Project Grant 15PBJA23GG01486MENT
- 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 U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $540,000 Project Grant to Albemarle County, Virginia under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The funding will be used to expand and enhance the county's behavioral health crisis continuum of care by adding a mental health professional at the emergency communications center, a second co-responder team with peer support, a data collection tool, and a collaborative...
- This Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) provides $549,718.00 to the County of Henrico, Virginia to enhance and expand the newly formed Behavioral Health Docket. The Behavioral Health Docket aims to improve public safety, expedite court processes, enhance quality of life, reduce recidivism, increase offender accountability, and lower jail census for individuals diagnosed with...
- 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...
- This 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) provides $550,000 to the County of El Paso, Texas to address the intersection of mental health disorders and criminal justice involvement in the community. The funding will support the implementation of collaborative programs that connect individuals with mental health or substance use disorders to treatment,...
- This $538,988 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 support Lamoille County Mental Health Service, Inc. to plan, design, and implement a pre-arrest diversion program and forensic mental health peer support program in collaboration with the Morristown Police Department. The goal is to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with...
- 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 located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The grant will support the expansion of a co-response model between Horizon's Crisis Receiving Center and the Lynchburg Police Department. The co-response team will consist of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trained officers, clinicians,...
- This $400,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) will enable the Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board (H-NNCSB) to establish a Traumatic Event Response Team to serve citizens in the Hampton and Newport News, Virginia communities. The funding will support the addition of a part-time Mobile Crisis Therapist and a full-time Community Outreach Specialist to the existing Community Outreach program. This...
- 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...
- This $317,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, part of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753). The grant will fund the Richmond County Sheriff's Office in Augusta, Georgia to implement a Mental Health Response Team. The team will consist of licensed clinicians, CIT-trained deputies, and certified peer counselors to respond to mental health crises and connect individuals to...
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 response, adding peer support specialists, and improving coordination across law enforcement, mental health, and social services. Key activities include increasing staffing at the regional crisis assessment center to provide 24/7 coverage, adding a peer support specialist or qualified mental health professional to the co-response unit, and engaging regional stakeholders in cross-systems mapping to improve identification, treatment, and support for the target population. The project is expected to serve over 2,700 individuals and improve interagency cooperation, decrease officer wait times, and increase diversion from hospitalization, arrest, and incarceration. As a subrecipient, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Community Services Board will hire, train, and provide oversight for the peer support specialist and co-response clinician.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $550.0k | 9/26/23 |