Project Grant 2017MOBX0028

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...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $244,436 Continuum of Care Program grant to the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia on January 1, 2024. This 1-year project grant will enable Athens-Clarke County, through its Public Utilities division, to provide a range of housing assistance and supportive services to address homelessness in the local community. The grant funding will support rapid rehousing, homelessness prevention, case management, rental...

This three-year, $534,680 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will fund the development and operation of a new Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) program called REACH in Alabama. Led by the University of Alabama's Forensic Assessment, Intervention, Research, and Evaluation program, the project aims to address Alabama's shortage of competency...

The Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia has been awarded a $325,125 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738). The grant will fund the purchase of a virtual reality (VR) training simulator, host multiple sessions of three professional, instructor-led de-escalation courses, and support a partnership with an institution of higher education to develop a...

The Georgia Pines Community Service Board received a $453,720 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). This 3-year grant will fund the launch of a school-based mental health co-responder program to serve students in Colquitt County, Georgia. The program will embed behavioral health specialists with school resource officers to...

The Georgia Pines Community Service Board received a $437,185 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 funding will enable Georgia Pines, in partnership with the Thomas County Sheriff's Office and Thomasville Police Department, to launch a new law enforcement/mental health co-responder program. The program will embed behavioral health specialists to...

The Fulton County Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, in partnership with the Fulton County Sheriff's Office, received a $550,000 federal 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 Co-Responder (CORE) program to serve adults in Fulton County, Georgia experiencing behavioral health crises, with a focus on...

The City of Lawrenceville, GA was awarded $500,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) Project Grant by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to establish the F.I.R.S.T. Housing Center. The Center will provide emergency and transitional housing as well as supportive services through October 2025 to help address homelessness and mental health issues among Lawrenceville residents. It builds on the city police department's...

The South Central Alabama Mental Health Board, Inc. was awarded a $743,667 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to implement the "Connect and Protect: Integrating Law Enforcement and Mental Health Services for Safer Communities in South Central Alabama" program. This three-year initiative aims to enhance public health and safety by improving responses to and outcomes for individuals...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137) to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. The grant project, titled "Inverting the Burden of Navigating Health and Social Services with Community Resource Hubs: A Metro-Wide Patient-Centered Social Needs Referral Network", aims to improve hypertension control and address...