The County of Henrico, Virginia was awarded a $549,718 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to enhance and expand the newly formed Behavioral Health Docket in Henrico County. The purpose of the Behavioral Health Docket is to improve public safety, expedite court processes, enhance the quality of life for program participants, reduce recidivism, increase offender accountability, and decrease the...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $125,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to Northwestern Community Services Board for a Project Grant concluding September 30, 2024. The grant funds the enhancement and expansion of mental health crisis stabilization treatment services in support of individuals involved in the criminal justice system and service providers in Virginia's 26th...
The County of Suffolk Police Department received a $150,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance to deliver transdisciplinary crisis response training strategies to Suffolk County police officers. Funded under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, the three-year project beginning October 1, 2021 aims to educate and prepare officers to appropriately interact with individuals experiencing...
This $550,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will allow County of Rockingham in Virginia to expand the Rockingham Harrisonburg Justice and Mental Health Collaboration (RHJMHC) program. The program aims to divert individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders from incarceration by enhancing crisis...
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 County of Chesterfield, Virginia was awarded a $854,370 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP, CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund the implementation of co-response teams consisting of one mental health professional and one police officer to provide mobile crisis response services from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The co-response teams are intended to...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to the Bristol County Sheriff's Office under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The 3-year grant, effective October 1, 2023, will fund the implementation of the Telebehavioral Care Net (TBH Care Net) program. This initiative aims to provide telehealth services, including psychiatry, medication for opioid use disorder, crisis intervention, and behavioral counseling, to...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Anderson County, South Carolina $354,131 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The Project Grant funding will support the development and operation of the Anderson County Mental Health Court. The Mental Health Court aims to improve identification and monitoring of offenders with mental...
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 in Lynchburg, Virginia. The grant will fund the expansion of a co-response model between Horizon Behavioral Health and the Lynchburg Police Department (LPD) to provide crisis intervention services for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. The co-response team...
The Cnmi Judicial Branch received a $536,481 federal grant award 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 36-month project aims to expand the Northern Mariana Islands' Mental Health Court docket and implement cross-system coordination to improve assessment, identification, and treatment of court-involved adults with mental health disorders or co-occurring substance use...