BJA FY 10 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

The summary for the BJA FY 10 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	BJA FY 10 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
	CFDA Number:	16.745
	CFDA Description:	Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
	Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Justice Assistance
	Category of Funding Activity:	Law Justice and Legal Services
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	BJA-2010-2516
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Feb 09, 2010
	Creation Date:	Feb 16, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 01, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 08, 2010
	Archive Date:	May 08, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$250,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants are limited to states, units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribes (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior and published in the Federal Register) and tribal organizations. BJA will only accept applications that demonstrate that the proposed project will be administered jointly by a unit of government with responsibility for criminal or juvenile justice activities and a mental health agency. Only one agency is responsible for the submission of the application in the Grants Management System. This lead agency must be the state, unit of local government, federally recognized Indian tribe, or tribal organization. Per Pub. L. 108-414, a "criminal or juvenile justice agency" is an agency of state or local government or its contracted agency that is responsible for detection, arrest, enforcement, prosecution, defense, adjudication, incarceration, probation, or parole relating to the violation of the criminal laws of that state or local government (sec. 2991(a)(3)). A "mental health agency" is an agency of state or local government or its contracted agency that is responsible for mental health services or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse services (sec. 2991(a)(5)). A substance abuse agency is considered an eligible applicant if that agency provides services to individuals suffering from co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.
Grant Description: The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program seeks to increase public safety throughinnovative cross-system collaboration for individuals with mental illness or co-occurring mentalhealth and substance abuse disorders who come into contact with the justice system. TheBureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications that demonstrate a collaborativeproject between criminal justice and mental health partners from eligible applicants to plan,implement, or expand a justice and mental health collaboration program. This program isauthorized by the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004 (MIOTCRA)(Pub. L. 108-414) and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorizationand Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-416).
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bja/grant/10jmhcpsol.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Al Roddy Technical Application Support 202-353-1881

Technical Application Support [Al.Roddy@usdoj.gov]
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