The Peace Officers Behavioral Health Support and Community Partnerships grant program within the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) is available for law enforcement agencies, peace officer organizations, and public safety agencies.
Donor Name: Colorado Department of Local Affairs
State: Colorado
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $7,500,000
Details:
Purposes
Behavioral health or community-based social services providers are eligible to apply in partnerships with law enforcement or public safety agencies for the purposes identified in 1-2 listed below.
- Co-responder community responses;
- Community-based alternative responses;
- Counseling services for peace officers and their immediate family members;
- Assistance for development and implementation of policies to support peace officers who are involved in shootings or fatal use of force;
- Training and education programs that teach peace officers and their immediate family members the symptoms of job-related mental trauma and how to prevent and treat such trauma;
- Peer support programs for peace officers.
- Hiring, contracting, or developing a remote network to provide behavioral health counseling, therapy or other related support services to peace officers involved in job-related traumatic situations.
Funding Information
Approximately $7,500,000 million. This grant program will accept funding requests until the end of the application period and program funds will be awarded until all funds have been exhausted.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include:
- County sheriff’s offices
- Municipal police departments
- Colorado State Patrol
- Colorado Bureau of Investigation
- Colorado Department of Corrections
- Colorado Department of Revenue
- Campus police departments
- Town marshal’s offices
- Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife
- Public safety agencies
- Peace officer organizations.
For more information, visit CDLA.
