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Mental health

FY24 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
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This opportunity focuses on pretrial, prosecution, courts, probation/parole, and addressing the needs directly related to the criminal activity of adults with mental health conditions, living in homelessness or marginalized communities with minimal access to treatment, needing wrap around services, in the criminal justice system and leaving incarceration.

FY24 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This program supports law enforcement–behavioral health cross-system collaboration to improve public health and public safety by improving responses to and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

Employing Mental Health Clinicians to Improve Police Outcomes

February 2024
Series
Justice Today Podcast
Law enforcement agencies are teaming up with mental health clinicians to improve behavioral health responses and allow police officers to focus on crime reduction. In this episode of Justice Today, our host discusses how Denver police work side-by-side with mental health clinicians to treat residents experiencing mental health emergencies and connect them with treatment.

Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program

This program supports law enforcement partnerships with mental health, substance use disorder, and community service agencies to improve responses to individuals in crisis who have behavioral health conditions or intellectual, developmental, or physical disabilities.

FY24 U.S. Department of Justice Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation

Closing Date
Grants.gov Deadline
Application JustGrants Deadline
This solicitation provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia an opportunity to apply for funding to aid in developing a comprehensive and coordinated approach to public safety.

Saving Lives Through Resilience Training

Read the feature story from the October 2023 issue of the Justice Matters newsletter to learn about training and resources offered through the National Suicide Awareness for Law Enforcement Officers Program.