Deadline: 24-Jun-25
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office, is pleased to announce that it is seeking proposals for the Collaborative Reform Initiative (CRI): Organizational Assessment and Critical Response Programs.
The Collaborative Reform Initiative (CRI) program funds are used to highlight best practices of law enforcement agencies and the many ways they are protecting Americans; enhance officer safety and wellness; build agencies’ capacity for self-improvement; and promote community policing practices nationwide.
Goal and Objectives
- Goal 1: To provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies seeking to identify and implement organizational improvements aligned with the principles of community policing.
- Objective 1: To develop and implement training and peer-based learning opportunities that increase officer expertise and build agency capacity.
- Objective 2: To provide expert consultation, analysis, and assessment of law enforcement agency policy and operations.
- Goal 2: To promote community policing practices nationwide
- Objective 1: To share lessons learned through Collaborative Reform Initiative programs in ways that are easily accessible to law enforcement professionals.
- Objective 2: To model organizational learning and agency improvement processes that are datainformed and guided by experts from the law enforcement field.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded under Notice of Funding Opportunity $2,000,000.00.
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards $1,000,000.00 per award
Duration
- Period of Performance Duration is 12 months
Deliverables
- The project deliverables should be clearly described along with how the deliverables will be developed, including content, process steps, and outcomes within the project narrative. The project should focus on the following deliverables:
- Program management processes such as tracking dashboards; written standard operating procedures (SOP); and assessment and methodological templates, tools, and protocols for consistent technical assistance
- Subject matter expert database
- Delivery of immediate technical assistance, data analysis, and after-action reviews to requesting law enforcement agencies
- Site-specific work plans including timelines, staffing, and budgets
- Site-specific deliverables such as onsite agendas, after-action review reports, data analytical reports, and other agency deliverables
- Closeout reports
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility for the FY25 Collaborative Reform Initiative (CRI): Organizational Assessment and Critical Response programs are limited to for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, and institutions for higher education. For-profit organizations (as well as other recipients) must forgo any profit or management fee.
Projects out of Scope
- Applicants that are state, local, tribal, or territorial law enforcement agencies will not be considered.
- Proposals that are not national in scope will not be considered.
- Applicants unable to demonstrate the capacity to manage substantial and concurrent technical assistance to law enforcement agencies on a range of law enforcement, public safety, and crime reduction topics will not be considered.
- Applicants unable to demonstrate experience conducting law enforcement technical assistance, analysis, and after-actions covering topics such as use of force, officer-involved shootings, and mass demonstrations will not be considered.
- Applicants that have predetermined law enforcement agencies to provide reform and technical assistance services will not be considered.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
