Project Grant 15PBJA21GG03935NTCP

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). The funding will be used to hire two full-time curriculum developers who will create specialized model lesson plans to promote law enforcement safe encounters with persons in crisis, align with national standards and...

The Passaic Police Department (PPD) was awarded a $350,000 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 funding will be used to develop and implement a comprehensive, agency-wide strategy utilizing cutting-edge, multi-participant, and fully immersive virtual reality (VR) training modules. These VR training scenarios will enhance PPD...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $392,967 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the County of Young, Texas. The grant funding will be used to create crisis response teams, provide mental health response and de-escalation training for law enforcement, and have a mental health nurse on staff 24/7 to more effectively respond to mental health crises and decrease...

This $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) will enable the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board (H-NNCSB) to establish a Traumatic Event Response Team to serve citizens in the Hampton and Newport News, Virginia communities. The funding will support the addition of a part-time Mobile Crisis Therapist and a full-time Community Outreach Specialist to the existing Community Outreach program. This...

This $250,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will fund the Bexar County Crisis Response and Intervention Training (CRIT) Program. The CRIT Program will conduct a needs assessment and provide 40-hour crisis response and intervention training to over 300 Bexar County staff, including pre-trial supervision officers, adult probation officers, adult detention center officers, and other courthouse personnel. The training aims to...

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...

This $104,857 Pipeline Emergency Response Grant (CFDA 20.706) awarded to the County of Northampton, Pennsylvania by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is designed to train emergency responders on topics that may include response to pipeline incidents, detection of leaks, and maintenance best practices. The overarching goal is to improve the abilities of first responders to manage pipeline emergencies through enhanced training,...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the City of New York Police Department $550,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding will support the expansion of the NYC Police Department's Behavioral Health Division Co-Response Program to include Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) for high acuity, high risk mental health service calls. The RRTs,...

The ST Croix County Sheriff's Office received a $195,442 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will be used to provide a 40-hour in-person Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training program developed by the Minnesota CIT organization. Over the 2-year grant period, the county plans to send the majority of its deputies through...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $2,679,110 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 93.354 - Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response) to the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) to fund the Louisiana Crisis Response Program. The program aims to strengthen the state's public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities across six key domains: incident management, jurisdictional recovery, biosurveillance, information...