Project Grant 15PBJA21GG03936NTCP

This $235,483 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (CFDA 16.738) program will enable the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) to modify and implement a Crisis Response and Intervention Training (CRIT) program. The goal is to facilitate increased collaboration between law enforcement and 911 emergency communication specialists when responding to individuals with behavioral health...

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...

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...

This $550,000 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) supports the Buckeye Crisis Response Team (CRT) program, a collaboration between the Buckeye Police Department and Crisis Preparation and Recovery to provide a law enforcement/mental health co-responder program. The funding will allow the CRT to add another co-response team to expand crisis intervention services,...

This $550,000 Project Grant award 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 support a Co-Responder Program (CORE) in Fulton County, Georgia. The CORE program will pair a behavioral health clinician with a sheriff's deputy to respond to 911 and 988 behavioral health crises, using crisis de-escalation techniques. Within 24 hours, a peer support specialist will follow up with...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) aims to provide comprehensive mental health crisis intervention training for law enforcement personnel across the United States. The National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), a non-profit organization specializing in law enforcement training, will develop and deliver virtual and in-person courses covering crisis...

This Project Grant award of $157,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) will support the Forsyth County Crisis Intervention Team (CIRT) in Forsyth County, Georgia. The funding will allow the county to create a second co-responder team to capture missed crisis response opportunities and continue tracking key performance metrics. The grant aims to prioritize services for individuals with moderate or high risk of...

The City of Jonesboro, AR received a $550,000 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). The grant will be used to establish a Crisis Response Unit (CRU) that pairs police officers trained in Crisis Intervention (CIT) with mental health professionals from Arisa Health. The CRU will respond to calls involving individuals with mental health disorders or...

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 Horizon Behavioral Health, a U.S. local government entity located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The grant will support the expansion of a co-response model between Horizon's Crisis Receiving Center and the Lynchburg Police Department. The co-response team will consist of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trained officers, clinicians,...

This $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) is designed to expand Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training for corrections staff in Prince George's County, Maryland. The funding will be used to adapt the existing CIT curriculum to address the specific needs and challenges of the corrections environment, and to provide the training to all staff who have direct...