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2024-25 INTENSIVE COMPREHENSIVEPEACE OFFICER EDUCATION AND TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM RFP Request for Proposals (RFP) Part 1: Overview 1.1 General Information Grant Name: Intensive Comprehensive Peace Officer Education & Training(ICPOET)2026 Minnesota Office of Justice Programs(OJP) Website Open for Applications: July 15, 2025 Application Due Date: August 15, 2025 1.2 Program Description The Minnesota Office of Justice Programs (OJP), MN Department of Public Safety, is requesting proposals to fund the Intensive Comprehensive Peace Officer Education and Training (ICPOET) grant program. The program is intended to address the critical shortage of peace officers in the state by providing grants to law enforcement agencies that have developed a plan to recruit, educate, and train highly qualified two-and four-year college graduates to become license-eligible peace officers in the state. Law enforcement agencies may apply for reimbursement grants up to $50,000 per eligible candidate for the cost of educating, training, and paying an eligible peace officer candidate until the candidate is eligible to be licensed by the board as a peace officer. The candidate will attend a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities-designated cohort, likely at Hennepin Technical College, to receive the Professional Peace Officer Education (PPOE) objectives as required by the Minnesota Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board. 1.3 Minnesota’s Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion It is State of Minnesota policy to ensure equity, diversity, and inclusion in making competitive grant awards. See Executive Order 19.01. The Policy on Rating Criteria for Competitive Grant Review establishes the expectation that grant programs intentionally identify how the grant serves diverse populations, especially populations experiencinginequities and/or disparities. See OGM Policy 08-02. 1.4 Funding and Project Dates Funding Funds authorized by MN Laws, Chapter52, 2023Minnesota Session Laws. Up to $400,000 is expected to be awarded under this RFP, funding 8 candidates. Additional funds may become available and be awarded under this RFP. Final award amounts may be lower than requested. An agency may submit for more than one candidate but not more than 2 candidates. The funding is a cost reimbursement only grant. Award decisions will consider geographic diversity, prior ICPOET grant awards, and agency size in grant distribution based on grant applications received. Project Dates This is an 18-monthgrant period, from on or around January 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. DPS Page 2 7/16/2025 Qbhf!279!pg!286