FY25 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement – Support for Law Enforcement Agencies | O COPS 2025 172387

Opportunity Information: Apply for O COPS 2025 172387

The FY25 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement - Support for Law Enforcement Agencies program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). The program is focused on helping law enforcement agencies strengthen de-escalation and crisis response training in ways that align with the COPS Office approach to community policing, which the notice describes interchangeably as "community policing" and "common sense policing." The overall aim is to improve officer and public safety outcomes during high-stress encounters, especially those involving crisis situations, by supporting training efforts at the agency level.

Eligibility is limited strictly to law enforcement agencies at the state, local, territorial, and tribal levels. In addition, state and local governmental entities that apply must comply with 8 U.S.C. 1373, a federal requirement stating that state and local government entities cannot prohibit or restrict their officials or agencies from sharing or maintaining information related to an individual's citizenship or immigration status with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or other government entities. Applicants are also directed to review the appendices in the FY25 Resource Guide for Community Policing Advancement (CPA) Programs for additional guidance tied to these requirements.

In terms of project structure, the COPS Office allows collaborative arrangements where two or more entities participate in carrying out the work, but only one organization can submit the application as the primary applicant. That lead applicant must take full responsibility for managing the award, administering funds, overseeing the entire project, and monitoring compliance. If other entities will help carry out program activities, they must be clearly identified as subrecipients in the application, and they are subject to the same award terms and conditions that apply to the main recipient. The notice also highlights an important compliance distinction between subawards and contracts: subawards are meant to pass through federal financial assistance so another entity can carry out part of the project, while contracts are for procuring goods or services needed to run the project. Applicants are referred to 2 C.F.R. 200.331 for guidance on properly classifying relationships as subrecipient versus contractor.

The opportunity is listed under CFDA number 16.710, with an award ceiling of up to $500,000 per award. The COPS Office anticipates making about 35 awards, though all awards depend on the availability of appropriated funds and may be affected by changes in law or additional requirements imposed after publication. The closing date provided is June 24, 2025, and the funding opportunity number is O-COPS-2025-172387.

Finally, the notice states that future awards will be implemented consistent with Executive Orders and Attorney General memoranda tied to an Administration priority of "reestablishing law and order." It explicitly connects funded efforts to broader public safety priorities such as hiring and retaining sworn officers, coordination with federal task forces, addressing open drug use and disrupting fentanyl distribution, preventing crime, nuisance abatement, countering human trafficking and child smuggling, and supporting enhanced immigration enforcement and border security. In practice, applicants should expect that their proposed training plans and project framing will be reviewed in light of these stated priorities, alongside the program's core emphasis on de-escalation and crisis response training.

• The Community Oriented Policing Services in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY25 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement – Support for Law Enforcement Agencies" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.710.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-14.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-06-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 35 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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