Police Grants in Texas (TX)

Explore grant opportunities available to law enforcement agencies, sheriff’s offices, and public safety partners in Texas.

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Grant Categories in Texas

• Anti-Gang Initiatives
• Aviation & Drone Units (UAS)
• Body-Worn Cameras
• Bomb Squad & EOD Teams
• Communications & Radio Systems
• Community Policing
• Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD)
• Courts, Prosecution & Collaborative Justice
• Crime Analysis & Data Systems
• Crisis Intervention & Behavioral Health
• Critical Incident Stress Management
• Cybersecurity & Network Hardening
• De-escalation & Use-of-Force Training
• Digital Evidence Management
• Digital Forensics & Cybercrime
• Domestic Violence & Family Support
• Drug Enforcement & Overdose Prevention
• Emergency Operations & Disaster Preparedness
• Equipment & Protective Gear
• Facility Upgrades & Security
• Firearms & Tactical Training
• Gun Violence Reduction
• Hazard Mitigation
• Homeland Security & Terrorism Prevention
• Homeless Outreach & Special Population Programs
• Human Trafficking Prevention
• In-Car Cameras
• K9 Units
• Leadership Development
• License Plate Readers (ALPR)
• Marine Patrol Units
• Mental Health Response Training
• Mounted Units
• Officer Training & Certification
• Officer Wellness & Mental Health
• Patrol Operations & General Enforcement
• Peer Support & Counseling
• Personnel Development & HR Programs
• Physical Fitness & Health Programs
• Records Management Systems (RMS)
• Recruitment & Retention Programs
• Research, Data & Innovation
• School Resource Officer (SRO) Training
• Search & Rescue (SAR) Units
• Surveillance & Monitoring Technology
• SWAT & Tactical Response Teams
• Traffic Safety & Impaired Driving
• Uniforms & Duty Gear
• Vehicles & Fleet Upgrades
• Victim Services
• Violent Crime Reduction
• Youth Programs & School Safety

Grants Available in Texas

• State Homeland Security Program 2023 – Competitive National Priority Area Projects (SHSP-NPA)

  Competitive Texas-administered State Homeland Security Program funding for eligible state, tribal, local, nonprofit, and higher-education applicants undertaking FEMA National Priority Area projects with a required terrorism-preparedness nexus. Priorities included combating domestic violent extremism, election security, and cybersecurity.

  Deadline: 2023-02-09

• State Homeland Security Program 2023 – LETPA Projects (SHSP-L)

  Texas-administered federal homeland-security funding for projects that build or sustain law-enforcement capabilities to prevent, interdict, or disrupt terrorism and targeted violence.

  Deadline: 2023-02-09

• State Homeland Security Program 2023 – Regular Projects (SHSP-R)

  Texas-administered federal homeland-security funding for eligible state, tribal, regional, local, nonprofit, and higher-education projects that build or sustain terrorism-related preparedness capabilities. Eligible activities included intelligence sharing, interoperable communications, emergency operations, protection of soft targets, planning, training, exercises, SWAT sustainment, and other first-responder capabilities with a clear terrorism nexus.

  Deadline: 2023-02-09

• Bullet-Resistant Shield Grant Program, FY2026

  Texas state funding for eligible law-enforcement agencies to obtain NIJ Level III, III+, or IV bullet-resistant shields for directly employed peace officers.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• Crime Stoppers Assistance Fund, FY2026

  Texas state funding for certified Crime Stoppers organizations to operate and expand anonymous tip programs, campus initiatives, approved training and conferences, outreach, and related information systems.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• Criminal Justice Grant Program FY2026

  Texas-administered federal Byrne JAG funding for law-enforcement and broader criminal-justice projects, including investigations, community policing, officer training and wellness, prosecution, courts, corrections, reentry, crime prevention, and evaluation. Local law-enforcement offices must apply through an affiliated unit of government.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• District Attorney Testing of Forensic Evidence Grant Program, FY2026

  Texas state funding for eligible counties and judicial districts to support district attorney offices with costs associated with forensic analysis of physical evidence.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• First Responder Mental Health Program, FY2026

  Texas funding for confidential mental-health, counseling, peer-support, crisis, and related victim services addressing duty-related trauma experienced by peace officers and other first responders.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• Internet Crimes Against Children Grant Program, FY2026

  Texas state funding for the three designated Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force lead agencies to respond to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and Internet crimes against children through investigative and forensic activities, training and technical assistance, victim services, and community education.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• Juvenile Justice & Truancy Prevention Grant Program, FY2026

  Texas state funding for local or regional projects addressing violence in and around schools and improving the juvenile justice system through youth mental-health services, truancy prevention and intervention, school and community-based programs, and juvenile case management.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program, FY2026

  Texas anticipated making approximately $2 million in federal Coverdell funds available for projects improving accredited forensic crime-laboratory and medical examiner or coroner services, reducing forensic evidence backlogs, addressing emerging forensic science, and supporting opioid-related forensic work. Awards were subject to the availability of appropriated federal funds.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program, FY2026

  Texas-administered federal pass-through funding for partnerships and data-driven strategies that reduce violent crime, address gangs and firearms offenses, strengthen focused enforcement, and improve community engagement with law enforcement.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy Grant Program, FY2026

  Texas state funding for Councils of Governments to administer regional programs providing basic or advanced training for peace officers, jailers, and other law-enforcement personnel.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• Rifle-Resistant Body Armor Grant Program, FY2026

  Texas state funding for eligible governmental and educational entities operating law-enforcement agencies to purchase rifle-resistant body armor for directly employed peace officers.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• Sexual Assault Evidence Testing Grant Program, FY2026

  Texas funding for local governments operating law-enforcement agencies to screen, process, and test sexual-assault evidence collection kits and enter eligible resulting DNA profiles into CODIS.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• State Crisis Intervention Grant Program FY2026

  Texas-administered Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program funding for crime and violence prevention, crisis intervention, behavioral health crisis services, interpersonal violence initiatives, and violent-crime reduction. Police and other local criminal-justice offices may participate, but applications must be submitted through their affiliated unit of local government.

  Deadline: 2025-02-13

• Border Prosecution Unit (BPU), FY2026

  Texas state funding for qualifying counties to prosecute border crimes and train Border Prosecution Unit members and border-region law-enforcement agencies on border-crime investigation and prosecution.

  Deadline: 2025-03-13

• Operation Lone Star Grant Program (OLS) - FY2026

  Texas state funding for qualifying local-government projects supporting Operation Lone Star through operational law enforcement, jail operations, court administration, county medical-examiner services, and Fire/EMS activities conducted in direct support of the border-security mission.

  Deadline: 2025-03-13

• Texas Anti-Gang Program, FY2026

  Texas state funding for designated local governments to support regional, multidisciplinary Texas Anti-Gang Centers coordinating gang prevention, intervention, and suppression activities.

  Deadline: 2025-03-13

• Bullet-Resistant Components for Law Enforcement Vehicles, FY2026

  Texas funding for eligible governmental and educational entities operating law-enforcement agencies to obtain and install NIJ Level IIIA or higher bullet-resistant components in vehicles used by peace officers.

  Deadline: 2025-11-20

• Crime Laboratory Portal Records Grant Program, FY2026

  Texas state funding for accredited crime laboratories to establish and maintain the transfer of crime-laboratory records through the portal established under Texas Government Code Section 411.162.

  Deadline: 2025-11-20

• Active Attack Response Equipment Grant Program, FY2027

  Texas state funding for eligible independent school districts to purchase breaching tools and NIJ-compliant bullet-resistant shields for peace officers directly employed by law-enforcement agencies.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Body-Worn Camera Grant Program, FY2027

  Texas state funding for the Texas Department of Public Safety and eligible municipalities and counties to equip qualifying peace officers with body-worn cameras and related video storage or retrieval services.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Crime Stoppers Assistance Fund, FY2027

  Texas state funding for certified Crime Stoppers organizations to operate or expand anonymous-tip, reward, campus-safety, training, outreach, and supporting technology programs.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Criminal Justice Grant Program, FY2027

  Texas-administered federal Byrne JAG funding for law enforcement, prosecution, courts, corrections, crime prevention, reentry, and criminal-justice assessment projects. Local law-enforcement offices may participate through their affiliated unit of government.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Internet Crimes Against Children Grant Program, FY2027

  Texas state funding limited to three named DOJ-recognized Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force lead agencies for operational responses to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and Internet crimes against children.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Juvenile Justice & Youth Diversion Grant Program, FY2027

  Texas state funding for local or regional projects that prevent violence in and around schools and improve the juvenile justice system through youth mental-health services, truancy prevention, diversion, community-based intervention, school programs, and juvenile case management.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Peace Officer Mental Health Program, FY2027

  Texas funding for confidential, evidence-based mental health care, resiliency services, supporting personnel, and related training for peace officers experiencing duty-related trauma and stress.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program, FY2027

  Texas-administered funding for partnerships and data-driven strategies that reduce violent crime, including gang activity and firearms offenses. Local law-enforcement and criminal-justice offices may participate but must apply through an affiliated unit of local government.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Rifle-Resistant Body Armor Grant Program, FY2027

  Texas state funding for eligible law-enforcement agencies to purchase NIJ-compliant rifle-resistant body armor for directly employed peace officers.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Sexual Assault Evidence Testing Grant Program, FY2027

  Texas state funding for local units of government operating law-enforcement agencies to support forensic screening, processing, testing, and CODIS entry of evidence related to sexual assault and other sex offenses.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• State Crisis Intervention Grant Program FY2027

  Texas funding for projects that prevent, intervene in, or reduce crime and violence or provide essential crisis services to at-risk populations. Local law-enforcement agencies and affiliated corrections, community-supervision, prosecution, and judicial offices are expressly contemplated but must apply through an affiliated municipal or county government.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Testing of Forensic Evidence Grant Program, FY2027

  Texas state funding for qualifying district attorney forensic testing and forensic genetic genealogical DNA analysis undertaken by eligible local governmental entities operating law-enforcement, district attorney, medical examiner, or coroner offices.

  Deadline: 2026-02-12

• Operation Lone Star Grant Program (OLS), FY2027

  Texas state funding for eligible local-government Operation Lone Star projects involving border-related law-enforcement operations, jail operations, court administration, human-remains processing, and directly supporting Fire/EMS operations. Federally recognized Native American tribes are also named as eligible organizations, although the announcement's subsequent county-or-municipality restriction creates ambiguity regarding tribal eligibility.

  Deadline: 2026-03-12

• Texas Anti-Gang Program, FY2027

  State funding for designated Texas cities and counties to support regional Texas Anti-Gang Centers and coordinated gang prevention, intervention, and suppression activities.

  Deadline: 2026-03-12

• State Homeland Security Program – Competitive National Priority Area Projects (SHSP-NPA), Federal Fiscal Year 2026

  Competitive Texas-administered homeland-security funding for election-security projects under FEMA's National Priority Areas. Projects must address election infrastructure or systems, support approved preparedness capabilities, and maintain a clear nexus to terrorism preparedness. Eligible state or local government applicants may include agencies operating law-enforcement functions.

  Deadline: 2026-03-16

• State Homeland Security Program – LETPA Projects (SHSP-L), Federal Fiscal Year 2026

  Texas-administered federal homeland-security funding for projects that build or sustain law-enforcement capabilities to prevent or thwart terrorism. Eligible applicants include state agencies, regional councils of governments, local governments, nonprofits, colleges and universities, and federally recognized tribes.

  Deadline: 2026-03-16

• State Homeland Security Program – Regular Projects (SHSP-R), Federal Fiscal Year 2026

  Texas funding for terrorism-related preparedness projects that build, sustain, and deliver state, tribal, regional, and local capabilities. Eligible government applicants may pursue material law-enforcement activities including SWAT sustainment, terrorist-threat detection, interdiction, surveillance, interoperable communications, investigations, intelligence sharing, fusion centers, and terrorism-focused training and planning.

  Deadline: 2026-03-16

• Urban Area Security Initiative Federal Fiscal Year 2026 – LETPA Projects (UASI-L) - AMENDED

  Texas-administered federal Urban Area Security Initiative funding for Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activities in designated high-risk Texas urban areas. Every funded project must support capabilities related to preventing or thwarting a terrorist attack.

  Deadline: 2026-04-30

• Urban Area Security Initiative Federal Fiscal Year 2026 – Regular Projects (UASI-R) - AMENDED

  Texas-administered federal UASI funding for terrorism-preparedness capabilities in designated high-risk urban areas. Qualifying government and other applicants may request support for homeland security task forces, fusion centers, intelligence sharing, surveillance and communications technology, interoperable communications, cybersecurity, and specified corrections and immigration-enforcement activities.

  Deadline: 2026-04-30

• State Homeland Security Program - Supporting Border Crisis Response and Enforcement Projects (HSGP-BC) - Federal Fiscal Year 2026

  Competitive Texas-administered homeland-security grants using federal funds for eligible local governments, colleges or universities, and federally recognized tribes undertaking approved border-crisis response and enforcement projects with a terrorism-preparedness nexus.

  Deadline: 2026-05-01

• COPS Hiring Program (CHP)

  Federal funding for eligible U.S. law enforcement agencies to hire or rehire career officers and deputies to increase community-policing and crime-prevention capacity.

  Deadline: 2026-07-29

• FY 2026 COPS Anti-Methamphetamine Program (CAMP)

  Competitive federal grants for eligible state law enforcement agencies conducting or supervising anti-methamphetamine investigations. Funding supports investigative personnel, statewide task forces, analytical capacity, equipment, technology, training, and other costs directly related to locating or investigating methamphetamine laboratories, precursor diversion, and traffickers.

  Deadline: 2026-07-29

• ALERRT Travel Assistance, FY2026

  Texas funding to offset eligible law-enforcement agencies' costs for sending peace officers to Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT), including qualifying travel expenses and backfill overtime.

  Deadline: 2026-08-31

• County Essential Services Grant Program, FY2026

  Invitation-only state funding for Texas counties to provide essential law-enforcement, jail and court services or obtain reimbursement for qualifying investigation and prosecution costs involving capital murder or crimes motivated by bias or prejudice.

  Deadline: 2026-08-31

• Crime Victim Notification Systems Program, FY2027

  Texas state funding for eligible governmental and educational entities operating law-enforcement agencies to purchase or develop crime victim notification systems.

  Deadline: 2026-08-31

• BJA FY 2025/2026 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program

  Formula grants to U.S. Attorney-certified Project Safe Neighborhoods fiscal agents for implementing federal judicial district strategies that reduce violent crime through coordinated law-enforcement, prosecution, intelligence, task-force, and partnership activities.

  Deadline: 2026-09-03

• BJA FY 2026 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program—State Formula

  Federal formula grants to state governments for law-enforcement and other criminal-justice personnel, equipment, supplies, training, contractual support, technical assistance, and information systems. Local law-enforcement and criminal-justice agencies are not direct applicants but may benefit through state-administered subawards and pass-through funding.

  Deadline: 2026-09-25

• FY 2026 Crisis Response Training Program

  Federal funding to develop, implement, or expand crisis-response and intervention training for law-enforcement and correctional officers, including eligible multi-participant virtual-reality training systems.

  Deadline: 2026-10-13

• ALERRT Travel Assistance, FY2027

  Texas funding to offset agency-incurred travel, registration, backfill-overtime, and eligible stipend costs associated with sending peace officers and other eligible personnel to approved Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) courses.

  Deadline: 2027-08-31

• County Essential Services Grant Program, FY2027

  Invitation-only state funding for Texas counties to support essential law-enforcement, jail, and court services and extraordinary costs associated with certain investigations and prosecutions, with preference for capital-murder and bias- or prejudice-motivated crime cases.

  Deadline: 2027-08-31

• Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (BWCPIP)

  BJA funding for law enforcement agencies, including tribal law enforcement, seeking to pilot, establish, or enhance body-worn camera policies and implementation practices. The source expressly identifies purchase or lease of camera technology as a use of BWCPIP funds.

  Deadline: Not specified

• Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrants Program

  Small, competitive grants that support innovative community policing projects, training, and pilot initiatives.

  Deadline: Not specified

• Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program

  Federal formula funding for designated state administering agencies and annually specified units of local government and tribes to support criminal-justice and public-safety activities. The program page lists separate FY 2026 State Formula and Local Formula opportunities, each with a Grants.gov deadline followed by a final JustGrants deadline.

  Deadline: Not specified

• Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP)

  Grant program that supports partnerships between law enforcement, courts, and mental health providers to improve responses to people with mental illnesses.

  Deadline: Not specified

• State Electronic Crash Data Collection

  Forecasted federal grants for modernizing statewide crash-data systems to support electronic collection, intrastate sharing, and standardized transfer to NHTSA. Eligible entities were designated statewide crash-data owners or custodians in states and specified jurisdictions, plus the Secretary of the Interior acting on behalf of an Indian Tribe.

  Deadline: Not specified