Project Grant 15PBJA23GG02184MENT
- 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 $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...
- This $550,000 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 enable the Atlantic City Police Department (ACPD) and Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties (JFS) to improve public health and safety responses for individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs) who come into...
- The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety received a $549,750 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will support the implementation of co-responder programs called "Arrive Together" in three New Jersey jurisdictions from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The programs pair a plainclothes law...
- The Essex County Sheriff's Department (ECSD), in collaboration with Volunteers of America Massachusetts (VOAMASS), received a $550,000 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). This 3-year grant, beginning October 1, 2023, will expand the Essex Mental Health Diversion Program (EMHDP) to serve 250 eligible pre-trial inmates in Essex County. The project will implement a comprehensive,...
- The County of Cumberland, New Jersey received a $550,000 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) to implement a two-pronged approach to combat high rates of individuals with mental health disorders and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders repeatedly involved in the criminal justice system. The grant funding will be used to: (1) Operate a...
- 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 $548,341 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) will enable the Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) and Washington County Health & Human Services Department to establish a new co-responder team. The team, comprising a sheriff's deputy and a mental health clinician, will respond to mental health crisis calls in the community, providing...
- The County of Charlotte Sheriff's Office in Punta Gorda, Florida will receive $100,000 from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA #16.745) from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 to support its Co-Responder Program. The goal of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program is to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health...
- This $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) will support a Co-Responder Program (CORE) in Fulton County, Georgia. The CORE program will pair a behavioral health clinician with a sheriff's deputy to respond to 911 and 988 behavioral health crises, using crisis de-escalation techniques. Within 24 hours, a peer support specialist will follow up with...
The New Castle County Division of Emergency Communications (NCCEC) received a $550,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund the "Fourth 911 Option: Mental Health Services" initiative, which will place two mental health professionals in the 911 call center to divert individuals experiencing a mental health crisis away from the criminal justice system and connect them with appropriate mental health services. This aligns with the grant program's goal of improving public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who come into contact with the criminal justice system. The grant period runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $550.0k | 9/26/23 |