The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for the 2025 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement – Support for Law Enforcement Agencies program.
Donor Name: Community Oriented Policing Services
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/24/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
This program promotes safe outcomes during police encounters with persons in crisis through relevant training. Awards will be made to law enforcement agencies seeking to implement training and related supports. Training is supported for law enforcement officers, support personnel employed by law enforcement agencies, campus public safety officers, and mental health professionals working on a crisis intervention team as an employee of a law enforcement agency or under a legal agreement with a law enforcement agency.
Program Goal and Objectives
- Goal: The Safer Outcomes program will expand access to quality training on de-escalation and crisis response strategies for law enforcement officers, support personnel employed by law enforcement agencies, and associated mental health professionals.
- Objective 1: Safer Outcomes funding will provide state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies with the resources they need to secure, deliver, and assess quality de-escalation and crisis response training.
- Objective 2: Safer Outcomes funding will integrate de-escalation and crisis response strategies throughout the core curriculum of recruit-level training academies for state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement officers.
- Objective 3: Safer Outcomes funding will integrate de-escalation and crisis response training into the mandated curriculum and training standards of state level law enforcement training commissions.
Areas of Focus
Regardless of the path selected, supported training programs must address one or more of the following areas of focus.
- De-escalation tactics and alternatives to use of force. For purposes of this funding opportunity, the term “de-escalation” means taking action or communicating verbally or nonverbally during a potential force encounter in an attempt to stabilize the situation and reduce the immediacy of the threat so that more time, options, and resources can be called upon to resolve the situation without the use of force or with a reduction in the force necessary.
- Safely responding to an individual experiencing a mental or behavioral health or suicidal crisis. Such a crisis is one in which the behavior of a person puts the person at risk of hurting himself or herself or others, or impairs or prevents the person from being able to care for himself or herself or function effectively in the community. This also includes situations in which a person is under the influence of a drug or alcohol, is suicidal, or experiences symptoms of a mental illness; or may exhibit symptoms, including emotional reactions (such as fear or anger), psychological impairments (such as inability to focus, confusion, or psychosis), and behavioral reactions (such as the trigger of a freeze, fight, or flight response).
- Safe encounters with individuals with disabilities. The term “disability’” has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
- Successfully participating on a crisis intervention team. The term “crisis intervention team” means a collaborative, interdisciplinary team that brings together specially trained law enforcement officers, mental health providers, and other community stakeholders to respond to mental health related calls, use appropriate de-escalation techniques, and assess if referral to services or transport for mental health evaluation is appropriate.
- Making referrals to community-based services and support. This may include mental and behavioral health services and support, housing assistance programs, public benefits programs, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and other services.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $14,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $500,000.
Grant Period
24 months.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility for the FY25 Safer Outcomes: Enhancing De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training for Law Enforcement – Support for Law Enforcement Agencies program is limited is limited to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
