Cooperative Agreement 2017VFGXK142

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $500,000 from the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program) aims to address the urgent needs of historically marginalized youth and families in the Austin and Humboldt Park neighborhoods of Chicago that have been disproportionately affected by gun violence. The proposed project, titled "Builds Underserved Victims of Crime Initiative," seeks to enhance existing...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc. (CMHA). The grant will enable CMHA, a private non-profit organization based in New Britain, Connecticut, to provide crisis mental health services, outpatient treatment, case management, peer support, psychiatric rehabilitation, and community-based care to a primarily underserved...

This cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime, under the Services for Victims of Trafficking (CFDA 16.320) federal grant program, provides $1 million to support technical assistance activities addressing the criminalization of minor sex trafficking victims. The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges will deliver training and technical assistance to nine project sites from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Key...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance, through the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), awarded a $910,000 Project Grant to MC Dermott Center Inc. (doing business as Haymarket Center), a non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois. The purpose of this 2-year grant is to increase the mental health preparedness and wellness of 250 law enforcement officers and other first responders in the Northeastern Illinois region. The key activities include conducting large group training...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $2,286,371 Cooperative Agreement to The Council of State Governments (CSG) to design and manage the FY24 Integrated Treatment for Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Criminal Justice System Demonstration Program under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). Through this initiative, CSG will select up to 12 demonstration sites and provide them with training, technical assistance, and...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $3,800,000 cooperative agreement under the Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136) to the National Council for Behavioral Health (dba National Council for Mental Wellbeing). The funding will support the establishment of an Enhanced Behavioral Health Training Institute (BHTI) to train community behavioral health organizations (CBHOs) and their public health system partners on...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $796,532 Project Grant under CFDA 93.243, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance, to Clark County Fire District No. 3 Fireman's Association. The grant will fund an "EMS Training Enhancement Through the Use of Technology with a Patient Centric Focus" program over a 2-year period from September 2024 to September 2026. The key products and services to be...

Through a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the OVW Technical Assistance Initiative (CFDA 16.526), the Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP) will implement the Providing Advocacy for Criminalized Survivors Project (PACS Project). This project will provide training and technical assistance to victim service organizations working with charged, incarcerated, and reentering survivors of domestic violence, dating...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs awarded a $750,000 cooperative agreement to Healing Justice Project under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to address the lack of post-conviction victim services. The three-year project will develop recommendations, training models, and tools to expand post-conviction victim services for those impacted by conviction and sentence review processes. Healing Justice will conduct an environmental scan and needs...

This $4,989,850 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (CFDA 16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program), will support the National Trauma Recovery Center (NATRC) in establishing 3-5 new Trauma Recovery Centers (TRCs) in high-need areas. The TRC model, developed by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), provides culturally responsive, evidence-based mental health and support services to underserved crime...