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This $548,341 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will enable the Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) and Washington County Health & Human Services Department to establish a new co-responder team. The team, comprising a sheriff's deputy and a mental health clinician, will respond to mental health crisis calls in the community, providing...

The City of Clearwater Police Department was awarded $288,000 under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement a co-responder pilot program from March 15, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The pilot program will pair two police officers with two mental health professionals contracted through the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office to respond jointly to calls involving individuals in mental health crisis. The co-responder...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $549,254 to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office through the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to establish a co-responder program. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office will partner with Lakeview Center, Inc. to deploy three specialty trained deputy sheriffs paired with two mental health clinicians across three co-responder teams. The co-responder teams will...

The Plano Co-Responder Project is a $550,000 grant awarded on October 1, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The project aims to improve law enforcement-behavioral health crisis response collaboration in Plano, Texas, targeting adults with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs) who come into contact with law...

This federal Project Grant award of $550,000 was provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The award will fund a Co-Responder Program (CORE) in Fulton County, Georgia to serve adults experiencing behavioral health crises, with a focus on individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. The CORE team will include a behavioral health clinician...

This $255,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program) will fund the Town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island to implement a Countywide Co-Responder Team (CRT) in partnership with the Providence Center behavioral health organization and Thundermist Health Center. The CRT model embeds a full-time behavioral health clinician to respond to calls with CIT-trained police officers...

The City of Alamosa, Colorado was awarded a $530,300 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to develop and operate a co-responder program in partnership with Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. The three-year co-responder program aims to improve public safety responses for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders encountered by...

The City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey will implement a co-responder model with $550,000 in funding from the Department of Justice's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). As the prime recipient, Perth Amboy will partner with the Mental Health Association to provide on-site mental health professionals who will respond alongside police department members. This co-responder model aims to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with...

The City of La Crosse Police Department received a $369,008 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to expand its Community Resource Unit program. The Community Resource Unit currently has one officer and investigator who co-respond to mental health crisis calls with La Crosse County Crisis responders to provide immediate on-scene mental health services and maintain safety. This funding will support the addition of a second...

This Project Grant award of $499,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) will fund the creation of a Cecil County Co-Responder Mobile Crisis Team. This team will pair a specially-trained law enforcement officer with a behavioral health clinician to provide immediate, community-based crisis intervention and support for individuals experiencing acute behavioral health emergencies or severe emotional distress. The...