FY26 COPS Hiring Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-COPS-2026-172611
- Agency
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Community Oriented Policing Program
Offices Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $6,250,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 16.068 COPS Hiring Program
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- County Governments
- Other
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- City/Township Governments
- Points of contact
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- <Unknown> support@grants.gov (800) 518-4726
- JustGrants Help Desk justgrants.support@usdoj.gov (833) 872-5175
- askcopsrc@usdoj.gov (800) 421-6770
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice is soliciting applications for the FY26 COPS Hiring Program, with applications due July 23, 2026. The program funds law enforcement agencies to hire and rehire career sworn law enforcement officers and deputies to increase community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts.
Eligible applicants include state, county, and city/township governments; federally recognized tribal governments; and other law enforcement agencies. The program requires a five-year period of performance, with extensions considered on a case-by-case basis for up to 12 additional months. Recent FY25 awards ranged from approximately $102,000 to $6.25 million, though the source does not specify FY26 award ceiling or floor amounts, or the expected number of awards.
Anticipated outcomes include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management supporting community policing, and increased agency capacity for community policing activities. Applicants must demonstrate ability to execute these requirements as core evaluation criteria.
Recipients must submit semiannual programmatic performance reports and quarterly federal financial reports (SF-425 forms) throughout the award period. Financial records must be retained for three years following award conclusion. All recipients participate in award monitoring activities by the COPS Office and Department of Justice entities, including site visits, office-based reviews, and compliance surveys. The COPS Office may examine consistency between purchases and approved budgets, and compliance with nonsupplanting and programmatic and financial requirements.
Award decisions are final and not subject to appeal. Applications are submitted through Grants.gov and JustGrants. The program is funded under CFDA 16.068.
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 supporting the Administration's priority of Making America Safe Again by the nation's state, local, territorial and Tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. The purpose of CHP is to fund law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career sworn law enforcement officers/deputies in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes of CHP 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 agency to engage in community policing activities.
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