Cooperative Agreement A24AC00200

The City and County of Denver Sheriff Department (DSD) was awarded a $208,500 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (CFDA 16.738) to enhance its Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training (CRIT) program. The grant funding will be used to purchase virtual reality (VR) technology to train DSD's sworn staff in a variety of crisis intervention, de-escalation, and mental health response scenarios within a jail...

The City of Alamosa, Colorado was awarded a $530,300 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) to develop and operate a co-responder program in partnership with Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc. The three-year co-responder program aims to improve public safety responses for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders encountered by...

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) in Greenfield, MA received a $550,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to enhance cross-system collaboration and improve outcomes for justice-involved individuals in Franklin County with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. The funding will support a collaborative continuum of transitional and reentry services, with a focus on serving women and LGBTQ+ individuals who have...

The Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice has received a $648,212 Formula Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program (CFDA 16.593). The grant will fund evidence-based residential substance use disorder and co-occurring mental health treatment programs, including medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders, for incarcerated adults and juveniles in Colorado state prisons, juvenile...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $579,025 to the Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Criminal Justice under the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners (RSAT) program (CFDA 16.593). The funding will support the Colorado RSAT Project from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. The project will provide substance abuse treatment services for adult offenders in Colorado's correctional system identified as...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to Pitkin County, Colorado. The grant funding will support the Pitkin Area Co-Responder Teams (PACT) project, which aims to strengthen law enforcement and mental health cross-system collaboration in Pitkin County. PACT will pair mental health professionals with law enforcement officers to co-respond to incidents involving...

The County of Reno received a $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant will fund two key initiatives: 1) Establishment of a Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program within the Reno County Correctional Facility to provide evidence-based treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder, and 2) Implementation of an Overdose Fatality Review Board to engage multi-disciplinary...

The Marion County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) was awarded a $545,431 Project Grant 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 funds will allow MCSO to continue and enhance its internal re-entry capabilities to better prepare participants with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders for community re-entry and reduce recidivism. The...

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Crossroads Turning Points, Inc. a $825,000 Project Grant under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) program. The 36-month grant, effective October 1, 2024, will fund the "Improving Adult and Youth Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Program (PIVOT Project)". The PIVOT Project aims to enhance multidisciplinary collaborations to reduce the risk of crisis and improve reentry and recovery outcomes for...

The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) was awarded a $800,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Body Worn Camera Policy and Implementation program (CFDA 16.835). The funding will be used to expand and improve the CDOC's existing body-worn camera (BWC) program. Key project activities include purchasing 400 new BWC units to replace outdated cameras, implementing unlimited cloud-based data storage, developing a comprehensive training...