Project Grant 15PBJA21GG04337MENT

This $550,000 Project Grant awarded by 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) will enable the Atlantic City Police Department (ACPD) and Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties (JFS) to improve public health and safety responses for individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs) who come into...

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 Overland Park Police Department in Overland Park, Kansas will utilize a $232,154 grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services program to enhance its crisis intervention and behavioral health services. Specifically, the funding will allow the police department to achieve Crisis Intervention Team agency certification, hire two additional co-responders to provide around-the-clock crisis response, and send two crisis intervention team members to relevant...

The City of Methuen Police Department, in partnership with Front Line Services, 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 3-year grant will fund the creation of a Community Response Team and Community Support Center to provide equitable access to behavioral health care services, especially for marginalized populations in Methuen and...

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 City of Coffeyville was awarded a $106,584 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant funding will be used to employ a co-responder who will collaborate closely with the local police department and community stakeholders to address mental health crises effectively. The co-responder will work in tandem with law enforcement officers,...

Tropical Texas Behavioral Health (TTBH) was awarded $550,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to develop the Mental Health-Law Enforcement Co-Responder Brownsville PD Team (CRT-BPD) in collaboration with the Brownsville Police Department. The three-year project will provide immediate screening, assessment, and brief intensive intervention services to 170 adults and adolescents...

The Miami-Dade County Police Department (MDPD) received a $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) to implement the "Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program." The 36-month project aims to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and...

This $200,000 federal 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 Harris County, Texas to expand mental health awareness and community policing efforts. The key activities include: Delivering specialized mental health training to law enforcement officers, with a focus on crisis intervention, de-escalation, and communication...

The City of Tulsa Police Department was awarded a $550,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to design and implement a Police-Mental Health Collaboration model. The grant was awarded under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA #16.745) to support cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders. Under the award, the...