COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program
🏛 Community Oriented Policing Services
Can you apply?
This grant is for state law enforcement agencies in states with high methamphetamine seizures. Eligible applicants include state law enforcement agencies located in states experiencing significant precursor chemical, finished methamphetamine, laboratory, and laboratory dump seizures.
The program funds statewide task forces focused on investigating methamphetamine-related illicit activities. Agencies must demonstrate capacity to increase investigative hours and expand multi-agency participation.
Funds cannot support clandestine lab cleanup, treatment programs, or prosecution activities. Only drug enforcement and investigation work is eligible.
Program description
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for advancing the practice of community policing and the Administration’s priority of Making America Safe Again by supporting the nation’s state, local, territorial and Tribal law enforcement agencies through information and grant resources.
This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the FY26 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP). This funding opportunity seeks to advance public safety by making competitive grants to state law enforcement agencies in states with high seizures of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump seizures for the purpose of locating or investigating illicit activities, such as precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine traffickers.
FY26 CAMP seeks to increase the number of hours devoted to statewide task forces, increase the number and variety of agencies participating in task forces, and enhance the analytical capability of task forces. As community policing is common sense policing, throughout the CAMP NOFO materials, the terms “community policing” and “common sense policing” are used interchangeably, unless otherwise specified.
Allowable costs under FY26 CAMP include:
• Salaries and fringe benefits for new, full-time sworn career law enforcement officer positions, including eligible rehired officers not supported in the local budget.
• Salaries and fringe benefits for civilian/non-sworn personnel not already in supported in the local budget. Examples include:
• CAMP project coordinators
• Anti-methamphetamine / drug analysts
• Travel/training costs to attend CAMP related training and technical assistance conferences, seminar, or classes, or to visit a site specified in the application.
• Equipment, technology, and supplies directly linked to the enhancement or implementation of the CAMP project.
• Procurement contracts and consultants to support the CAMP project.
• Other direct project costs such as:
• Software and prepaid warranties or maintenance agreements (not to exceed 36 months)
• Overtime costs for sworn officers and civilians engaging in CAMP-related investigative activities
Note: CAMP funds may not be used for clandestine drug laboratory cleanup, treatment programs, or prosecution of methamphetamine-related activities. See the FY26 CAMP Application Resource Guide for a nonexhaustive list of allowable and unallowable costs.
See the Eligible Applicants section for eligibility details.
All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
How to apply
Application links
Key dates & requirements
Required documents
- SF-424 (federal application form)
- Narrative/Project Description
- Budget and Budget Justification
- Letters of Support from task force partners
- Seizure Data and Crime Statistics
- Organizational Capacity documentation
- Management Plan
Program contact
- 👤 Community Oriented Policing Services
- 📧 AskCOPSRC@usdoj.gov
- 📞 800-421-6770
Funding track record
No recent recipient data available for CFDA 16.072 in our database.
This can happen for newer programs, programs that use non-standard award types (loans, direct payments, fellowships), or those funded through sub-agencies under different codes.
Funding history
Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 16.072). How funding has trended year over year.
| 2024 | $15,401,593 | |
| 2025 est. | $16,000,000 | |
| 2026 est. | $16,000,000 |
FAQ
Who can apply for COPS Anti-Methamphetamine funding?
State law enforcement agencies located in high-seizure states are eligible. Your state must demonstrate significant methamphetamine precursor, finished product, laboratory, or dump seizures.
What can I use grant funds for?
Salaries for new sworn officers and analysts, equipment, software, training, travel, overtime, and consultant contracts directly supporting methamphetamine investigations. Lab cleanup, treatment, and prosecution are not eligible.
When is the deadline?
The deadline is July 23, 2026. This is a fixed deadline; rolling applications are not accepted.
How much can I request?
Awards range from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 per award. Total program funding is $13,500,000 available nationally.
Are there any cost-sharing requirements?
No. This grant requires no matching funds or cost-sharing from applicants.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Focus your application on states with documented high methamphetamine seizures. Use recent DEA or state data to establish need and justify funding.
- Emphasize plans to increase task force hours, expand multi-agency participation, and enhance analytical capacity. Show how COPS funding creates new positions not currently in your budget.
- Detail specific methamphetamine investigation activities your task force will undertake. Link every budget line to these priority activities.
- Budget for salaries of new, permanent positions only. Equipment and training must directly support drug investigation work or you risk rejection.
- Provide letters of support from partner agencies joining the task force. Demonstrate genuine multi-agency coordination and commitment to statewide methamphetamine enforcement.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Applications fail when states cannot demonstrate high seizure levels relative to other applicants. Weak data on methamphetamine burden reduces competitiveness.
Many applicants request funds for positions already budgeted locally. COPS only funds new, additional positions not currently supported by state or local budgets.
Projects without clear multi-agency task force structure and documented partner commitment tend to score lower. Show real collaboration, not just internal state enforcement.
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