FY22 Tolerance, Diversity, and Anti-Bias Training- Community Policing Development Solicitation | O COPS 2022 171172

Opportunity Information: Apply for O COPS 2022 171172

The FY22 Tolerance, Diversity, and Anti-Bias Training - Community Policing Development (CPD) Solicitation is a U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office funding opportunity designed to strengthen law enforcement agencies ability to carry out community policing through training, practical guidance, and other applied resources. It treats community policing as an agency-wide approach built on partnerships with the public and problem-solving methods that address the conditions behind crime and community fear, not just the incidents themselves. Through CPD, the COPS Office supports projects that test and refine innovative strategies, document what works, and translate those lessons into tools and guidance that agencies can use to prevent crime and promote safer communities.

A central theme of this solicitation is improving policing outcomes through efforts tied to civil rights and racial equity, along with building public trust. The opportunity explicitly aligns with work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety, and helps law enforcement respond to evolving threats in ways that maintain legitimacy. In practice, the solicitation is aimed at developing or expanding tolerance, diversity, and anti-bias training approaches that fit within the larger community policing model, and then turning those approaches into knowledge products and deliverables that can be shared and adopted across the field.

This is an open competition, meaning proposals are reviewed competitively rather than set aside for a narrow pool. Applicants are allowed to submit multiple proposals, but each project requires its own separate application, and the application must clearly identify the correct solicitation information to make it through initial screening. Awards are made as cooperative agreements, which generally indicates a more hands-on federal role during the project period (for example, collaboration on deliverables, review of materials, and adherence to federal program standards). All awards are also subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any legal or policy conditions that apply at the time of award.

The program emphasizes that work should begin immediately after an award is made, so applicants are expected to be ready to launch quickly. Any training curricula or similar products developed under the award must follow the COPS Office Curriculum Standards and Review Process Guides, and any conferences or convenings tied to the project must follow the COPS Office conference request approval process. Written and published materials are expected to align with the COPS Office Editorial and Style Manual, which helps ensure consistency and usability for law enforcement audiences. If a project involves site-specific work with particular agencies or jurisdictions, letters of support from the targeted agencies are strongly encouraged to show readiness, access, and buy-in.

The solicitation also lays out what the COPS Office is looking for in terms of outputs and overall quality. Projects should identify and expand promising practices and produce guidance or knowledge products that reflect the principles of good guidance: they should be quality-driven and action-oriented (so agencies can actually implement steps that reduce variation in performance), evidence-based (grounded in the best available research and systematic review where possible), accessible (clear language and practical length for law enforcement users), and memorable (designed to support decision-making in complex, real-world situations). Applicants are also encouraged to design their project goals and activities with COPS Office performance measures in mind, reinforcing that projects should be measurable and oriented toward real operational improvements rather than purely conceptual work.

Key administrative details in the source information include the Funding Opportunity Title listed above, Funding Opportunity Number O-COPS-2022-171172, and CFDA number 16.710 (law enforcement and justice-related assistance). The opportunity is offered by the Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), as a discretionary cooperative agreement. The posting date is May 5, 2022, with an original closing date of June 21, 2022. The award ceiling is $2,000,000, and the solicitation anticipated making 2 awards. Eligibility is summarized broadly as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," indicating the full eligibility scope is defined in the complete solicitation rather than the brief extract.

For questions, the solicitation points applicants to the COPS Office Response Center (800-421-6770) or AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov during weekday business hours Eastern Time, which is the main support channel for programmatic guidance during the application period.

• The Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY22 Tolerance, Diversity, and Anti-Bias Training- Community Policing Development 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 May 05, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 21, 2022. (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 $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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