Cooperative Agreement 2019ARBXK008

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 Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) and Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network (SEFBHN) were awarded a $550,000 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The 36-month project aims to establish a comprehensive, trauma-informed Palm Beach County Co-Responder Community Resource Team to improve public safety and enhance responses for individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or...

Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services Summary The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) received an $18.42 million Block Grant for Community Mental Health Services from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CFDA 93.958), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This block grant enables OMH to provide comprehensive community-based mental health services to adults with serious mental illness and...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded the California Department of Health Care Services (CA DHCS) a $5,956,143 Project Grant under the Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health (MHDAEMH) program. The grant will support CA DHCS in providing supplemental emergency mental health counseling to individuals affected by major disasters in California from March 2021 through December 2021. As the state health and human services agency for...

This federal Block Grant award of $2,927,445 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services program (CFDA 93.958). The grant supports the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) in delivering a wide range of community-based mental health services across Ohio, including outpatient counseling, substance abuse treatment, crisis intervention, case management, housing...

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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded the California Department of Health Care Services (CA DHCS) a $12.3 million Project Grant under the Mental Health Disaster Assistance and Emergency Mental Health (MHDAEMH) program. The grant period runs from March 19, 2021 through December 18, 2021. As the state awardee, CA DHCS will use the funding to provide supplemental emergency mental health counseling services to individuals affected by major disasters in...

The Essex County Sheriff's Department (ECSD), in collaboration with Volunteers of America Massachusetts (VOAMASS), received a $550,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). This 3-year grant, beginning October 1, 2023, will expand the Essex Mental Health Diversion Program (EMHDP) to serve 250 eligible pre-trial inmates in Essex County. The project will implement a comprehensive,...

The Rutherford County, TN Sheriff's Office (RCSO) and Volunteer Behavioral Health (VBH) have been awarded a $372,660 grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). This 3-year project grant will fund the "Police Assistance to Mental Health Wellness and You" or "PATHWAY" program, a collaborative law enforcement-behavioral health response to serve the growing population of...

The City of Santa Monica, in partnership with Exodus Recovery, Inc., has received a $514,145 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 funding will be used to create a prosecutor-led, collaborative diversion court to connect justice-involved individuals in Santa Monica who have mental health and/or substance abuse disorders and are experiencing...