FY25 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program | O COPS 2025 172381

Opportunity Information: Apply for O COPS 2025 172381

The FY25 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). The COPS Office funds and promotes community policing (also referred to in this program as "common sense policing") by helping law enforcement agencies build capacity, strengthen partnerships, and use data and problem-solving approaches to reduce crime and improve public safety. CAMP is specifically aimed at bolstering statewide anti-methamphetamine enforcement efforts in places experiencing high levels of meth-related activity, as reflected by seizures of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, clandestine laboratories, and laboratory dump sites.

CAMP funding is directed to eligible state law enforcement agencies in states and U.S. territories with significant methamphetamine indicators. The program is designed to support investigative and enforcement activity focused on locating, disrupting, and investigating illicit methamphetamine operations, including precursor diversion schemes, lab activity, and meth trafficking networks. A central theme of the program is strengthening statewide task force work by expanding personnel resources, improving specialized training, and upgrading equipment. In practical terms, the intent is to increase the number of investigative hours dedicated to statewide task forces, broaden participation so more agencies and disciplines are involved, and enhance task force analytical capacity so agencies can better identify trends, targets, and networks.

Allowable uses of funds emphasize operational capacity building. CAMP can support additional law enforcement personnel, civilian staff, and task force personnel, along with training and equipment that directly contribute to anti-methamphetamine investigations and task force effectiveness. The program is not meant to cover every meth-related cost a state might face; it has clear limits on what it will not fund. CAMP funds may not be used for clandestine drug laboratory cleanup, treatment or prevention programs, or prosecution activities related to methamphetamine cases. In other words, the grant is focused on investigation, enforcement, and task force capability rather than remediation, public health programming, or courtroom functions.

Eligibility is limited and specific. Applicants must be state law enforcement agencies that are authorized by law to engage in, or supervise, anti-methamphetamine investigative activities. For this Notice of Funding Opportunity, the term "state" includes U.S. states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The opportunity listing also notes eligible applicants as state governments (and "others" as categorized in the posting), but the narrative eligibility language centers on state law enforcement agencies with the required legal authority. Applications must request at least $1,000,000, and the award ceiling is $2,000,000, meaning proposals are expected to be substantial in scale. The program anticipates making about 12 awards.

Applicants also need to account for a key statutory compliance requirement tied to 8 U.S.C. 1373. Under that provision, state and local governmental entities may not prohibit or restrict any government entity or official from sending to, receiving from, maintaining, or exchanging information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or other government entities. The grant materials indicate additional details are available in the appendices of the FY25 CAMP Application Resource Guide, and applicants should be prepared to document compliance as part of the application process.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is issued by the COPS Office under Assistance Listing (CFDA) 16.072. The funding instrument is a grant, and the funding activity category is Law, Justice, and Legal Services. The opportunity number is O-COPS-2025-172381. The posting lists an original closing date of June 25, 2025, and it was created on May 13, 2025.

• The Community Oriented Policing Services in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY25 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.072.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-06-25. (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 $2,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, Others.

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