Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
The summary for the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program grant is detailed below.
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Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program: The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) supports innovative cross-system collaboration for individuals with mental illnesses or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders who come into contact with the justice system. BJA is seeking applications that demonstrate a collaborative project between criminal justice and mental health partners from eligible applicants to plan, implement or expand a justice and mental health collaboration program. The program is authorized 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 Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub.L. 110-416).
Federal Grant Title: | Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program |
Federal Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
Grant Categories: | Law Justice and Legal Services |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | BJA-2016-9205 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 320018 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program |
Current Application Deadline: | May 17, 2016 |
Original Application Deadline: | May 17, 2016 |
Posted Date: | Mar 22, 2016 |
Creation Date: | Mar 22, 2016 |
Archive Date: | Mar 22, 2016 |
Total Program Funding: | $9,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $250,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
City or township governments
State governments
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
County governments - Additional Information on Eligibility
- Eligible applicants are limited to states, units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribes (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), and tribal organizations. BJA will only accept applications that demonstrate that the proposed project will be administered jointly by an agency 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 Grants.gov. This lead agency must be a state agency, unit of local government, federally recognized Indian tribe, or tribal organization.
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