Project Grant 2020MOBX0043

The Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA) was awarded $550,000 over three years through the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to enhance the Circuit Court Behavioral Health Docket (CCBHD) in partnership with the City of Richmond Department of Justice Services. RBHA and its partners will use the funding to provide individualized behavioral health treatment planning...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $550,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) federal grant program to Spindletop MHMR Services of Beaumont, Texas. The three-year project grant aims to collaboratively address the needs of individuals experiencing symptoms of mental illness and/or substance use disorders through partnerships between law enforcement, jail administration, the local...

The New Hampshire Judicial Branch (NHJB), through the Administrative Office of the Courts, received a $515,471 grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to fund a statewide Mental Health Court (MHC) Coordinator position. This role will help expand and support New Hampshire's MHCs by developing a planning and implementation guide, providing training for MHC staff and judges, and facilitating stakeholder...

This $550,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will allow County of Rockingham in Virginia to expand the Rockingham Harrisonburg Justice and Mental Health Collaboration (RHJMHC) program. The program aims to divert individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders from incarceration by enhancing crisis...

The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance is providing a $495,757 Project Grant award under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to the Harris County Sheriff's Office in Houston, Texas. The grant funds the implementation of a Detention Crisis Response Unit co-responder team comprised of a mental health clinician and a mental health detention officer. This specialized team will provide timely, trauma-informed crisis...

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 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $549,718 Project Grant to the County of Henrico, Virginia under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The funding will be used to enhance and expand Henrico County's newly established Behavioral Health Docket, a pilot program that aims to improve public safety, expedite court processes, enhance quality of life, reduce recidivism, and decrease jail population for individuals with serious mental...

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $544,351 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to the Central Texas Mhmr Center (dba Center For Life Resources). The funds will support a law enforcement and behavioral health co-responder program to reduce incarceration of individuals with mental health or co-occurring disorders in the 7-county service area. Key program components include: Hiring and...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $550,000 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) grant (CFDA 16.745) to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) on the Flathead Reservation in Montana. This 3-year project grant will enable CSKT's Tribal Defenders Office to collaborate with Tribal Behavioral Health to facilitate a program that will create access to behavioral health care and wrap-around services for justice-involved tribal...

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)...