Grants and Funding

Current Grants

Microgrants Program – Community Policing Development – Microgrants—Community Policing Development (CPD) funds are used to develop the capacity of law enforcement to implement innovative community policing strategies to address specific problems or issues by providing funding to state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies. When properly applied, community policing improves the identification and prioritization of community problems; builds trust and relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve; and enables an agency to build a culture toward accountability, transparency, open communication, and mutual trust. Download 2025 Fact Sheet

COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program – The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) has long demonstrated a commitment to school safety and to ensuring students’ success in supportive, safe environments. The COPS Office School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) is a competitive award program designed to provide funding to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the grantees’ jurisdictions through evidence-based school safety programs. In FY 2024, the COPS Office awarded more than $73 million in SVPP funds to 203 agencies benefiting more than 1,300 schools and more than 675,000 students. Download 2025 Fact Sheet

COPS Hiring Program – Strengthening Community Policing by Hiring Officers – The FY 2025 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) is designed to advance public safety through community policing by addressing the full-time sworn officer needs of state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies nationwide. CHP provides funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new or rehire additional career law enforcement officers and to increase their community policing capacity and crime-prevention efforts. Download 2025 Fact Sheet

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) – The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities. Grant Announcements and Awards

FUNDING Grants – U. S. Department of Education – Application packages are available for grant competitions that are currently open.

Competitive Grants from KDE – ​​​​​​​​​The Kentucky Department of Education offers a variety of competitive grant opportunities each year. Current grants are advertised as Requests for Application (RFAs). Grants provide funding to districts, schools and related entities to enhance public education in Kentucky.

Grant Availability

U. S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing program (The COPS Office) distributes funding through a wide range of programs, both as grants and cooperative agreements. “The COPS Office is committed to supporting safe schools where students can learn and teachers can educate by providing a variety of resources, including grant funds …To help our schools continue to be safe so that children can learn and develop, the community policing philosophy engages law enforcement, school administrators, parents, and students in a problem-solving partnership. The central mission of this partnership is student success. When students succeed, the entire community succeeds: students who experience achievement and make positive contributions within their schools become productive citizens in the larger community.” … (U.S. Department of Justice COPS)