Project Grant 15PBJA23GG02166MENT
- The City of Lowell, MA Police Department (LPD) received a $1,295,265 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substance Abuse Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant funding will allow the LPD to expand and enhance its existing Community Opioid Outreach Program (CO-OP) to better serve individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) in the city of Lowell. Key activities include adding a Recovery Housing...
- The University of Massachusetts Lowell received a $419,714 award 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 funds will be used to integrate data from the Boston Police Department (BPD) and Boston Emergency Services Team (BEST) to study how to better serve high-utilizers of emergency services, particularly women with mental illnesses, in Boston. The project aims to strengthen...
- 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 Lincoln Police Department (LPD) was awarded 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 grant will fund a new Co-Responder Program to improve outcomes for individuals in crisis with mental health issues and reduce escalation of these situations. The program will partner LPD with local mental health providers, Centerpointe Behavioral Health and the...
- 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 $550,000 to the City of Fall River, Massachusetts to enhance their existing efforts to serve individuals with mental health disorders, co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, and intellectual and developmental disabilities who come into contact with law enforcement. The key activities include forming an...
- The City of Lowell, MA was awarded a $308,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Office on Violence Against Women. The grant falls under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), which aims to improve the criminal justice response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Through this three-year award beginning October 1, 2021, the City of Lowell will implement the Lowell...
- 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...
- This $549,999 Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.745 - Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program), will enable the Newark Police Division (NPD) to expand its existing co-responder model. The funding will allow for the addition of three licensed mental health professionals, such as social workers, therapists, and psychologists, who will respond to emergency dispatch calls alongside NPD officers. This...
- 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...
- The City of Eugene, Oregon was awarded 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 purpose of this grant is to expand the city's Co-Responder Model program, which embeds a qualified mental health professional (QMHP) within the Eugene Police Department to respond to behavioral health-related calls for service. The program aims to provide intensive...
The City of Lowell, MA Police Department (LPD) received a $549,993 Project Grant award 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 grant will fund a 36-month co-responder program whereby mental health clinicians from Advocates, Inc. will accompany LPD officers on mental health-related calls to help de-escalate situations and connect individuals to services. The program targets individuals diagnosed with mental health or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, as well as those displaying signs of such conditions prior to or during arrest. Grant funds will also support an analysis of high-utilizers to understand the program's impact on future law enforcement encounters. This award aims to improve public safety responses and outcomes for justice-involved individuals with mental health needs through cross-system collaboration between the LPD, Advocates, Inc., and the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $550.0k | 9/26/23 |