The Fire Prevention and Safety (FP&S) Grants are part of the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) and support projects that enhance the safety of the public and firefighters from fire and related hazards. The primary goal is to reduce injury and prevent death among high-risk populations. In 2005, Congress reauthorized funding for FP&S and expanded the eligible uses of funds to include Firefighter Safety Research and Development.
The FY26 Community Policing Development (CPD) program provides federal funding through the COPS Office to help law enforcement agencies test innovative strategies, build knowledge on effective practices, and implement community policing.
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program is a formula grant program which serves as the leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. It was named after Edward “Eddie” R. Byrne, an officer in the New York City Police Department who was murdered while protecting a witness in a drug case. The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal justice or civil proceedings, including for any one or more of the following programs:
law enforcement;
prosecution and courts;
prevention and education;
corrections and community corrections programs;
drug treatment and enforcement programs;
planning, evaluation, and technology improvement;
crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation);
mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams;
implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives, including but not limited to mental health courts, drug courts, veterans courts, and extreme risk protection order programs;
programs to purchase and operate unmanned aircraft systems (as defined in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code) to benefit public safety;
programs to purchase and operate counter-UAS systems (as defined in section 44801 of title 49, United States Code) included on the list of technologies established by subsection (d)(2)(A)(iii) section 210G of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(d)(2)(A)(iii)) to exercise the authority granted under subsection (a)(2) of such section.
Ohio's K-12 School Safety Grant Program
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine partnered with the Ohio General Assembly to launch the K-12 School Safety Grant Program in 2021. The program was created to help schools pay for physical security expenses such as new security cameras, public address systems, automatic door locks, visitor badging systems, and exterior lighting.
The program was administered in five rounds from 2021 through 2023, in partnership with the Ohio School Safety Center. In summary, 3,437 grants totaling more than $215 million were awarded to 2,789 schools, reaching every county in Ohio.
The federal School Safety Enhancement (SSE) Program provides $93 million in competitive grants to State Educational Agencies to improve school infrastructure security and emergency response planning.