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COPS Hiring Program (CHP)
Funds hiring of new or rehiring of career law enforcement officers, including school resource officers and community-policing positions. Cities, counties, and tribal departments eligible.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $125K – $5M
- Non-federal match
- 25% (approximate)
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Annual NOFO.
- Typical prep time
- 6–12 weeks
- Statutory authority
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 §10001 (34 U.S.C. §10381)
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
Up to ~$125K federal share per officer over 3 years; mandatory 12-month retention beyond grant period. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.