Public Safety · Active
COPS Hiring Program · DOJ · High-volume · mid band
COPS Hiring Program (CFDA 16.839) - federal assistance administered by U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $125K–$1M
- Typical award range
- 20
- Indexed opportunities
- 0
- Open now
- DOJ
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, COPS Hiring Program ranks #237 of 504, #23 of 23 within DOJ, and #33 of 38 among Public Safety programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 16.839 is an active Public Safety program with 20 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 20 most recent listings shown here, 0 are open for application.
- $125K–$1M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- -
- next application deadline
- $8.0 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 8%
- of the catalog is Public Safety
COPS Hiring Program · floor-band ceiling on a busy book (#420/502)
COPS Hiring Program sits below most listed ceilings (16th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
COPS Hiring Program vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$1,000,000 Top 84% higher than 16% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2025-10-27
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 16.839 · DOJ VOL-STEADY · #237/504
VOL-STEADY · MID-PACK · SOLO-LISTING · NOFO-CLOSED · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-SLG · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 20 indexed
- MID-PACK #237/504
- SOLO-LISTING No peer gap
- NOFO-CLOSED 0 open of 20 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $125K–$1M
- ELIG-SLG State/local government
- BOOK-FULL 20 listed / 20 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 16.839
VOL-STEADY · #237/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±- row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestCOPS Hiring Program · this listingPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
High-traffic mid-ceiling grant corridor
Mid-band funding ($125,000 to $1.0 million) with a hot opportunity book (20 indexed rows) under CFDA 16.839. COPS Hiring Program is one of the busier mid-scale corridors in the indexed set; open rate on the recent slice is 0%.
Assistance Listing text · DOJ
Grants to increase law enforcement officer hiring, rehiring, and retention for community policing.
Public-sector applicant lane · DOJ
SAM.gov lists only government/tribal applicants for COPS Hiring Program. This is a public-sector Assistance Listing corridor, not a general nonprofit or small-business open call.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 16.839
70% of the 20 indexed listings under CFDA 16.839 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism COPS Hiring Program typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $397.8 million across 16 listings (avg $24.9 million)
- Expected awards, indexed listings with a reported count
- 954 across 18 listings
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 16.839, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Archived NOFO book · CFDA 16.839
None of the 20 indexed Grants.gov listings under CFDA 16.839 are open on the current extract. Reported award ceilings span $617,000–$8.0 million (13.0×), a wide solicitation range inside one CFDA. Listings span 6 funding-activity codes; the plurality is Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL, 45%).
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 0 open · 20 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $2.0 million (20 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
DOJ · administering agency
U.S. Department of Justice
Law enforcement, crime prevention, victim services, and criminal justice system grants.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 16.839
BJA FY25 Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
BJA FY24 STOP School Violence Program Competitive Solicitation
OJJDP FY24 Enhancing School Capacity To Address Youth Violence
BJA FY24 Invited to Apply, Administrative Funding Adjustment to BJA Previously Funded Awards 4
BJA FY 23 Invited to Apply—Administrative Funding Adjustments to BJA Previously Funded Awards 6
OJJDP FY 2023 Invited to Apply - Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence - Training and Technical Assistance
OJJDP FY 2023 Enhancing School Capacity To Address Youth Violence
BJA FY 23 Preventing School Violence: BJA's STOP School Violence Program
BJA FY 23 STOP School Violence Training and Technical Assistance (STOP TTA) Program
BJA FY 22 Preventing School Violence: BJA's STOP School Violence Program
Showing 10 of the 20 most recent listings (20 indexed).
What to do next
CFDA 16.839: 20 indexed opportunities · 0 open on the recent slice.
- No open Grants.gov rows on the recent slice, watch this CFDA for the next NOFO drop. How to apply
- U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) administers 23 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: Multifamily Housing Service Coordinators (14.267). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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