Project Grant 2020MOBX0023

The City of Seguin, Texas received a $477,029 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The funding will be used to establish a partnership between the Seguin Police Department and the local mental health provider, Bluebonnet Trails Community Services, to embed mental health professionals with the police department and enhance the city's crisis intervention capabilities....

The Waxahachie Police Department was awarded a $262,344 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will fund an enhanced Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model to provide immediate support and resource connection for individuals experiencing mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence, and homelessness-related crises. Key activities...

Tropical Texas Behavioral Health (TTBH) was awarded $550,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to develop the Mental Health-Law Enforcement Co-Responder Brownsville PD Team (CRT-BPD) in collaboration with the Brownsville Police Department. The three-year project will provide immediate screening, assessment, and brief intensive intervention services to 170 adults and adolescents...

The County of Young, Texas was awarded a $392,967 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant funding will be used to create crisis response teams, provide in-depth mental health response and de-escalation training for local law enforcement, and have a mental health nurse on staff 24/7 to respond to mental health crises within the county...

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...

Tropical Texas Behavioral Health (TTBH) was awarded $550,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to develop the Mental Health-Law Enforcement Co-Responder Harlingen PD Team (CRT-HPD) in collaboration with the Harlingen Police Department. The three-year project will provide immediate screening, assessment, and brief intensive intervention services to 170 adults and adolescents...

The Prescott Valley Police Department will use $250,000 in FY24 funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to expand accessible Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training for first responders and mental health professionals countywide. The training will be led by Dr. Dara Rampersad, LPC, NCC, an internationally recognized CIT expert and chair of the Arizona CIT Coalition, through Bluepaz, LLC. This comprehensive...

The Overland Park Police Department in Overland Park, Kansas will utilize a $232,154 grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program to enhance its crisis intervention and behavioral health services. Specifically, the funding will allow the police department to achieve Crisis Intervention Team agency certification, hire two additional co-responders to provide around-the-clock crisis response, and send two crisis intervention team members to relevant...

The National Center for Policing Innovation (NCPI), in partnership with CIT International, Inc., has been awarded a $800,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). This funding will be used to establish the Mid-Atlantic Regional De-Escalation and Crisis Response Training Center (MARC) and deliver a comprehensive regional training initiative focused on de-escalation techniques, particularly for...

The City of Mission Police Department in Mission, Texas was awarded a $229,963 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to develop an arrest diversion program focused on redirecting individuals with severe mental illness from traditional criminal justice pathways to appropriate mental health and substance abuse treatment systems. Specifically, the grant funds will be used to enhance the Police Department's existing mental health unit...