FY26 Collaborative Reform Organizational Assessment and Enhanced Training Invitational
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-COPS-2026-172560
- Agency
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Community Oriented Policing Program
Offices Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $750,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- For Profit Organizations
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Other
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Small Businesses
- Points of contact
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- JustGrants Help Desk justgrants.support@usdoj.gov (833) 872-5175
- askcopsrc@usdoj.gov (800) 421-6770
- <Unknown> support@grants.gov (800) 518-4726
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is soliciting cooperative agreement applications for the FY26 Collaborative Reform Initiative Organizational Assessment and Enhanced Training program, with applications due August 24, 2026. The program funds organizational improvements aligned with community policing principles through assessments, technical assistance, and enhanced training delivered to law enforcement agencies nationwide.
Eligible applicants include for-profit organizations, non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, other organizations, and small businesses. The source does not specify cost share requirements, award ceilings, award floors, or the expected number of awards.
The Enhanced Training program offers virtual cohort-based training with flexible scheduling and blended learning components. Training courses run between three and six months and include regular virtual sessions, participant-developed projects, and continuous access to trainers and subject matter experts. The program emphasizes maximizing implementation outcomes, meaningful participation, and sustainability of new operational concepts.
Place of performance is not specified in the source. The program operates under CFDA 16.710 (Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants). Award notification typically occurs 4–6 months after application receipt, and grantees must return signed award documentation within 90 days of the award mail date.
Applicants must submit applications and budget forms along with required assurances, certifications, and other documentation through Grants.gov or the COPS website using original or certified electronic signatures of authorized representatives. Financial records and supporting documents must be retained for three years following conclusion of federal assistance.
Synopsis
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing and the Administration's priority of Making America Safe Again by supporting the nation's state, local, territorial and Tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. The FY26 Collaborative Reform Initiative (CRI) Organizational Assessment and Enhanced Training program funding opportunity to identify and implement organizational improvements aligned with the principles of community policing to law enforcement agencies through assessments, technical assistance and enhanced training. The Enhanced Training program offers a suite of innovative new on-line enhanced training experiences for law enforcement professionals nationwide that focus on implementing organizational and operational improvements and measuring outcomes in short amounts of time (between three and six months). They are conducted through a series of regularly scheduled virtual trainings with specific projects developed by participants for completion. The key features of the enhanced training experience include training in cohorts, flexible scheduling, blended learning, and continuous access to trainers and subject matter experts throughout the training period. Enhanced training courses are designed to maximize outcomes, implementation of new concepts, meaningful participation, and sustainability.
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