Deadline: 7-Jul-21
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is pleased to announce the COPS Office FY 2021 Community Policing Development (CPD) Crisis Intervention Teams program.
Goals
Under this solicitation, the COPS Office seeks to support projects that allow for the identification and expansion of promising practices and produces knowledge products that follow the principles of good guidance:
- Quality-driven, with an emphasis on action statements to drive promising practices and reduce variations in performance
- Evidence-based, with recommendations that are consistent with the weight of the best available evidence identified through systematic review
- Accessible, with clear language and manageable lengths that are appropriate and relevant for the law enforcement field
- Memorable, to encourage immediate actions or aid for the complex situations law enforcement professionals face
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $10,000,000.00
- Implementation of Crisis Intervention Teams – $250,000 cap/award;
- Crisis Intervention Training Provider – $900,000 cap/award
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 34
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/21 12:00 AM
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 24
Eligibility Criteria
- The Implementation of Crisis Intervention Teams subcategory applicant eligibility is limited to local, state, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies. The Crisis Intervention Training Provider subcategory applicant eligibility is open to all public governmental agencies, federally recognized Indian tribes, for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, community groups, and faith-based organizations. For-profit organizations (as well as other recipients) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- To advance Executive Order Safe Policing for Safe Communities, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=333678