Federal Grant Award Summary

The City of Vinita Park received a $522,609 Project Grant from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the FY25 COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.068), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2030. This award funds the hiring and/or rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers to enhance the city's community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. The primary deliverables include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess public safety problems, implementation of personnel and agency management changes in support of community policing initiatives, and increased organizational capacity to conduct community policing activities.

As a prime recipient of federal funding under the COPS Office, the City of Vinita Park is responsible for demonstrating measurable progress toward community policing objectives throughout the five-year award period. The city is required to submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports, and must participate in award monitoring activities including site visits and compliance reviews conducted by the COPS Office and Department of Justice.