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Mental health

BJA FY 17 National Training and Technical Assistance Center to Improve Police-Based Responses to People with Mental Health Disorders and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Closing Date
The National Center will assist BJA to coordinate and build upon existing assets and resources to serve police agencies and their mental health and social service partners. Many of the resources that BJA offers, can be adapted and maximized with specific training and technical assistance for implementation. Without TTA, agencies must implement resources in the community without specific guidance, planning, assessment, contextualization and knowledge and...

Defusing Difficult Encounters

Date Published
March 2017
Publication Type
Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material
Agencies
BJA-Sponsored