FY26 COPS School Violence Prevention Program
- Award ceiling
- up to $500,000
- Closes
- Aug 4, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-09-18
Awards up to $500,000 per recipient for city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), state governments, closing Aug 4, 2026.
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FY26 COPS School Violence Prevention Program awards up to $500,000 per recipient, open to city or township governments, county governments, independent school districts, others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), state governments, closing Aug 4,…
- Program pool (total)
- $73,000,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- $500,000approximately 200 awards anticipated
- Award floor
- Not confirmed
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Aug 4, 2026
- Deadline type
- Fixed date
- Opens
- Jun 9, 2026
- Status
- Closed
- Eligible entities
- City or township governments · County governments · Independent school districts · Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) · State governments
- Geography
- Not stated
- Matching funds
- Yes
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Use of funds
- improve security at schools and on school grounds in the recipient's jurisdiction through evidence-based school safety programs
- Currency
- USD
How much money is available?
Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.
Source wording: “approximately 200 awards anticipated”
Who can apply?
Not confirmed
Source field: applicant size limitThe following entities are eligible to apply under this program: States, units of local government, Indian Tribes, and their public agencies, including school districts (including public charter schools and school districts with a single…
We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.When does it close?
What can the money be used for?
1 categoryThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.
How hard is the application?
2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
- Application effort
- Not confirmed
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Matching funds
- YesA local cost share (matching funds) of at least 25 percent in the form of cash is required unless a match waiver is requested and approved
What comparable notices state
28 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Law, Justice & Legal Services, 28 of 28 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$687,500
- Median$1,500,000
- 75th percentile$4,391,008
A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.
Common questions
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- How much can one applicant receive?
- Up to $500,000 per recipient. The source states: “approximately 200 awards anticipated”.
- How much funding is available in total?
- $73,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- When is the application deadline?
- Aug 4, 2026.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- City or township governments, County governments, Independent school districts, Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification), State governments.
- What can the funding be used for?
- improve security at schools and on school grounds in the recipient's jurisdiction through evidence-based school safety programs, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- Yes. This programme requires matching funds. A local cost share (matching funds) of at least 25 percent in the form of cash is required unless a match waiver is requested and approved
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