FY26 Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-COPS-2026-172557
- Agency
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Community Oriented Policing Program
Offices Boards and Divisions, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $10,350,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- City/Township Governments
- For Profit Organizations
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Small Businesses
- State Governments
- Special District Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- County Governments
- Other
- Points of contact
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- <Unknown> support@grants.gov (800) 518-4726
- askcopsrc@usdoj.gov (800) 421-6770
- JustGrants Help Desk justgrants.support@usdoj.gov (833) 872-5175
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is soliciting applications for the FY26 Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) Program through a cooperative agreement mechanism, with applications due August 4, 2026. The program funds scenario-based training to prepare law enforcement, first responders, mental health and social service providers, dispatchers, facility security personnel, emergency management professionals, and School Resource Officers on active shooter threat and terrorism response.
Eligible applicants include state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies, as well as non-501(c)(3) nonprofits, for-profit organizations, small businesses, city/township governments, county governments, state governments, special district governments, other government entities, public and private higher education institutions, and 501(c)(3) nonprofits.
The program operates under CFDA 16.710 (Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants). While the source does not specify an award ceiling, floor, or expected number of awards for this particular opportunity, historical awards under the parent program range from $15,000 to $898,000. Grant periods under the COPS program run between one and three years; extensions may be considered on a case-by-case basis and should be requested no sooner than 90 days before the original project period expires. Award decisions typically occur four to six months after application receipt. School Resource Officers funded under the COPS Hiring Program receive priority access to PASS training. The program advances objectives established by the 2016 Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act to deliver integrated response courses designed to counter active shooter threats and terrorist acts.
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. This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY26 Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) Program. The preparedness of law enforcement to respond to active shooter incidents is a priority of the Administration. Through the PASS program, the Department of Justice supports this priority by providing funding to deliver nationally recognized, scenario-based training that prepares officers, first responders, and mental health and social service providers on how best to prepare their communities for an active shooter threat or act of terrorism. PASS program funds are used to increase public and law enforcement safety nationwide by training first responders-including law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), dispatchers, medical personnel, facility security, emergency management, and any other professionals who may reasonably be key to a successful integrated response-to handle an active shooter threat or act of terrorism. In addition, this program will provide priority access to training for School Resource Officers funded under the COPS Hiring Program, to support active shooter preparedness and response in primary and secondary schools. Training provided under the PASS program will advance the goal of the 2016 Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act in offering scenario-based, integrated response courses designed to counter active shooter threats or acts of terrorism against individuals or facilities.
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