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 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $549,999 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to the City of Newark, New Jersey's Police Department (NPD). This grant will fund the expansion of NPD's existing co-responder model, which pairs law enforcement officers with licensed mental health professionals such as social workers, therapists, and psychologists to respond to emergency mental health dispatch calls. The funding...
The Mount Olive Police Department (MOPD) and Mount Olive Township received a $550,000 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) to initiate a co-response program. This program will integrate mental health professionals into the MOPD workforce to respond to mental health-related incidents, proactively engage with individuals suffering from mental health...
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 City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey will implement a co-responder model with $550,000 in funding from the Department of Justice's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). As the prime recipient, Perth Amboy will partner with the Mental Health Association to provide on-site mental health professionals who will respond alongside police department members. This co-responder model aims to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with...
The City of Paterson, New Jersey was awarded $550,000 under the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance's Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to develop and implement a law enforcement-behavioral health co-response program from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The City of Paterson Police Department will partner with St. Joseph's Health to hire two full-time mental health professionals to participate in...
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 City of Orange Township was awarded a $1,047,754.21 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Offices Boards and Divisions Community Oriented Policing Program under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program. The grant period runs from September 1, 2016 through July 31, 2020 and will support the City of Orange's implementation of community policing strategies through collaborative partnerships between law enforcement and community members. Key components include...
The County of Winona, Minnesota received a $125,330 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 goal of this program is to support cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use issues. Through this funding, the...
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...