Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program

Department Of Justice, Office Of Justice Programs

Program goal(s) name: Death, disability, and education benefits for eligible public safety officers Program goal(s) description: Provide death and education benefits to survivors of fallen law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders, and disability benefits to officers catastrophically injured in the line of duty. Program objective(s) name: Process claims and provide death, disability, and education benefits for eligible public safety officers and survivors. Program objec

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Helps families of fallen law enforcement officers and first responders with death and education benefits. Also provides disability benefits for officers severely injured on the job.

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Funding
Up to $9,999,999,999
Deadline
Rolling
Status
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Category
Local & Community Grants
Organization
Department Of Justice, Office Of Justice Programs

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What Is This Program?

This program provides death and education benefits to survivors of fallen law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders, and disability benefits to officers catastrophically injured in the line of duty.

What Benefits Are Offered?

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Federal funding and critical resources to support public safety and justice activities in communities nationwide. This includes support for law enforcement, combating violent crime, protecting children, providing services to crime victims, and addressing public safety challenges like human trafficking and the opioid crisis. The program also provides guidance, training, and resources on applying for and managing federal awards.

Who Is Eligible?

Business Size: small

Industries: public safety, justice activities, law enforcement, crime prevention, victim services, human trafficking, opioid crisis, criminal justice, juvenile justice, technology

Region: nationwide (US), tribal lands, states, local governments, territories

Other Criteria: US companies, nonprofit organizations, individuals (applying in personal capacity), state, local, or tribal government entities, academic institutions, for-profit entities, registered in SAM.gov (unless individual), have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) (unless individual), comply with all federal statutes and regulations

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This program is available to small businesses in public safety, justice activities, law enforcement industries located in nationwide (US), tribal lands, states, local governments, territories.

This program offers funding up to $9,999,999,999.

This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.

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