Through this opportunity, the Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applications for funding programs that support cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs).
This solicitation is one of two solicitations available as part of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program funding in FY 2023. For law enforcement-focused projects, see the separate FY 2023 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program solicitation.
Eligible Applicants:
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Agencies with a different legal status (e.g., nonprofit or for-profit mental health agencies) are eligible to apply only if they meet two requirements:
- The applicant is designated by the state mental health authority to provide services as a unit of the state or local government.
- The applicant must attach documentation to support this designation.
See the solicitation for additional opportunity details and directions on how to apply.
Awards
Number of Awards: 32
Total Amount Awarded: $16,802,833
Behavioral Health Across the System
Benton County Mental Health Court Implementation Project
Bristol County Tele-behavioral Care Net (TBH Care Net) program
Bronx Women's Health Initiative
Cumberland County FY 2023 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
Direct care support by clinicians and peer advocates for women and other vulnerable populations, who are involved in the criminal justice system, who experience commercial sexual exploitation.
Essex Mental Health Diversion Program
Expanding and Enhancing the Van Buren County Adult Recovery Court
Expanding Arizona Mental Health Initiatives
FY23 North Las Vegas Municipal Court Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
Gresham Behavioral Health Unit (BHU). The city will use grant funds to contract for two full-time Peer Support Specialist positions for Mental Health related calls for service.
Identifying Points of Intervention: Collaboration between Boston Emergency Services Team & the Boston Police Department
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Enhancement
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
Lamoille County's Law Enforcement and Behavioral Health Collaboration Project
Marion County Sheriff's Office Justice and Mental Health FY23 Continuation, Process Evaluation, and Expansion Project
Mental Health Court Coordinator Collaboration
MENTAL HEALTH COURT GRANT
Mental Health Diversion Initiative
Mental Health Support within WADOC
Methuen Police Mental Health Clinician Partnership with Front Line
Mobile/Baldwin County Access Now Program
Rochester Surviving and Finding Empowerment Court (SAFE) Project
Rockingham-Harrisonburg Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Enhancement Project
Second Judicial District Court’s Mental Health Court Enhancement Project
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