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Many departments have come to depend
on grants as a way of funding their projects. They've
found that grants can help enhance their community
and keep their crime rates down. Any agency can be
eligible for grants from federal and state government
and private foundations or corporations.
The federal government is one of
the biggest sources of funding. Funding from the
U.S Department of Justice is available from it' COPS
office and from seven main branches of the Office
of Justice Programs (OJP). These help fund everything
from narcotic task forces and community-oriented
police to technology initiatives and training.
The OJP publishes a list called
At-A-Glance, which provides an overview of grants
for a current Fiscal Year. It's laid out by topic
area so users can quickly find funding most relevant
to their needs. At -A-Glance provides brief descriptions
of all OJP funding opportunities, the amount of funding
available, who can apply, the status of program regulation
guidelines, reports and application kits.
The U.S. DOJ Community Oriented
Policing Services (COPS) Office, one of the largest
sources of funding, has been awarding grants since
1995. Since it's inception it has awarded about 7.5
billion in resources to police agencies. According
to one COPS spokesperson, about two-thirds of all
U.S. police agencies have been beneficiaries of it's
funding.
COPS MORE (Making Officer Redeployment
Effective) is one of the more popular programs. It
is designed to get officers out from behind a desk
and into their neighborhoods to practice community
policing. COPS MORE makes it possible through the
funding of technology, equipment, and support personnel.
Since these grants were first awarded, over 5,000
agencies have received grants, totaling close to
$1 billion dollars. Information can be found at their
web site located at: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/
Technology needs are addressed
by an OJP sponsored grant program for computer and
communications equipment called the Information Technology
Initiative (ITI). More information on this grant
program can be obtained by following this address:
http://it.ojp.gov/index.jsp
Tiburon Inc, also offers some useful
information on their website to assist Departments
in finding grant availability. Tiburon's web page
can be accessed by following this link http://www.tibinc.com/customers/grantinfo.asp.
There are many places to look for
funding and grant information. Here are several other
addresses that you may contact to obtain grant information
via the Internet.
Or you may also contact
- U.S. Dept of Justice Call Response
Center
(800) 421-6770
- Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services (COPS) Office
(202) 514-2058
- OJP Grants Management System
(GMS) hotline
(888) 549-9901
- National Telecommunications
and Information Administration
(202) 482-2048
- OJP Office of Domestic Preparedness
(800) 368-6498
The Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance offers similar assistance. This web site
gives you access to a database of all Federal programs
available to State and local governments (including
the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian
tribal governments; Territories (and possessions)
of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public,
and private profit and nonprofit organizations and
institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.
You can find this database by following this link http://www.cfda.gov/ .
Fire Zone and First Look Pro users
may also be interested in the following information
on grants now offered by FEMA. Click the following
link to see the entire article.
FEMA
announces state homeland security grants availability
National Volunteer Fire Council
On Oct. 17, the Office of National Preparedness, part of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, announced the availability of FY2002 supplemental funds
to states for state and local all-hazards emergency operational planning ($100
million), Citizen Corps activities ($25 million), and development or improvement
of emergency operations centers ($56 million). The funding comes from the second
FY 2002 supplemental appropriations bill that was passed in response to the
Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. For more information, contact Gil Jamieson,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Office of National Preparedness, 500 C
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472, 202-646-4090 or e-mail gil.jamieson@fema.gov .
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