BJA FY 22 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program

The summary for the BJA FY 22 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, 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 as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Bureau of Justice Assistance, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

BJA FY 22 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program: OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program is part of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP). It offers grants to promote public safety and public health by helping entities prepare, create, or expand comprehensive plans and then implement these collaborative projects to target preliminarily qualified individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs). BJA will only accept applications that demonstrate the proposed project will be administered jointly by an agency with responsibility for criminal or juvenile justice activities and a mental health agency.

Federal Grant Title:	BJA FY 22 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program
Federal Agency Name:	Bureau of Justice Assistance (USDOJ-OJP-BJA)
Grant Categories:	Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	O-BJA-2022-171076
Type of Funding:	Grant
CFDA Numbers:	16.745
CFDA Descriptions:	Information not provided
Current Application Deadline:	June 8th, 2022
Original Application Deadline:	June 8th, 2022
Posted Date:	April 1st, 2022
Creation Date:	April 1st, 2022
Archive Date:	October 30th, 2022
Total Program Funding:	$15,000,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$550,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$0
Expected Number of Awards:	27
Cost Sharing or Matching:	Yes
Last Updated:	June 7th, 2022

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: Definitions:   For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.   Other: Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education. Organizations with a different legal status (e.g., nonprofit or for-profit mental health agencies) are eligible to apply only if they also have been designated as a state agency or unit of local government to provide mental health services. Documentation to support this designation must be attached to the application (34 USC § 10651(a)(5) “mental health agency” is defined as: “an agency of a state or local government or its contracted agency that is responsible for mental health services or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse services”). See Eligibility section
Link to Full Grant Announcement: https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2022-171076
Grant Announcement Contact: For technical assistance with submitting the Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF)-424 and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form (SF-LLL) in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, Grants.gov Customer Support, or [email protected]. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays.

For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ's Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at [email protected] or 833-872-5175. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. eastern time Monday-Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays.

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at [email protected]. The OJP Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. eastern time Monday-Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the solicitation close date.
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