Project Grant 15PBJA22GG03002MENT
- The City of Pittsburgh Office of the Mayor, in partnership with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, was awarded a $532,749 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund the establishment of a Crisis Intervention Team within the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police over three years from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Specifically, grant funds will support...
- The federal Project Grant award of $700,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) will fund the Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Police's Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program. The CIT program pairs specially trained law enforcement officers with licensed mental health professionals to respond to mental health crisis situations, prioritizing safety, care, and appropriate resolution. This funding will...
- The Prescott Valley Police Department will use $250,000 in FY24 funding from the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to expand accessible Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training for first responders and mental health professionals countywide. The training will be led by Dr. Dara Rampersad, LPC, NCC, an internationally recognized CIT expert and chair of the Arizona CIT Coalition, through Bluepaz, LLC. This comprehensive...
- The City of Harrisonburg, Virginia was awarded a $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) to implement the Harrisonburg Police Department Mental Health Diversion Project (HPD MHDP). The primary goals of the project are to: 1) Improve the diversion of individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs)...
- 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 City of Missoula, MT is awarded a $487,564 project grant from the 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 enhance and expand the city's Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program to improve public safety responses for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who encounter law enforcement. Key initiatives include...
- The City of Anaheim Police Department was awarded a $350,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (CFDA 16.710) to develop and implement a 40-hour Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) training program. This funding will enable the delivery of one CIT training class per month, with an anticipated average attendance of 20 students per class. As a result, potentially 480 law enforcement officers, support personnel, and qualifying...
- The Madera County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (CFDA 16.738) by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant will be used to establish a formalized Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program and training regimen for MCSO law enforcement officers. The program will be based on the Memphis Model of CIT and involve collaboration between law enforcement, mental health...
- This federal Project Grant award of $550,000 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will enable the Ottawa County Community Mental Health (CMH) organization to expand its mobile, co-responding Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) in partnership with local law enforcement agencies. The program aims to improve stabilization and care coordination for individuals experiencing behavioral health crises...
- The St. Croix County Sheriff's Office received a $195,442 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program (CFDA 16.710, Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants) to provide a 40-hour in-person Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training program for its deputies. Over the 2-year grant period, the county plans to send a majority of its deputies through this Minnesota CIT course, which covers topics such as mental illness,...
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES (MHDS), IS SEEKING $287,447.30 TO CREATE A SCHUYLKILL COUNTY REGIONAL CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM (CIT) IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. THIS TEAM WILL BE BASED ON BOTH THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM CORE ELEMENTS AND THE ACADEMIC TRAINING TO INFORM POLICE RESPONSES BEST PRACTICE GUIDE. THE PROGRAM WILL SERVE TO BETTER PREPARE OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS FOR CONTACT WITH CONSUMERS WHO MAY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES OR DUAL DIAGNOSES AND ARE AT RISK OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE TRAINING COMPONENT OF THE CIT WILL SEEK TO TRAIN 60% OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (LEOS) AND 911 DISPATCHERS IN A 6-HOUR INTRODUCTORY CRISIS TRAINING AND RECRUIT 25% OF LEO'S TO ATTEND THE 40-HOUR CIT TRAINING. THE TRAINING WILL ALSO BE OPEN TO FIRST RESPONDERS, CORRECTION OFFICERS, PROBATION OFFICERS AND CRISIS WORKERS. AS PART OF THE CIT A CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM TASK FORCE WILL BE CREATED. THE MISSION OF THE TASK FORCE WILL BE TO BUILD AND IMPROVE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL FIRST RESPONDERS, FAMILIES, CONSUMERS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES, MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND ANY RELATED SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES. THIS TASK FORCE WILL SERVE AS A RESOURCE HUB AND REVIEW/SUPPORT SOURCE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS DEALING WITH PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING SITUATIONS. ONCE TRAINED, CIT OFFICERS WILL BE EQUIPPED TO DIVERT, WHEN APPROPRIATE, THOSE SHOWING SIGNS OF MENTAL ILLNESS TO TREATMENT RATHER THAN INCARCERATION. THIS PROJECT IS BEING LED BY SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH/ DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES (MHDS) AND WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TAMAQUA POLICE DEPARTMENT. AN OVERRIDING GOAL OF THE CIT WILL BE TO DIVERT PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS FROM ARREST AND INCARCERATION IN AND OVERCROWDED SCHUYLKILL COUNTY JAIL TO ALTERNATIVE CRISIS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS. ONGOING DATA COLLECTION WILL BE ABLE TO PINPOINT "FAMILIAR FACES", ANALYZE THE EFFICACY OF THE CIT AND HIGHLIGHT SPECIFIC ISSUES OF TRAINING NEEDED BY LEO'S AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $0 | 9/13/24 | ||
| Not listed | $230.0k | 9/30/22 |