Montgomery county (mcpd) will enhance their current officer mental health and wellness training program (started in 2022) by forming a health and wellness institute that provides services/training for…

The Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program awarded Montgomery County, Maryland $199,999 on October 1, 2025, under the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (CFDA 16.070) to establish and enhance a Public Safety Health and Wellness Institute delivering peer support, clinical counseling, suicide prevention, stress management and resilience, trauma-informed leadership, mindfulness training, and mental health technology and software services to law enforcement and public safety agencies eligible for training at the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Academy.

The award funds attendance at three professional conferences—the International Association of Chiefs of Police Officer Safety and Wellness conference, the Fraternal Order of Police Wellness Summit, and the Mental Health and Policing Summit—to obtain training and certifications. A licensed clinical social worker will assess and evaluate the programmatic impact of the institute's initiatives. The award also supports overtime costs for institute members and operational stress control stand-down activities.

Performance runs through September 30, 2027, with place of performance at Rockville, Maryland. Montgomery County operates this award as the recipient and ultimate recipient.

Montgomery county (mcpd) will enhance their current officer mental health and wellness training program (started in 2022) by forming a health and wellness institute that provides services/training for peer support, counseling/clinical, suicide prevention, stress management and resilience, families, trauma-informed leadership, mindfulness, and mental health technology and software to all law enforcement/public safety agencies eligible for training at the montgomery county public safety training academy. Funding will be used to attend three conferences for training and certifications that include iacp OSW, FOP wellness summit, and mental health and policing summit. Funding will support a licensed clinical social worker (lcsw) to assess and evaluate the programmatic impact of pshwi initiatives. Lastly, funding will support overtime costs associated with pshwi members and support operational stress control stand down (oscsd).