The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $181,752 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the City of Omaha, Nebraska. The grant will be used to improve officer resiliency, mental health, stress management, and wellbeing within the Omaha Police Department. Key activities include conducting annual mental health check-ins for up to 185 personnel, enhancing line of duty...
This Project Grant award of $200,000 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) will support the Hammond Police Department's initiatives to enhance mental health wellness for its sworn and non-sworn personnel. The funding will enable the department to provide annual mental health wellness checks with licensed professionals, offer mental health counseling and...
The City of Frankfort was awarded a $142,170 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant funding will support the development of a local mental health and wellness program for Frankfort police officers, including: 1) a mobile app to help officers and their families identify, prevent, and cope with stress; 2) training for an...
The City of New Haven was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to enhance mental health services for the New Haven Police Department. The grant funding will be used to hire a full-time embedded clinician and a part-time clinical supervisor to provide in-person and telehealth services to officers. Additionally, a data analyst will be hired to track program utilization and impact, which...
The City of West Saint Paul received a $119,833 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 be used to develop a mental health and wellness program for the West Saint Paul Police Department, which includes the following key services: Providing two wellness check-ins per year for 51 employees, plus 45 additional wellness checks as...
The City of Henderson was awarded a $782,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The grant will fund the implementation of a "Total Wellness Program" aimed at enhancing the physical and mental well-being of the city's public safety employees through a holistic, best-practice-based approach. Key program activities include: Hiring a clinician to support the peer support...
The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office will use $199,988 in FY24 funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to implement an officer wellness program. The key products and services to be delivered under this Project Grant award include: Hiring a full-time clinician to provide one-on-one counseling for officers to address work-related stress, critical incident trauma, relationship issues, depression, anxiety, and other...
The City of Columbia Heights was awarded a $207,849 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will fund a partnership with a local health resource provider to staff a full-time mental health professional at the police department from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The mental health professional will work alongside...
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department received a $194,700 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 funding will be used to enhance the department's existing wellness program offered through the Office of Professional Development and Wellness (OPDW). The project aims to address gaps in current programming by providing officer...
This $200,000 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710), will enable the Vicksburg Police Department (VPD) to partner with the Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC) to provide a full-time, master's level licensed mental health professional. This mental health professional will facilitate 10 agency-wide training sessions on...