FY 22-23 Byrne Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) - State Solicitation

Connecticut Office of Policy and Management Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division (OPM CJPPD) serves as the State Administering Agency (SAA) for the distribution of Byrne SCIP funds. OPM CJPPD developed a program and budget plan in coordination with members of Connecticut’s active, statutorily established Criminal Justice Policy Advisory Commission (CJPAC).  Connecticut's program plan includes the following purpose areas: 1) Deliver training to criminal justice agencies, organizations, and other entities listed below regarding implementing risk warrants, RPOs, and other crisis interventions; 2) Provide public education, outreach, and awareness regarding risk warrants, RPOs, and other crisis interventions; 3) Provide technology, programs, safety planning, and other strategies complementing risk warrants, RPOs, and other crisis interventions to lower the risk of fatal or non-fatal firearm injury; and 4) Promote the safe storage of firearms inside the home or motor vehicle.