The Automobile Theft Prevention Authority provides grants on a competitive basis for programs to reduce motor vehicle theft.
Donor Name: Michigan State Police
State: Michigan
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 06/02/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Payments to all grantees will be made on a reimbursement basis. Michigan Automobile Theft Prevention Authority assesses the scope of the problem of motor vehicle theft, analyzes various methods of combating the problem, establishes a plan for providing financial support to combat motor vehicle theft and grants funds for theft prevention teams.
Eligible Expenses
- Regular salaries
- Longevity costs
- Fringe benefits (FICA, unemployment, workers compensation, retirement, life, medical, dental and vision insurance)
- Overtime hours. Hours must not exceed twenty percent of the total sworn employee’s budgeted salary/fringe amount. This amount is cumulative for the team and can be utilized at the team’s discretion. For grantees only paying overtime, this limit does not apply
- Travel and meals. Travel outside normal territory, not to exceed $3,000 per employee/per year
- Vehicle operation cost. Not to exceed:
- Law enforcement agency – Calculated at $10,000 per employee/per year; costs are cumulative, not limited per employee. Only vehicles engaged in road patrols/investigations are eligible
- Prosecutor’s office – $750 per assistant prosecuting attorney/per year for mileage and parking reimbursement
- Non-profit organization – $1,500 per employee/per year for mileage reimbursement
- Office space or utilities. Requires prior approval
- Office furniture – Requires prior approval
- Copier purchase/usage. Not to exceed:
- Law enforcement agency – $1,200 per year
- Prosecutor’s office – $1,200 per year
- Non-profit agency – $2,400 per year
- Phone installation. Prior approval is required
- Landline phone purchase/usage. Not to exceed:
- Law enforcement agency and prosecutor’s office – $750 per person/per year
- Non-profit agency – $1,500 per year
- Office supplies. Not to exceed $200 per year/per person
- Investigative supplies for law enforcement agency (sworn employees only), not to exceed $300 per year/per person
- Computer purchase. Prior approval is required
- Cell phone purchase/usage. Prior approval is required
- Motor vehicle theft-related association dues, including dues to the International Association of Automobile Theft Investigators and Michigan Association of Vehicle Theft Investigators
- Training or conferences for educational purposes relating to vehicle theft/fraud investigations. Prior approval is required.
Eligibility Criteria
Law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and organizations qualified as a 501(c)(3) non-profit are eligible to apply for an ATPA grant. Grants will only be awarded for enforcement, prosecution, community awareness, and prevention programs aimed at reducing motor vehicle theft.
For more information, visit MSP.
