The FY26 COPS Hiring Program (CHP), administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice, provides grant funding to law enforcement agencies to hire and rehire additional career sworn law enforcement officers. The program aims to increase community policing capacity and enhance crime prevention efforts.
The CHP supports the Administration’s priority of Making America Safe Again by advancing community policing practices. Anticipated outcomes of 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.
Eligible applicants include:
Eligible applicants are limited to established and operational local, state, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies that have primary law enforcement authority. State and local governmental entities must comply with 8 U.S.C. §1373, which provides that state and local government entities may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, receiving from, maintaining, or exchanging information regarding citizenship or immigration status with components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or any other federal, state or local government entity.
Applicants must submit applications through Grants.gov. For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424, contact the Grants.gov customer service hotline at 800-518-4726, send questions via email to support@Grants.gov, or consult the Grants.gov Organization Applicant User Guide. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays.
For technical support with the Justice Grants System (JustGrants) application, contact JustGrants Support at JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov or 833-872-5175. JustGrants Support operates Monday through Friday between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) and Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. Training on JustGrants is available at https://justicegrants.usdoj.gov/training-resources.
For programmatic assistance, call the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770 or send questions via email to AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov. The COPS Office Response Center operates Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET, except on federal holidays. Feedback on this notice of funding opportunity, the application submission process, and the application review process may be sent via email to AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov (Subject line: “FY26 CHP Feedback”).
Grantor Contact: COPS Office Response Center
Email: askcopsRC@usdoj.gov
Additional Resources: COPS Grants
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