Project Grant H79SM062149

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 Salt Lake County, Utah. The goal of the 36-month "Person-Centered Peer Support Pilot Project" is to improve outcomes for 117 participants in the Salt Lake City Justice Court Familiar Faces Court by embedding 3 certified peer support specialists to provide services addressing participants' needs, connecting the...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585), aims to incorporate peer recovery support services into the Adult Drug and Driving Under the Influence Court programs in Orange County, California (OC Treatment Courts). The $994,323 grant will fund the contractual costs of full-time peer support specialists who will be paired with OC Treatment Court participants...

This $648,160 two-year project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will enhance pre-plea specialty court services in Dallas County, Texas. The grant funds the addition of peer support specialists, expanded transitional housing, and training under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The grant recipient, Dallas County, will use the funding to introduce full-time peer support services for 250-300 individuals...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $500,000 Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) project grant to TASC of Northwest Ohio, Inc. (dba Lucas County TASC) to enhance peer-support-based intake, case management, and crisis intervention services for clients with substance use disorders (SUDs) and/or co-occurring mental health disorders. The project, titled "TASC-REI", aims to 1) improve intake services for SUD and co-occurring disorder clients, 2) enhance crisis...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) to the Adamhs Board of Erie County, Ohio. The grant supports the Mobile Outreach Response and Engagement (MORE) program, which aims to strengthen collaboration between mental health providers and the criminal justice system in Erie County. The program seeks to address the disproportionate involvement of...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to the Indian Township Tribal Government. This funding will support the establishment of a Peer Support Network and implementation of the Wabanaki Nations Wampum Critical Incident Stress Management (WNW CISM) Program within the Indian Township Public Safety Department. The Peer...

This $255,000 Project Grant 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 fund the Town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island to implement a Countywide Co-Responder Team (CRT) in partnership with the Providence Center behavioral health organization and Thundermist Health Center. The CRT model embeds a full-time behavioral health clinician to respond to calls with CIT-trained police officers...

The City of Gresham, Oregon received a $550,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The grant will fund two full-time Peer Support Specialist (PSS) positions to enhance the services provided by the Gresham Police Department's existing Behavioral Health Unit (BHU). The BHU is a co-responder team of police officers and mental health clinicians that provides mobile crisis...

This $550,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will allow County of Rockingham in Virginia to expand the Rockingham Harrisonburg Justice and Mental Health Collaboration (RHJMHC) program. The program aims to divert individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders from incarceration by enhancing crisis...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $3,999,998 Cooperative Agreement to JBS International, Inc. under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP, CFDA #16.838). Through this 3-year project, JBS and its partners will recruit, train, and deploy peer recovery coaches to provide victim-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally competent recovery support services to children, youth, and families affected by the opioid crisis....