Project Grant 2015MOBX0012

The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) received a $750,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The funding will support the planning and implementation of a pre-arraignment diversion program to prevent and address crises for individuals in need of mental health (MH) and/or substance use disorder (SUD) services. The program will staff...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) provides $125,000 to the City of Charleston, West Virginia to expand its existing pre-trial diversion program. The funding will support the hiring of a full-time Pre-Trial Diversion Coordinator to work with the municipal and magistrate courts, law enforcement, social service providers, and the community to refer and place qualifying defendants facing...

The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) was awarded a $6,000,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The award will fund a subaward program for local project sites and the development of a national training and technical assistance (TTA) program. The overarching goal is to build the capability and capacity of...

The City of Atlanta received a $2,988,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753) to fund the Center for Diversion and Services from October 1, 2022 through March 31, 2024. The Center will provide 24/7 pre-arrest diversion services including behavioral health screening, sobering and respite services for up to 23 hours, case management, basic legal navigation,...

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) was awarded a $499,982 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (CFDA 16.710 - Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants) to develop a guidance document on interviewing individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). IACP will partner with The Arc of the United States, an IDD-focused disability rights organization, to create the guidance...

The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (ACDHS) was awarded a $1,999,998 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045). The grant funds will be used to implement the Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (READI) program, an evidence-based model focused on reducing violence among high-risk individuals in three target communities in Allegheny County,...

The Iowa Department of Human Rights was awarded a $1,542,174 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Delinquency Prevention Program (CFDA 16.548) to implement Iowa's Delinquency Prevention Strategy focusing on pre-charge diversion. The goal of the federal Delinquency Prevention Program is to help youth avoid delinquency involvement by addressing risk/protective factors. Under this October 1, 2021...

This $425,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will support Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in developing a pre-trial diversion program for youth with problematic sexual behaviors. Through this three-year award under the Missing Children's Assistance program, Mission Kids will train four therapists in cognitive behavioral therapy for problematic sexual behaviors and establish a...

Federal Grant Award Summary RTI International (Research Triangle Institute) received a $1.29 million Project Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to conduct a comprehensive multisite evaluation of Oregon's deflection programs. Awarded on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2030, this research initiative will assess the reach, effectiveness, and implementation of three distinct deflection program...

The City of Boston Police Department (BPD) was awarded a $1,124,566 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.838 - Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program) to implement the Boston FY23 COSSUP Diversion Program. Key objectives include: 1) increasing coordination across BPD, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, and North Suffolk Community Services, Inc. to address the opioid epidemic in the Mass & Cass area;...