Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) supports 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.
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.
The 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).
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.
The 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).
Related Programs
Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
Department of Justice
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Full Announcement
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are limited to states, units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribes (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior), and tribal organizations.
BJA will only accept applications that demonstrate that the proposed project will be administered jointly by an agency with responsibility for criminal or juvenile justice activities and a mental health agency.
Only one agency is responsible for the submission of the application in Grants.gov.
This lead agency must be a state agency, unit of local government, federally recognized Indian tribe, or tribal organization.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.bja.gov/funding/JMHCP16.pdf
Contact:
For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via email to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays. support@gra
Agency Email Description:
Technical Application Support
Agency Email:
support@grants.gov
Date Posted:
2016-03-22
Application Due Date:
2016-05-17
Archive Date:
2016-06-22
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