The City of St. Louis, Missouri will provide screening, assessment, and post-release services linking adults in detention at the City's Justice Center Jail to treatment options through the $750,000 Justice Center Collaboration Program cooperative agreement awarded by the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance. Over the three-year period from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025, an estimated 200 individuals will receive services, with 50% anticipated...
This $550,000 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) will support the implementation of a co-responder unit in Toledo, Ohio. The co-responder unit will pair licensed clinicians from the Zepf Center, a certified community behavioral health clinic, with Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) trained officers from the Toledo Police Department to respond...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to St. Louis County Administration Building under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812). The purpose is to coordinate wrap-around behavioral health services for individuals incarcerated in the St. Louis County Jail and upon reentry to the community. Key activities include managing scheduling for diagnostics and treatment, coordinating interdepartmental teams, providing insurance navigation, and developing...
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 Harris County, Texas. The funding will be used to expand mental health awareness and community policing efforts by delivering specialized behavioral health training to law enforcement officers and building a robust peer support program. Key project activities include providing...
The City of Port St. Lucie Police Department was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The grant will be used to enhance the department's Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) and Peer Support Teams by appointing a dedicated Clinical Director. This professional will work alongside the teams, providing guidance, support, and...
The City of Clearwater Police Department was awarded $288,000 under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement a co-responder pilot program from March 15, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The pilot program will pair two police officers with two mental health professionals contracted through the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office to respond jointly to calls involving individuals in mental health crisis. The co-responder...
The City of Methuen Police Department, in partnership with Front Line Services, received a $550,000 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 3-year grant will fund the creation of a Community Response Team and Community Support Center to provide equitable access to behavioral health care services, especially for marginalized populations in Methuen and...
Tropical Texas Behavioral Health (TTBH) was awarded $550,000 under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745) by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance to develop the Mental Health-Law Enforcement Co-Responder Brownsville PD Team (CRT-BPD) in collaboration with the Brownsville Police Department. The three-year project will provide immediate screening, assessment, and brief intensive intervention services to 170 adults and adolescents...
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 U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). Through this award, LISC will develop a series of informational webinars, companion videos, and other knowledge-sharing resources on best practices and lessons learned from three existing partnerships between law enforcement...