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...
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 federal Project Grant award of $450,000.00 was provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant supports the Martin County Mental Health Court Program, which aims to divert offenders with mental illness and co-occurring disorders from incarceration into treatment and support services. The program will incorporate a 6 to 12-month aftercare phase, increasing case management and...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $453,720 Project Grant to the Georgia Pines Community Service Board to launch a school-based mental health co-responder program in Colquitt County, Georgia. The program will embed behavioral health specialists with school resource officers to provide crisis intervention, counseling, and service linkage for students experiencing mental illness, addiction, and intellectual/developmental...
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 Lane County, Oregon. The purpose of the grant is to improve community safety by supporting individuals involved in Lane County's criminal legal system to access mental health and other treatment services. Key project activities include strengthening and expanding a mental health caseload pilot program within the county's parole...
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...
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 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $495,757 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to the Harris County Sheriff's Office in Houston, TX. The grant will fund the implementation of a Detention Crisis Response Unit co-responder team comprised of a mental health clinician and a mental health detention officer. This specialized team will provide trauma-informed, culturally sensitive crisis intervention,...
The Georgia Department of Community Supervision was awarded a $550,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program. The grant will support the enhancement of specialized mental health supervision with a clinical case consultation model in Atlanta, Georgia from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The Department of Community Supervision, in partnership...
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...