The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to fund programs that support collaborations between law enforcement and behavioral health agencies to improve public safety responses and outcomes for people who qualify with behavioral health needs.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The goal is to implement deflection and diversion programs at first contact, such as crisis response and intervention teams, co-responders and other collaborative model approaches. The program focuses on improving safety and well-being for people with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs).
Funding Information
- Total amount available: $13,750,000
- Award Ceiling: $550,000.
Grant Period
36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- For the purposes of this NOFO, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.