Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Training and Technical Assistance Program
To Serve as the primary TTA Provider for approximately 35 Justice and Mental Health grantees to include providing TTA through teleconferencing, peer to peer consultations, web-based assistance and onsite assistance, which utilizes staff and consultants whose expertise and experience best fit the needs
of the grantees.
TTA will include assistance with the planning process and program design via a five-point planning and implementation guide and targeted support by a team of expert consultants.
Continue TTA provision to active JMHCP grantees from former funding years.
TTA will also include targeted assistance for grantees on the Affordable Care Act and how it may be leveraged to increase service linkages and improve outcomes for people with mental illness who are involved, or at risk of involvement, in the criminal justice system.
This program is funded through 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).
TTA will include assistance with the planning process and program design via a five-point planning and implementation guide and targeted support by a team of expert consultants.
Continue TTA provision to active JMHCP grantees from former funding years.
TTA will also include targeted assistance for grantees on the Affordable Care Act and how it may be leveraged to increase service linkages and improve outcomes for people with mental illness who are involved, or at risk of involvement, in the criminal justice system.
This program is funded through 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 for-profit (commercial) organizations, nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), faith-based and community organizations, and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education).
BJA welcomes applicants to partner with other technical assistance providers who have in-depth knowledge in policing.
Competitive applications will identify significant law enforcement expertise or be submitted in partnership with a police organization or association that has the capacity to consult and engage communities on issues of improved police and public health responses to people with mental health disorders (MDs) and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (CODs).
For-profit organizations must agree to forgo any profit or management fee.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://www.bja.gov/funding/JMHCPTTA16.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:
2016-03-16
Application Due Date:
2016-05-17
Archive Date:
2018-11-03
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