Vehicle Grants for Law Enforcement

Vehicle grants for law enforcement are available from more sources than ever before, with the American Recovery Investment Act and the Homeland Security Act. Grants are available from government, private industry and private foundations. The General Purpose Vehicles website has information that helps law enforcement obtain necessary vehicles along with the funding to purchase or customize them.

Police One Grants

Police One calls itself a resource for police and law enforcement. Along with police news and products, Police One maintains an extensive comprehensive list of at least two hundred grant sources for police vehicles with deadlines for submitting applications in their grants section accessible from the grants tab on their home web page. Police One is designed to keep law enforcement agencies abreast of available grants to fund technology, products and programs.

Latest research findings are also displayed on or linked to the Police One website. Police One maintains the Police Grant Help website to answer frequently asked questions and to offer further information and assistance in completing grant applications.

General Purpose Vehicles

The General Purpose Vehicles website works with law enforcement to fund vehicles through a variety of avenues, drug forfeiture funds and grants. The Homeland Security Grant Program has made federal government grants available to law enforcement. The Homeland Security Grant program includes a number of grants for vehicles. Homeland Security Grant Program Guidelines and Applications are available at dhs.gov.

The FEMA Responder Knowledge Base website, accessible from the General Purpose Vehicles website, displays other grant programs. Other programs on the General Purpose Vehicles website home page include Urban Areas Security Initiative, Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program, Metropolitan Medical Response System and Emergency Management Performance Grant.

Rural Development Grants

Rural Development, a division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, received an additional $1.1 billion for Community Facilities grants and loans, as a result of the American Recovery and Investment Act for acquisition, construction, renovation or purchase of equipment for rural areas and towns with populations of under 20,000 people. The Rural Development website explains $61 million available for community facilities grants. Click "more" on the Rural Development web page to access the Housing and Community Facilities Programs web page. The grants may be used for downtown revitalization, business incubation, capital improvement and infrastructure projects.

The Community Facilities program is to improve the quality of life for rural residents by providing health care, public safety and educational opportunities. The program does not provide operating funds, but does provide for structures to house equipment and provide these services.