Project Grant 15PBJA21GG04304NTCP

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...

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 Craighead County Judge Office in Jonesboro, Arkansas will receive $750,000 through a four-year Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program. The funding will enhance operations and expand services for three co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder courts serving Craighead, Crittenden, and Mississippi counties in Arkansas. Specifically, the grant will increase treatment...

This Project Grant award 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), will provide $182,451.34 to support a full-time crisis intervention specialist position in Fayetteville, Arkansas from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The specialist will work with the University of Arkansas' existing social work internship program and Crisis Intervention...

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 Central Iowa Trauma Recovery Center (CITRC), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, was awarded a $500,000 three-year Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs' Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582). Under this award, CITRC will expand the University of California-San Francisco's Trauma Recovery Center model to provide mental health services, medication management, clinical care coordination, and therapeutic support services...

The City of Boulder, Colorado received a $255,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to expand the Crisis Intervention Response Initiative (CIRI). CIRI builds upon an existing co-responder program between behavioral health clinicians and police officers responding to calls involving behavioral health issues. The grant will fund two additional clinicians to...

The Rutherford County, TN Sheriff's Office (RCSO) and Volunteer Behavioral Health (VBH) have been awarded a $372,660 grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). This 3-year project grant will fund the "Police Assistance to Mental Health Wellness and You" or "PATHWAY" program, a collaborative law enforcement-behavioral health response to serve the growing population of...

The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) Correctional Industries Division was awarded a $249,993 Project Grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The grant funding will allow CDOC to develop and implement a comprehensive crisis intervention training program for its correctional and parole officers. This will include developing and delivering evidence-based crisis intervention curriculum, providing...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to Craighead County, Arkansas to enhance the operations of the STAR DWI/DUI Court. The STAR Court is a post-adjudication DWI/DUI treatment court that serves up to 30 high-risk, high-need participants through a 16-18 month program. Grant funds will be used to expand the court's capacity to serve an additional 10 participants annually and improve alignment...