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Description:The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office, https://cops. usdoj. gov is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for the FY25 COPS Blue Alert program.
In 2015, Congress passed the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act, named in honor of two New York City police officers killed in an ambush attack on December 20, 2014.
The act directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a voluntary nationwide system to give authorities an early warning of threats against law enforcement and to aid in the apprehension of suspects who have killed or seriously injured an officer or deputy, and finding an officer when they are missing in connection with their official duties.
In 2016, the COPS Office was given the honor of implementing the act and established the National Blue Alert Network.
The primary objectives of the cooperative agreement to be funded under this notice of funding opportunity are to support states participating in the National Blue Alert Network and to raise awareness, educate, and inform non-Blue Alert states of the Blue Alert Network (e.g., production of an educational video, factsheets, newsletters, presentations, etc.), provide monthly summaries of Blue Alert activations throughout the country, including detailed accounts of heroism involving Blue Alert events, and research, gather, and compile accurate and timely information, from credible sources, about all reported incidents where on duty law enforcement throughout the United States, territories, and tribal lands are shot in the line of duty.
The COPS Office welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any other entities carrying out the federal award must be identified as proposed sub recipients.
The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the awards, including administering the funding, managing the entire project, and monitoring compliance. The terms and conditions of the federal award are also applicable to subrecipients.
Please note the distinction between a subaward that creates a financial assistance relationship to carry out a portion of the federal award and a contract that creates a procurement relationship for the purchase of goods and services needed under the federal award. To assist in making subrecipient and contractor determinations, please refer to the guidance in 2 C. F.
R. § 200. 331.
All future awards will comply with Executive Orders and Attorney General memoranda to advance the Administration’s priority of reestablishing law and order to include the increased hiring and retention of state and local sworn officers, state and local law enforcement collaboration with federal task forces, cracking down on the open use of illegal drugs, interrupting the distribution of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs, preventing crime, promoting nuisance abatement, countering human trafficking and child smuggling, and enhanced immigration enforcement and border security.
All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law. As community policing is common sense policing, throughout the NOFO materials, the terms ‘community policing’ and ‘common sense policing’ are used interchangeably, unless otherwise specified.
Grantor Contact Information:If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: Applications must be submitted through both Grants. gov and the JustGrants system. 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: “FY25 PROGRAM NAME Feedback”). AskCopsRC@usdoj.
gov
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: This solicitation is open to all public governmental agencies, for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, community groups, and faith-based organizations. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
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FY25 COPS Blue Alert Program is funded by U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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