The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for the COPS Office FY 2022 Collaborative Reform Initiative.
Donor Name: Community Oriented Policing Services
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/06/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
This continuum of services is designed to build trust between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve; improve operational efficiencies and effectiveness; enhance officer safety and wellness; and develop and disseminate evidence-based, promising, and innovative public safety practices
- Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC). In operation since 2017, CRI-TAC provides a wide array of technical assistance services, using a “by the field, for the field” approach. The CRI TAC process is agency-driven and offers customizable, short-term technical assistance on more than 60 topics. This program is currently operational, and the COPS Office is not seeking proposals for its funding through this solicitation.
- Critical Response. The Critical Response program is designed to provide targeted TA to law enforcement agencies experiencing high-profile events, major incidents, or sensitive issues of varying need. Critical Response is highly customizable and provides flexible assistance to law enforcement agencies in a variety of ways including after-action reviews, peer-to-peer exchanges; targeted in-depth review, analysis, and recommendations; and facilitated discussions with SMEs. Critical Response sites may vary in duration, depending upon the scope of the project. Shorter-term executive consultations may take as little as two weeks, while in-depth reviews of specific incidents or issues will take between six and nine months.
- Organizational Assessments. Organizational Assessments offer the most intensive form of technical assistance on the continuum, involving in-depth assessments and long-term assistance on systemic issues that can challenge community trust and confidence. The ideal timeline for engagements will be a 12-month period after the intake process is completed, with the maximum time for engagements to be 18 months. During that period, it will be the responsibility of all involved parties to accomplish the mutual goal of police reform while acknowledging that sustaining these efforts ultimately must be the responsibility of local agencies and communities.
Goals
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is committed to ensuring that law enforcement agencies across the nation serve all people with fairness, equity, and effectiveness. To that end, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) offers the Collaborative Reform Initiative to assist law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve in identifying and implementing organizational improvements and reforms through training, consultation, and peer-based learning, analysis, and in-depth assessments.
Collaborative Reform Initiative goals
- Build trust between police and the communities they serve
- Improve fairness, effectiveness, and efficiency in agency operations
- Enhance officer safety and wellness
- Promote promising practices established through COPS Office technical assistance programs nationwide
- Build capacity within agencies for organizational learning and self-improvement.
Funding Information
Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards – $5,000,000.
Grant Period
Period of Performance Duration (Months)- 24.
Eligibility Criteria
- The COPS Office is seeking applications from eligible organizations that can support either Critical Response or Organizational Assessments. The COPS Office will make two awards from this solicitation, one for Organizational Assessments and the other for Critical Response. These programs are distinct, and applicants must clearly identify which program they are applying for. Applicants may submit proposals for both programs; however, separate proposals will need to be submitted for each program. Furthermore, applicants should be aware that they are unlikely to be selected for both programs. Applicants should read this overview and the following program descriptions carefully to understand each program and its requirements.
- Applicant eligibility is limited to for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education. For-profit organizations (as well as other recipients) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
