Block Grant 2019MOBX0012

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) will provide $200,000 to Harris County, Texas to expand mental health awareness and community policing efforts. The key project activities include: Delivering specialized mental health training to law enforcement officers, with a focus on crisis intervention, de-escalation, and...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the City of New York Police Department $550,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding will support the expansion of the NYC Police Department's Behavioral Health Division Co-Response Program to include Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) for high acuity, high risk mental health service calls. The RRTs,...

The Government of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) receives a $491,079 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) to expand their co-response pilot program in Ward 8 of Washington, D.C. The funds will be used to hire a Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) crisis clinician and peer support specialist to co-respond to behavioral health crisis...

The Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD) received a $550,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program) to implement the "Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program." The 36-month project aims to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Town of Ramapo, New York. The funding will support the implementation of a mental health program within the Ramapo Police Department, focusing on understanding and mitigating the unique stressors and challenges inherent in police work. The program, titled "Resilient...

The Providence Police Department and Providence Center were awarded a $295,176 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). The funding supports the continued collaboration between the organizations to improve responses to mental health crises through co-response and diversion programs. For over a decade, the Providence Center has partnered with...

The City of Harrisonburg, Virginia was awarded a $550,000 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) to implement the Harrisonburg Police Department Mental Health Diversion Project (HPD MHDP). The primary goals of the project are to: 1) Improve the diversion of individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs)...

The County of Suffolk Police Department received a $150,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to deliver transdisciplinary crisis response training strategies to Suffolk County police officers. Funded under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, the three-year project beginning October 1, 2021 aims to educate and prepare officers to appropriately interact with individuals experiencing...

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 Lowell, MA Police Department (LPD) received a $549,993 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). The grant will fund a 36-month co-responder program whereby mental health clinicians from Advocates, Inc. will accompany LPD officers on mental health-related calls to help de-escalate situations and connect individuals to services. The program...