FY 21 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program Solicitation | O COPS 2021 86001

Opportunity Information: Apply for O COPS 2021 86001

The FY 21 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP) Solicitation is a competitive, discretionary grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Justice through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the COPS Office). The COPS Office is the DOJ office focused on advancing community policing nationwide by providing grants and practical resources to law enforcement agencies. Over time, it has invested more than $14 billion in community policing efforts and has supported thousands of agencies with funding tied to staffing, redeployment, and related public safety strategies. Alongside funding, the COPS Office also publishes and maintains downloadable guidance and training materials on topics like violent crime, officer safety and wellness, and school and campus safety through its website (www.cops.usdoj.gov).

CAMP is grounded in federal statute, specifically the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 as later amended, including provisions in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq.). Under this authority, the Attorney General uses appropriated funds to make grants to state law enforcement agencies in states with high levels of meth-related enforcement indicators, such as seizures of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, clandestine laboratories, and laboratory dump sites. The central idea is to strengthen states that are seeing heavy meth activity so they can better locate, disrupt, and investigate illegal methamphetamine production and trafficking networks, including precursor chemical diversion and the operations that support illicit labs.

The program goal is straightforward: increase the ability of eligible states to find and investigate meth-related illicit activity by building stronger statewide task force capacity. CAMP funding is intended to support practical, operational needs that directly expand investigative reach. That includes adding or supporting personnel (sworn law enforcement, civilian specialists, prosecutors, and task force staff), paying for relevant training, and purchasing equipment needed for effective enforcement and investigation. The solicitation emphasizes boosting the total hours devoted to statewide task force work, expanding participation so that more agencies and a wider variety of agencies are involved, and improving analytical capacity so task forces can develop better intelligence, link cases across jurisdictions, and target higher-impact offenders and networks.

The solicitation also lays out the types of outcomes DOJ expects from CAMP-funded projects. These include stronger collaboration with federal partners, more and better analytical reporting, and improved information sharing among the agencies that participate in the task force structure. It also anticipates measurable improvements in investigative throughput and effectiveness, such as more investigations conducted and improved efficiency in those investigations, along with a higher share of investigations that lead to arrests, referrals, prosecutions, and ultimately convictions. Another theme is reinforcing community policing principles even within a drug enforcement context, meaning agencies are expected to think about how their strategies build trust, work with community stakeholders, and address public safety in a way that is consistent with civil rights and access to justice goals. The solicitation also highlights impacts related to vulnerable populations, especially identifying drug-endangered children, and increasing the number and size of drug seizures as enforcement capacity improves.

Eligibility is primarily aimed at state-level applicants. The opportunity lists state governments as eligible, with additional eligibility clarification referenced in the solicitation itself (described as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)"). The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is law, justice, and legal services under CFDA 16.710. The program is competitive and awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds, as well as any future statutory or policy requirements that could apply.

Key solicitation logistics for FY 2021 include an opportunity number of O-COPS-2021-86001, a posting/creation date of April 23, 2021, and an original application closing date of June 3, 2021. The anticipated maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $4,000,000, and the COPS Office expected to make about 15 awards under this round. Overall, this solicitation is designed to help high-impact states scale up coordinated methamphetamine enforcement and investigative efforts through staffing, training, equipment, and improved multi-agency task force operations, while aligning those efforts with broader DOJ priorities around civil rights, community trust, and public safety outcomes.

• The Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 21 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.710.
• This funding opportunity was created on Apr 23, 2021.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 03, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $4,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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