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Civil Air Patrol Program

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

12.840

Program objective

The purposes of the Civil Air Patrol are: to encourage and aid citizens of the United States in contributing their efforts, services, and resources in developing aviation and in maintaining air supremacy; to encourage and develop by example the voluntary contribution of private citizens to the public welfare; to provide aviation education and training especially to its senior and cadet members; to encourage and foster civil aviation in local communities; to provide an organization of private citizens with adequate facilities to assist in meeting local and national emergencies; and to assist the Department of the Air Force in fulfilling its noncombat programs and missions. See CAP site, https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/ for more information.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    Not applicable

  2. 2017

    Accomplishments per fiscal year shall align with the program purpose IAW with 36 U.S.C. 40302 A five-year Cooperative Agreement shall be used to encourage and aid citizens of the United States in contributing their efforts, services, and resources in developing aviation and in maintaining air supremacy; to encourage and develop by example the voluntary contribution of private citizens to the public welfare; to provide aviation education and training especially to its senior and cadet members; to encourage and foster civil aviation in local communities; to provide an organization of private citizens with adequate facilities to assist in meeting local and national emergencies; and to assist the Department of the Air Force in fulfilling its noncombat programs and missions.

  3. 2018

    Accomplishments per fiscal year shall align with the program purpose IAW with 36 U.S.C. 40302 A five-year Cooperative Agreement shall be used to encourage and aid citizens of the United States in contributing their efforts, services, and resources in developing aviation and in maintaining air supremacy; to encourage and develop by example the voluntary contribution of private citizens to the public welfare; to provide aviation education and training especially to its senior and cadet members; to encourage and foster civil aviation in local communities; to provide an organization of private citizens with adequate facilities to assist in meeting local and national emergencies; and to assist the Department of the Air Force in fulfilling its noncombat programs and missions.

  4. 2024

    CAP continues to provide assistance to the DoD by utilizing its aircraft for tasks such as drone escorts through FAA airspace to military airspace, over-the-horizon radio relays for the Gulf of Mexico range, verification of no obstructions to all military runways, counter sUAS support, and range fire watch for multiple federal lands. In addition, CAP also provides support to FEMA using their aircraft for gathering imagery of mudslides, tornadoes, floods, tropical/hurricane, winter storms and earthquake damage. Furthermore, CAPs main mission is to provide cadet education and STEM programs.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARS) and Air Force Instruction 10-2701

  1. 10 USC U.S.C. § 9491-9498.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Public nonprofit institution/organization

Additional resources