building rather than routine operations. In practical terms, the COPS Office is looking for projects that can demonstrate new or refined ways of doing community policing, document lessons learned, and contribute to broader understanding of effective law enforcement strategies and outcomes. The notice also signals that awards will align with current Administration and Department of Justice priorities related to reestablishing law and order. Those priorities include, among other things, increasing hiring and retention of sworn officers, strengthening collaboration with federal task forces, addressing open drug use and disrupting fentanyl and other dangerous drug distribution, preventing crime and supporting nuisance abatement, countering human trafficking and child smuggling, and supporting enhanced immigration enforcement and border security. Like most federal programs, any awards are contingent on the availability of appropriated funds and may be subject to additional legal requirements or updates.

Eligibility is limited to law enforcement agencies at the local, state, tribal, and territorial levels. The opportunity is not broadly open to nonprofits, universities, or general local government departments unless they are functioning as or applying through an eligible law enforcement agency consistent with the solicitation requirements. State and local governmental entities that apply must comply with 8 U.S.C. 1373, which restricts state and local governments from prohibiting or limiting their officials or entities from sharing or maintaining information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or other government entities. The notice directs applicants to consult the appendices in the FY25 Resource Guide for Community Policing Advancement (CPA) Programs for more detail on these requirements.

The COPS Office allows collaborative projects where two or more entities participate, but it keeps accountability clear by requiring a single applicant to serve as the primary award recipient. That lead applicant is responsible for administering the funds, managing the full project, and ensuring compliance for the entire award, including oversight of any partner entities. If other organizations will carry out part of the programmatic work using grant funds, they must be identified as subrecipients in the application. The solicitation emphasizes the important difference between subawards (financial assistance relationships where a partner helps carry out part of the federal program) and contracts (procurement relationships used to buy goods and services needed to run the project). Applicants are pointed to the federal guidance at 2 C.F.R. 200.331 to help determine whether a partner relationship should be structured as a subrecipient arrangement or a contractor/vendor relationship.

From a funding and timeline standpoint, the opportunity is listed under Funding Opportunity Number O-COPS-2025-172384 and CFDA (Assistance Listing) 16.710, with an application deadline of June 24, 2025. The award ceiling is $175,000 per award, and the COPS Office anticipates making about 63 awards. Overall, this program is structured for law enforcement agencies that want to pilot or expand community policing-oriented practices with measurable learning value, while operating within the compliance and partnership rules that come with federal financial assistance.

• The Community Oriented Policing Services in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY25 Community Policing Development Microgrants" 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 2025-05-14.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-06-24. (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 $175,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 63 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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