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Funding Guide: Paying for CodeBlu with Training Grants
An inventory of Colorado and federal grant programs that can fund de-escalation training, with ready-to-use budget language for an application.
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An inventory of Colorado and federal grant programs that can fund de-escalation training, with ready-to-use budget language for an application.
De-escalation training in Colorado is compliance driven and grant supported. Most agencies do not need to fund CodeBlu entirely from a general budget: state and federal programs exist specifically to pay for peace officer training, and several prioritize the small and rural agencies CodeBlu's lower tiers are built for. This guide inventories the programs a training coordinator should know, maps CodeBlu to their allowable cost categories, and provides budget language you can adapt for an application. One rule applies throughout: eligibility decisions belong to the granting agency. Nothing here is a guarantee of funding. CodeBlu provides the documentation; your grant administrator makes the call.
1. Colorado POST grant programs
Colorado POST administers training grant funds through programs that reimburse agencies, not individuals, for peace officer training. The In-Service Grant Program funds agencies to acquire, conduct, and attend training, with allowable costs that include tuition, instructor fees, class supplies, backfill, and overtime. An annual training platform license is an acquisition of training. FY27 applications (covering July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027) are open as of this writing, with funds directed particularly toward small and rural agencies; confirm current deadlines with POST.
The Regional Grant Program distributes funds through ten training regions that apply on behalf of the agencies in their geography, so your regional training coordinator is a second path to the same money. POST also operates a Very Small Agency Backfill program for agencies with 10 or fewer peace officers, designed to cover schedules so staff can attend training.
Note on course review: training funded through POST grant programs must be reviewed by POST and assigned a course number before the course begins. Contact us for the current status of CodeBlu's POST course review before naming CodeBlu in a POST grant application.
Program details: post.colorado.gov/grants.
2. Colorado Division of Criminal Justice
The Law Enforcement Workforce Recruitment, Retention, and Tuition Grant Program (SB22-145, C.R.S. 24-33.5-528) funds agencies with goals that explicitly include improving the training given to POST-certified peace officers. Twenty percent of the program's funds are reserved for agencies in rural counties and municipalities under 50,000 population. Applications run through DCJ's Fluxx grants system.
Program details: dcj.colorado.gov.
3. Federal programs
The Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act directs federal money to de-escalation training through the Department of Justice, including the COPS Office and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and scenario-based training is a recognized use. Byrne JAG funds may also support training as an allowable purpose under an agency's local allocation. Federal cycles and solicitations change year to year; we monitor them and can point you to the current openings when you request a quote.
4. How CodeBlu maps to a grant budget
A CodeBlu annual license fits the training acquisition or tuition line of a grant budget as a single fixed number with no variable add-ons. Because officers train on shift at the station in short sessions, an application built on CodeBlu can also show reduced or zero spending on the cost categories that usually inflate training budgets: travel, lodging, per diem, and overtime backfill. For programs that require progress and financial reporting, CodeBlu's admin dashboard, per-officer performance records, and exportable transcripts give a coordinator the documentation grant reports ask for.
5. Budget language you can adapt
Budget line item:
De-escalation training platform, annual agency license (CodeBlu), [tier name], up to [N] officers: $[amount].
Justification paragraph:
This request funds an annual license for CodeBlu, a voice-based de-escalation training platform, providing every officer in the agency with recurring scenario-based practice and individual performance records. Colorado law (C.R.S. 24-31-315) requires ongoing in-service training, and scenario-based de-escalation practice addresses it directly. Because training is delivered on shift at the station, this request includes no travel, lodging, or overtime backfill costs. The platform's per-officer records and exportable transcripts will support this program's reporting requirements.
6. What we provide with a quote
Every quote includes a W-9, a per-officer cost breakdown, a scope-of-training description suitable for attachment to an application, and PO and invoice payment terms. Tell us the program you are applying to and we will tailor the documentation to its requirements.
This guide is informational. It is not legal, grant, or procurement advice, and it does not guarantee eligibility or award under any program. Program rules, funding levels, and deadlines change; verify current requirements with the granting agency.
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