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027 U.S; DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. OFFICE OF COlvhmuNm ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 145 IV Street, I E, - Washington, D.C. 30530 April 18, 2011 Dear Col league: The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is pleased to announce that we will be accepting grant applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 COPS hiring Program (CAP). Subject to funding availability, approximately $200 million may be available under FY 2011 CHP for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers. The FY 2011 CHP solicitation will open on May 2, 2011. The application deadline will be May 25, 2011, at 8:59 PM, EDT. Please note that applications for this program must be submitted in two parts. First, applicants must apply online via www,grants.eov to complete the SF -424, which is a government -wide standard form required for competitive grant application packages. The SF -424 is intended to reduce the administrative burden to the Federal grants community, which includes applicants /grantees and Federal staff involved in grants - related activities. Once the SF -424 has been submitted, you will receive an e-mail from the COPS Office with instructions on completing the second part of the CHP application through the COPS Office Online Application System found on the COPS Office website of www.cons.usdoi.eov Applications must be submitted via the COPS Office Online Application System by 8:59 PM, EDT, on May 25, 2011 to be considered for FY 2011 CHP funding. CHP is a competitive grant program that provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies having primary law enforcement authority to impact their community policing capacity and problem salving efforts. • - CHP grants provide 100 percent funding for approved entry-level salaries and benefits for 3 years (36 months) for newly- hired, full -time sworn officer positions (including filling existing unfunded vacancies) or for rehired officers who have been laid off, or are scheduled to be laid off on a specific future date, as a result of local budget cuts. There is no local match requirement or cap on the amount of funding that can be requested per officer position, but CHP grant funding will be based on your agency's current entry-level salary and benefits packages. Any additional casts for higher than entry-level salaries and fringe benefits will be the responsibility of the grantee agency. All agencies' requests will be capped at no more than 5% of their actual sworn force strength reported in their application, up to a maximum of 50 officers. The request of any agency with a swam force strength less than or equal to 20 will be capped at one officer. ' At the cone lusion of federal funding, grantees must retain all sworn officer positions awarded under the CHP grant for a minimum of one year (12 months). The retained CHP - funded position(s) should be added to the grantee's law enforcement budget with state and /or local funds, over and above the number of locally- funded positions that would have existed in the absence of the grant. The COPS Office looks forward to working with your agency. If you would like more information or require technical assistance during the solicitation process, please contact [he COPS Office Response Center at 1.800.421.6770. Sincerely, Bernard K. w1clekian Director • ADVANCING PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH COMMUNITY POLICING.