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FY25 Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) Invitational
The U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office, https://cops.usdoj.gov is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for The COPS Office pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for the FY25 Preparing for Active
Shooter Situations (PASS) Invitational program.
Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) funds are used to increase public and law enforcement safety nationwide by training first responders—including law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), dispatchers, medical personnel, facility security, emergency management, and any other professionals who may reasonably be key to a successful integrated response—to handle an active shooter or other violent threat.
Training provided under the PASS program will advance the goal of the 2016 Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act in offering scenario-based, integrated response courses designed to counter active shooter threats or acts of terrorism against individuals or facilities.
The COPS Office welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant.
Any other entities carrying out the federal award must be identified as proposed subrecipients.
The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the awards, including administering the funding, managing the entire project and monitoring compliance.
The terms and conditions of the federal award are also applicable to subrecipients.
Please note the distinction between a subaward that creates a financial assistance relationship to carry out a portion of the federal award and a contract that creates a procurement relationship for the purchase of goods and services needed under the federal award.
To assist in making subrecipient and contractor determinations, please refer to the guidance in 2 C.F.R.
§ 20 0. 33 1. All future awards will comply with Executive Orders and Attorney General memoranda to advance the Administration’s priority of reestablishing law and order to include the increased hiring and retention of state and local sworn officers, state and local law enforcement collaboration with federal task forces, cracking down on the open use of illegal drugs, interrupting the distribution of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs, preventing crime, promoting nuisance abatement, countering human trafficking and child smuggling, and enhanced immigration enforcement and border security.
All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law.
As community policing is common sense policing, throughout the NOFO materials, the terms ‘community policing’ and ‘common sense policing’ are used interchangeably, unless otherwise specified.
Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) funds are used to increase public and law enforcement safety nationwide by training first responders—including law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), dispatchers, medical personnel, facility security, emergency management, and any other professionals who may reasonably be key to a successful integrated response—to handle an active shooter or other violent threat.
Training provided under the PASS program will advance the goal of the 2016 Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act in offering scenario-based, integrated response courses designed to counter active shooter threats or acts of terrorism against individuals or facilities.
The COPS Office welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant.
Any other entities carrying out the federal award must be identified as proposed subrecipients.
The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the awards, including administering the funding, managing the entire project and monitoring compliance.
The terms and conditions of the federal award are also applicable to subrecipients.
Please note the distinction between a subaward that creates a financial assistance relationship to carry out a portion of the federal award and a contract that creates a procurement relationship for the purchase of goods and services needed under the federal award.
To assist in making subrecipient and contractor determinations, please refer to the guidance in 2 C.F.R.
§ 20 0. 33 1. All future awards will comply with Executive Orders and Attorney General memoranda to advance the Administration’s priority of reestablishing law and order to include the increased hiring and retention of state and local sworn officers, state and local law enforcement collaboration with federal task forces, cracking down on the open use of illegal drugs, interrupting the distribution of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs, preventing crime, promoting nuisance abatement, countering human trafficking and child smuggling, and enhanced immigration enforcement and border security.
All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law.
As community policing is common sense policing, throughout the NOFO materials, the terms ‘community policing’ and ‘common sense policing’ are used interchangeably, unless otherwise specified.
Agency: Department of Justice
Office: Community Oriented Policing Services
Estimated Funding: $10,800,000
Office: Community Oriented Policing Services
Estimated Funding: $10,800,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
COPS Grants
Additional Information of Eligibility:
FY25 Preparing for Active Shooter Situations (PASS) Invitational program is limited to applicants that have received a direct invitation from the COPS Office.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://cops.usdoj.gov/grants
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
COPS Office Response Center
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2025-05-16
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2013-03-30
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