Project Grant 15JCOPS23GG01704PPSE

This $548,341 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) will enable the Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) and Washington County Health & Human Services Department to establish a new co-responder team. The team, comprising a sheriff's deputy and a mental health clinician, will respond to mental health crisis calls in the community, providing...

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 supports the Pitkin Area Co-Responder Teams (PACT) project, which pairs mental health professionals with law enforcement officers to respond to incidents involving individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs). The goal...

This $255,000 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) will fund the Town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island to implement a Countywide Co-Responder Team (CRT) in partnership with the Providence Center behavioral health organization and Thundermist Health Center. The CRT model embeds a full-time behavioral health clinician to respond to calls with CIT-trained police officers...

The City of Cleveland was awarded a $549,998 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) to support their efforts to modernize the city's 911 system and improve responses to mental health crisis calls. The key activities funded include hiring clinician dispatchers, providing mental health training to all dispatchers, and purchasing data collection software for...

The City of Clearwater Police Department was awarded $288,000 under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement a co-responder pilot program from March 15, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The pilot program will pair two police officers with two mental health professionals contracted through the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office to respond jointly to calls involving individuals in mental health crisis. The co-responder...

The Plano Co-Responder Project is a $550,000 grant awarded on October 1, 2023 by 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 project aims to improve law enforcement-behavioral health crisis response collaboration in Plano, Texas, targeting adults with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs) who come into contact with law...

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 Fulton County Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, in partnership with the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, received a $550,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund the Priority 1A Co-Responder (CORE) program, which aims to serve adults in Fulton County, Georgia experiencing behavioral health crises, with a focus on...

The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office received a $195,442 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will fund a 40-hour in-person Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training program developed by Minnesota CIT, a respected 501(c)(3) training partner, over a two-year period. The training aims to provide the majority of the county's...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $549,254 to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office through the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to establish a co-responder program. The Escambia County Sheriff's Office will partner with Lakeview Center, Inc. to deploy three specialty trained deputy sheriffs paired with two mental health clinicians across three co-responder teams. The co-responder teams will...