COPS-CAMP-APPLICATION-2017 | COPS CAMP APPLICATION 2017

Opportunity Information: Apply for COPS CAMP APPLICATION 2017

The grant opportunity titled COPS-CAMP-APPLICATION-2017 is a discretionary funding program from the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office, focused specifically on strengthening state-level law enforcement responses to methamphetamine. It is structured as an open competition, but it is narrowly targeted: only state law enforcement agencies that are legally authorized (either directly by law or through a state agency) to conduct or oversee anti-methamphetamine investigative work are eligible to apply. Because the available funding is limited, the solicitation signals that the competition is expected to be highly competitive, meaning applicants are expected to present clear evidence of capability, coordination, and impact.

The program is designed to increase investigative and enforcement capacity against illicit methamphetamine activity across several key areas, including precursor chemical diversion, clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, and trafficking networks. A major emphasis is placed on building or strengthening multijurisdictional and interdisciplinary task forces, reflecting the reality that meth production and distribution often cross city, county, and sometimes state lines, and require coordinated responses from multiple agencies and disciplines. Competitive proposals are expected to show that their operational reach extends beyond a single jurisdiction and that they are working in team structures that bring together relevant partners, such as investigators, prosecutors, forensic or lab resources, child welfare specialists where appropriate, and other stakeholders involved in responding to the broader harms of methamphetamine activity.

Another core goal is to increase measurable enforcement outcomes tied to methamphetamine supply reduction. The solicitation highlights seizures as a key performance area, including precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, clandestine labs, and lab dump sites. In addition to describing planned activities, strong applications are expected to support the proposal with multi-year, state-level methamphetamine seizure data. In practice, that means applicants should be prepared to document trends and needs over time, demonstrate the scale of the meth problem in their state, and use that evidence to justify why the proposed task force enhancements, investigative initiatives, or strategic changes are likely to produce results.

Beyond traditional enforcement, the opportunity also pushes applicants to incorporate community policing strategies to reduce methamphetamine manufacture, distribution, and use. That includes problem-solving approaches, building partnerships, and making organizational changes that improve how agencies prevent and respond to meth-related harm. The solicitation also explicitly encourages collaboration with federal, state, local, and tribal partners, not only for enforcement, but also for prevention and intervention or treatment efforts, and for coordinated work involving drug-endangered children identification and response. This signals that proposals that connect enforcement activity to broader public safety and public health coordination may be viewed more favorably, especially when those partnerships are concrete and operational rather than merely aspirational.

Administratively, the opportunity is listed under CFDA 16.710 and is offered as a grant. The original closing date for applications was July 10, 2017, with the opportunity posted on May 22, 2017. The award ceiling is listed as $1,500,000, and the program anticipated up to 50 awards, though actual awards would depend on funding availability and application quality. An important limitation is that the COPS Office reserved the right to restrict awards to one per state at the time awards are announced, which effectively increases the competitiveness within each state and raises the importance of statewide coordination and a strong, comprehensive application.

In summary, COPS-CAMP-APPLICATION-2017 funds state law enforcement agencies to expand and professionalize anti-methamphetamine investigative operations, with a clear preference for multijurisdictional task force models, strong cross-discipline collaboration, evidence-based justification using multi-year seizure data, and approaches that align enforcement with community policing and broader partnerships addressing prevention, treatment coordination, and the protection of drug-endangered children.

• The Community Oriented Policing Services in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "COPS-CAMP-APPLICATION-2017" 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 2017-05-22.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-07-10. (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 $1,500,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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