State
Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services
05/10/22
05/23/22 3:00 PM
Grants and in-kind assistance to Maryland law enforcement agencies for workforce expansion and retention. Applicants must register with the application portal prior to applying. The goal of the program is to encourage and reward innovative and effective methods to improve the recruitment and retention of sworn police officers. Agencies may apply for funding to award as bonuses and for advertising support.
The primary purpose of PRAR is to provide funding to local law enforcement agencies to recruit and retain qualified sworn police officers. This supports the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services’ Criminal Justice Unit’s goal of disrupting and dismantling criminal organizations involved in guns, gangs, drugs, and human trafficking.
GrantWatch ID#: 196139
$1,300,000
Recruitment Efforts for Sworn Officers (applicable to new hires as of July 1, 2022):
- Bonus of up to $1,000 for sworn personnel that is bilingual proficient
- Bonus of up to $1,000 for Veteran(s) hired during the award cycle
- Bonus of up to $1,000 for sworn officers who earned a degree from an accredited college or university
- Advertising support (Examples: billboards, social media campaigns, and recruitment videos)
- Other recruitment efforts
Retention Efforts (all Sworn Officers are eligible during the grant cycle start date of July 1, 2022)
- Referral bonus of $500 for existing sworn officers that resulted in newly recruited police officers (bonus to be paid after the candidate has been assigned to an academy class)
- Bonus of up to $1,000 for longevity within the agency (Longevity bonus not to exceed $1,000 per officer with 3 or more years of service and who did not receive a bonus in prior funding years)
- Bonus of up to $1,000 for sworn officers that have acquired a degree from an accredited college or university and who did not receive this bonus during the previous funding year
- Health club memberships (maximum of $30/month per sworn officer)
- Sworn Officer’s uniform allowance (dry cleaning, repairs, alterations, etc.) provided this is not already covered by the agency
- Sworn Officer’s duty boots/shoes allowance (replacement footwear) provided this is not already covered by the agency
- Other retention efforts
July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Apply Online: https://grants.goccp.maryland.gov/BLIS_GOCCP/Public/Custom/GOCCP/Default.aspx
If you need application assistance, please contact:
- Quentin Jones, Funding Source Manager: quentin.jones@maryland.gov
- Angela Carpintieri, Program Manager:Angela.Carpintieri@maryland.gov
- Mary Abraham, Deputy Director of Grants: mary.abraham@maryland.gov
- Will vanWisse, Fiscal Grants Manager: will.vanwisse@maryland.gov
If you need assistance with program criteria or have questions about program design, please contact:
Richard Alban, Director of Public Safety Strategies: richard.alban@maryland.gov
Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services
100 Community Place
Crownsville, Maryland 21032-2022
(410) 697-9338
USA: Maryland
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