The City of Madison, WI received a $750,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program on October 1, 2021 to support community policing efforts through September 30, 2026. The grant funding will support the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program, which provides assistance to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to develop community policing strategies through collaborative...
The City of Madison Police Department received a $136,398 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710) program. The funding will be used to develop an agency-wide organizational accountability model coupled with a crime reduction strategy for the department. The project will use a mixed-methods approach to collect data from various community...
The City of Madison, WI received a $1,600,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant aims to reduce overdose deaths in Dane County, WI by expanding access to treatment, recovery, and support services. Key activities include expanding drug take-back programs, increasing diversion activities, creating a self-referral pathway for individuals on...
The Madison Township Police Department received a $125,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program titled Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants. Funding under this award will support the hire or rehire of additional career law enforcement officers through September 2027 to enhance the jurisdiction's community policing capacity and prevent and disrupt crime and violence. The COPS program aims to advance community...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) will provide $675,000 over 4 years to fund a social worker position in Clinton Township, MI. The social worker will cooperate with the local police department to respond to emergency calls involving mental health crises. This project aims to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system and provide assistance to individuals experiencing mental...
The Madison County Sheriff's Office received a $750,000 project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA #16.585) to enhance the Madison County Juvenile Drug Court program. The grant period is from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. Funding will support the Madison County Juvenile Drug Court in planning and implementing evidence-based treatment...
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 U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $116,162 Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609) Formula Grant to the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) to build on existing efforts addressing violent crime in the Western District of Wisconsin. The grant funding will enable the Wisconsin DOJ, serving as the fiscal agent for the U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) in the Western District, to collaborate with local law enforcement agencies, state and federal partners, and...
The City of Fitchburg was awarded a $371,223 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant funding will be used by the Fitchburg Police Department (FPD) and Open Sky Community Services to provide mental health crisis intervention training for law enforcement, promote diversion tactics to direct individuals with mental illness into treatment rather than the criminal justice system, and establish a...
This $550,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will enable the Mental Health Recovery Board of Clark, Greene & Madison Counties to partner with the Madison County Sheriff to design and implement the Madison County Mobile Crisis Response Team (MCRT). The MCRT is a co-responder program that will provide rapid access to crisis services for individuals with mental health...