From the U.S. Department of Justice
The COPS Office is pleased to announce that the following grant funding opportunity is now open and accepting applications:
COPS Hiring Program (CHP)
The 2025 COPS Hiring Program is a competitive grant program designed to provide funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new or rehire existing career law enforcement officers and to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. All local, state, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies that have primary law enforcement authority are eligible to apply. Up to $156 million is available for this program.
Applications are due by July 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM ET. Please click here for more information on the 2025 COPS Hiring Program.