Closed · O-COPS-2026-172611 · CFDA 16.068 · Discretionary
FY26 COPS Hiring Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Community Oriented Policing Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $6.3M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 23, 2026
- Close date
- 250
- Expected awards
The verdict
FY26 COPS Hiring Program is a closed discretionary listing from Community Oriented Policing Services that offered Up to $6,250,000 across 250 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 114 other opportunities from Community Oriented Policing Services.
- up to $6.3M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 250
- expected awards
- 16.068
- CFDA program
Recently closed NOFO
This listing closed on July 23, 2026. CFDA 16.068 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was Up to $6,250,000.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed July 23, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$157,594,000
Expected Awards
250
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing and supporting the Administration’s priority of Making America Safe Again by the nation’s state, local, territorial and Tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. The purpose of CHP is to fund law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire additional career sworn law enforcement officers/deputies in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts. Anticipated outcomes of CHP awards include engagement in planned community partnerships, implementation of projects to analyze and assess problems, implementation of changes to personnel and agency management in support of community policing, and increased capacity of agency to engage in community policing activities.
Multi-door applicant board · 5 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 5 distinct applicant types for FY26 COPS Hiring Program (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Federally recognized tribal governments; +1 more). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Only 5 other Community Oriented Policing Services listings share this exact eligibility-code string (4% of 115).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
View full details, application forms, and submission instructions.
Agency Contact
For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424, please call the Grants.gov customer service hotline at 800-518-4726, send questions via email to support@Grants.gov,or consult the Grants.gov Organization Applicant User Guide. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical support with the Justice Grants System (JustGrants) application, please contact JustGrants Support at JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov or 833-872-5175. JustGrants Support operates Monday through Friday between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) and Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. Training on JustGrants can also be found at https://justicegrants.usdoj.gov/training-resources. For programmatic assistance with the requirements of this program, please call the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770 or send questions via email to AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov. The COPS Office Response Center operates Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET, except on federal holidays. In addition, the COPS Office welcomes applicant feedback on this notice of funding opportunity, the application submission process, and the application review process. Provide feedback via email to AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov (Subject line: “FY26 CHP Feedback”). askcopsRC@usdoj.gov
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What to do next
FY26 COPS Hiring Program is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Browse open federal opportunities in the same category when this listing is closed. Open opportunities
- Look up CFDA 16.068 across all indexed listings before you commit to this opportunity alone. Eligibility finder
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Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
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