The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Tropical Texas Behavioral Health (TTBH) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant funding will support the development of the TTBH Mental Health Diversion Court Program in collaboration with the Hidalgo County and Cameron and Willacy County Community Supervision and Corrections Department. The program will provide court-ordered...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Tropical Texas Behavioral Health $550,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to establish a Mental Health-Law Enforcement Co-Responder Team in Hidalgo County, Texas. The goal of this three-year Project Grant is to support cross-system collaboration between mental health and law enforcement personnel to improve public safety responses and outcomes...
The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $544,351 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to the Central Texas Mhmr Center (dba Center For Life Resources). The funds will support a law enforcement and behavioral health co-responder program to reduce incarceration of individuals with mental health or co-occurring disorders in the 7-county service area. Key program components include: Hiring and...
The City of Seguin, Texas received a $477,029 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The funding will be used to establish a partnership between the Seguin Police Department and the local mental health provider, Bluebonnet Trails Community Services, to embed mental health professionals with the police department and enhance the city's crisis intervention capabilities....
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $398,899 Project Grant to Central Texas Mhmr Center for Life Resources under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA #16.745). The grant will fund a law enforcement and behavioral health co-responder program to reduce incarceration of individuals with mental health and co-occurring disorders in Comanche, McCulloch, and San Saba Counties, Texas through linkage to...
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 Harlingen PD Team (CRT-HPD) in collaboration with the Harlingen Police Department. The three-year project will provide immediate screening, assessment, and brief intensive intervention services to 170 adults and adolescents...
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 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)...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Bexar County, Texas a $550,000 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund expansion of Bexar County's existing Specialized Multidisciplinary Alternate Response Team (SMART) program to operate 24/7, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, through September 30, 2025. In year one, funding will support subcontracting...
The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the City of San Antonio a $1 million project grant under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) on March 15, 2022. The grant will fund additional mental health unit clinicians and overtime hours to expand the unit's weekend coverage through September 30, 2023. Currently, the San Antonio Police Department's Mental Health Unit provides assistance to patrol officers on approximately...