The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding for the COPS Office FY23 Implementing Crisis Intervention Teams Community Policing Development (CPD) program.
Donor Name: Community Oriented Policing Services
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $400,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as violent crime, nonviolent crime, and fear of crime. Community Policing Development (CPD) funds are used to develop the capacity of law enforcement to implement community policing strategies by providing guidance on promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities.
The COPS Office 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 build trust between law enforcement and the community.
Goal
The goal of this program is to provide funding to support the implementation and expansion of programs that improve law enforcement responses to people experiencing mental health crises.
The project description (completed in the survey questions) should address the following:
- Current scope and capacity of mental health response efforts including any formal agreements with service providers and prosecutors as well as challenges and unmet needs
- Existing or proposed partnership between the law enforcement agency and the behavioral or mental health provider
- Data and information demonstrating the demand and need for these services, such as number of calls, case referrals, civil commitments, and analysis of law enforcement burden or prior successes
- Ways in which mental health services will be deployed and responses to individuals suffering from mental health issues will be improved by use of a CIT model
- Planned service provider(s) or the process to select one or more service providers who will work with law enforcement and be compliant with local and state licensing of mental or behavioral service providers (the COPS Office strongly encourages memoranda of understanding or agreement [MOU/MOA] for efforts involving multiple agencies and service providers); applicants should consider the shortage of behavioral health providers and budget appropriately to hire in a competitive job market, adequately compensating for education, years of experience, certification, and the unique nature of the position
- Résumés/CVs or job descriptions of key staff involved in this project
- Ways to determine the effectiveness of the program, including identifying any data gathered throughout the award period to assist with evaluation of the program’s efficacy
- Ways in which this project is not duplicative of work covered by existing local or other federal funding, including descriptions of how the agency will inform the communities it serves of this service and engage them with it
- Travel to and attendance at a national conference on crisis intervention
- Plans to maintain these efforts and programs after the grant period ends
- A record of the agreement (MOU/MOA/contract, etc.) or a signed letter of intent detailing the partnership that will occur if awarded
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding Amount: $11,500,000
- Maximum Funding Amount: $400,000
- Period of Performance: 24 months
Law enforcement has made significant improvements in its responses to people experiencing mental health crises through the development of various models of crisis intervention team (CIT) training, crisis triage centers, co-response teams, and embedded mental health and behavioral services. The evolution of these approaches has improved the safety of law enforcement and people in crisis. It has also resulted in the diversion of individuals with mental health needs away from the criminal justice system and toward the services and care they need.
The COPS Office will provide grants directly to state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies for the creation or expansion of crisis intervention teams and to embed mental and behavioral health services with law enforcement agencies so they can better respond to individuals in crisis in the community. These projects may include overtime for sworn personnel, salaries and contracts for mental health professionals, purchase or lease of nonpatrol vehicles for crisis response programs, and costs associated with training for and equipping personnel. The COPS Office encourages small, rural, tribal, and regional agencies to apply for CIT funding to improve their crisis intervention efforts. For example, initiatives such as establishing a joint or regional shared CIT services program with a mental health service provider or conducting regional CIT training provides a valuable framework for small, rural, tribal, and regional agencies that desire improved crisis intervention programming for their agencies.
All applicants should budget for at least one person to attend a national conference addressing this issue. Funded agencies will have the opportunity to participate at no cost in an ongoing community of practice with other COPS Office awardees and receive training and technical assistance from the Crisis Intervention Training Provider.
Eligible Applicants
This solicitation is open to all local, state, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
