Grant Details:
Amount: $600,000
Application Due Date: TBA
Description: Overview:
The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program seeks to increase public safety through 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. The Bureau of Justice Assistance (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. This 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).
Eligibility:
- for-profit (commercial) organizations,
- nonprofit organizations,
- faith-based and community organizations,
- and institutions of higher learning (including tribal institutions of higher education)
Registration and Application:
Registration is required prior to submission. OJP strongly encourages registering with Grants.gov several weeks before the deadline for application submission. The deadline for applying for funding under this announcement is 11:59 p.m. eastern time on February 2, 2012. Please note that while the deadline for submission is 11:59 p.m. eastern time on February 2, 2012, staff assistance through the BJA Justice Information Center is only available until 8:00 p.m. eastern time (see “Contact Information” on the title page of the Full Announcement for more information about BJA’s Justice Information Center). Please see the “How to Apply” section, page 10 of the Full Announcement for more details.
Full Announcement
Organization Information:
Organization: Bureau of Justice Assistance
Website: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/index.html
Contact Information:
Contact Name: BJA Justice Information Center
Contact Phone: 1-877-927-5657
More Information:
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=DL9cT7gJx1NX1VGJrpDnBlwNkQGDDp40s44vPvRHfNSSbn1sWQyy!65310457?oppId=132895&mode=VIEW
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