FY22 Law Enforcement Agency De-Escalation Grants -Community Policing Development Solicitation | O COPS 2022 171167

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The FY22 Law Enforcement Agency De-Escalation Grants - Community Policing Development (CPD) Solicitation is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), focused on strengthening law enforcement capacity to carry out community policing and, specifically, to support de-escalation related efforts through development, testing, and dissemination of promising practices. The basic idea behind the program is that community policing is not a single tactic, but an agency-wide philosophy that relies on partnerships and problem solving to address the conditions that drive public safety problems, including violent crime, nonviolent crime, and fear of crime. CPD funding is designed to help agencies and their partners move from broad concepts to practical, field-ready approaches by building knowledge about what works and by encouraging innovative strategies that can be replicated elsewhere.

A central emphasis of the solicitation is producing tangible guidance and knowledge products that help the field apply de-escalation and community policing principles more consistently and effectively. The COPS Office signals that it is looking for projects that identify and expand promising practices and then translate those lessons into materials that are useful to practitioners. These outputs are expected to follow "good guidance" principles: they should be quality-driven and action-oriented (clear steps that reduce performance variation), evidence-based (aligned with the strongest available research, ideally supported by systematic review), accessible (plain language and practical length for law enforcement audiences), and memorable (designed to stick and support decision-making in complex, high-stress situations). The solicitation also highlights broader federal priorities tied to civil rights and racial equity, access to justice, support for crime victims and justice-impacted individuals, community safety, protection from evolving threats, and building trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

The program is run as an open competition, and applicants are allowed to submit multiple applications as long as each proposed project is submitted as a separate application. A practical detail that matters in review is that the application must clearly identify the correct solicitation; failing to do so may prevent an application from passing basic minimum requirements screening. Another key expectation is readiness: award recipients are expected to begin work immediately once selected and notified, which means the proposal should reflect realistic timelines, prepared partnerships, and the ability to execute without a long ramp-up.

The solicitation also sets clear compliance and coordination expectations for deliverables. If a project includes training or curriculum-type products, the applicant must follow the COPS Office Curriculum Standards and Review Process Guides (referenced at https://cops.usdoj.gov/training). If a project includes conferences or convenings, the applicant must follow the COPS Office conference request approval process. For written or published products, applicants are encouraged to align with the COPS Office Editorial and Style Manual, which helps ensure consistency and usability across materials distributed to the field. For proposals involving site-specific work with particular law enforcement agencies, letters of support from the targeted agencies are strongly encouraged, signaling that the project has buy-in and access to the settings needed to implement, test, or evaluate the proposed approach.

Legally, the solicitation cites authority under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (as amended) and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Title I, Part Q), codified at 34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq. Like most federal grants, awards are contingent on the availability of appropriated funds and may be subject to additional legal requirements or modifications. From the funding listing details provided, the opportunity number is O-COPS-2022-171167, the CFDA number is 16.710, and it was posted May 5, 2022, with an original closing date of June 21, 2022. The maximum award ceiling shown is $11,195,000, with an estimated 45 awards expected, indicating an intent to fund multiple projects rather than a single large national effort.

Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the solicitation materials, which typically means applicants should check the full eligibility language to confirm whether law enforcement agencies, units of local government, nonprofits, academic institutions, or other entities are allowed under this specific CPD competition. For support during the application process, the solicitation directs programmatic questions to the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770 or AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov, available weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, excluding federal holidays. Finally, applicants are encouraged to align project design with COPS Office performance measures (referenced in the solicitation) and to consult the COPS Office publication "Community Policing Defined" for an overview of the guiding concepts the program expects projects to reflect.

• The Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY22 Law Enforcement Agency De-Escalation Grants -Community Policing Development Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.710.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 05, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 21, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $11,195,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 45 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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