Cooperative Agreement TI023629

West Texas Centers was awarded $550,000 by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program to plan and implement a community collaboration diversion center in Howard County, Texas. The center will divert individuals with serious mental illness or substance use disorders from the criminal justice system to more appropriate care settings. It is expected to serve 150-180 individuals annually from Howard...

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 U.S. Department of Justice, 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 Tropical Texas Behavioral Health (TTBH) in Edinburg, Texas. The grant will fund the development of the TTBH Mental Health Diversion Court Program, which will provide court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment for individuals on probation with serious mental health disorders or co-occurring mental...

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 Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Tropical Texas Behavioral Health $550,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to establish a Mental Health-Law Enforcement Co-Responder Team in Hidalgo County, Texas. The goal of this three-year Project Grant is to support cross-system collaboration between mental health and law enforcement personnel to improve public safety responses and outcomes...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $398,899 Project Grant to Central Texas Mhmr Center for Life Resources under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA #16.745). The grant will fund a law enforcement and behavioral health co-responder program to reduce incarceration of individuals with mental health and co-occurring disorders in Comanche, McCulloch, and San Saba Counties, Texas through linkage to...

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 Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Bexar County, Texas a $550,000 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund expansion of Bexar County's existing Specialized Multidisciplinary Alternate Response Team (SMART) program to operate 24/7, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, through September 30, 2025. In year one, funding will support subcontracting...

The City of Austin, in partnership with Integral Care, was awarded a $550,000 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant funds will be used to scale a mobile court pilot program to address barriers to accessing pathways to resolve outstanding cases and warrants for individuals with mental health disorders who are experiencing homelessness. The project aims to provide...

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...