Closed · O-COPS-2026-172562 · CFDA 16.710 · Discretionary

FY26 Community Policing Development (CPD) Accreditation Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Community Oriented Policing Services, cataloged on Grants.gov.

up to $350K
Award range
Closed
Status
August 27, 2026
Close date
9
Expected awards

The verdict

FY26 Community Policing Development (CPD) Accreditation Program is a closed discretionary listing from Community Oriented Policing Services that offered Up to $350,000 across 9 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 $350K
award range
Closed
application status
9
expected awards
16.710
CFDA program

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on August 27, 2026. Watch CFDA 16.710 (Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants) for the next funding cycle. Historical award band was Up to $350,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed August 27, 2026

Posted Jul 21 Closes Aug 27

Est. Total Funding

$2,500,000

Expected Awards

9

Instrument

Cooperative Agreement

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 the Administration’s priority of Making America Safe Again by supporting the nation’s state, local, territorial and Tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources. The COPS Office seeks to expand law enforcement accreditation through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Community Policing Development – Accreditation Under this funding opportunity, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is seeking to establish new and support existing accreditation bodies in states or territories. Funding will focus on such activities as providing technical assistance to agencies, defraying or underwriting accreditation costs, improving customer service and marketing, and developing user-friendly policy templates.

Wide-open applicant board · 13 Grants.gov doors

FY26 Community Policing Development prints 13 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +9 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Law, Justice and Legal Services (LJL). Only 1 other Community Oriented Policing Services listing share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 115).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 06
Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
Code 07
Federally recognized tribal governments
Code 11
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
Code 12
Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 13
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
Code 20
Private institutions of higher education
Code 22
For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Code 23
Small businesses
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.

View on Grants.gov

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 PROGRAM NAME Feedback”). AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov

What to do next

FY26 Community Policing Development is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 16.710 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Public Safety Partnership and Community Polic… indexes 13 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Community Oriented Policing Services lists 114 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants