COPS Anti-Heroin Task Force Program

The Anti-Heroin Task Force (AHTF) program advances public safety by making competitive grants to State law enforcement agencies in States with high per capita rates of primary treatment admissions, for the purpose of locating or investigating illicit activities, through Statewide collaboration, relating to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, or carfentanil, or relating to the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids.

Eligible applicants are state law enforcement agencies with primary authority over state seizures of heroin, fentanyl, and other opioids.

General criteria for selecting proposals are set forth in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322. Additional Criteria may be developed by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and will be published in the Notice of Funding Opportunity application materials.

Fiscal year 2024: In FY 2024, the COPS Office awarded more than $30.9 million in AHTF award funds to 12 state law enforcement agencies. Provisions include the following: - AHTF competitively provides funds directly to state law enforcement agencies with high rates of primary treatment admissions for heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, or other opioids. - AHTF funding must be used for investigative purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities, including activities related to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, carfentanil, or other opioids; the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids; or unlawful diversion and distribution of prescription opioids. - AHTF provides funds to state law enforcement agencies with multijurisdictional reach and an interdisciplinary team (e.g., task force) structures. These state law enforcement agencies must have primary law enforcement authority over heroin and other opioids seizures and investigations. - AHTF funding is not intended for treatment programs or prosecution of heroin and other opioid related activities.