BJA FY 21 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses
At a glance
BJA FY 21 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (Department of Justice). The application deadline was July 12, 2021. Individual awards are listed as up to $550K, with about 36 awards expected and $20M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, public colleges & universities, federally recognized tribal governments and 1 more. Cost sharing or matching is required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 16.745 (Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program).
Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.
Key facts
- May 19, 2021Posted
- Jul 12, 2021Application deadline
- Posted
- May 19, 2021
- Close date
- Jul 12, 2021
- Award floor
- Not specified
- Award ceiling
- $550,000
- Est. total funding
- $20,000,000
- Original deadline (extended)
- Jul 6, 2021
- Expected awards
- 36
- Cost sharing
- Required
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Opportunity category
- Discretionary
Who can apply
- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public colleges & universities
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Others (see notice)
Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)
Other: Mental health agency The term "mental health agency" means an agency of a state or local government or its contracted agency that is responsible for mental health and co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse services.For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Where a state agency is an applicant, this solicitation is intended to support law enforcement and its partnering mental health agency to plan a coordinated response in the field.BJA will only accept applications that demonstrate the proposed program will be administered jointly by an agency with responsibility for criminal or juvenile justice activities, such as law enforcement, and a mental health agency. To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient. For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO.All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- For-profit organizations (not small businesses)
A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.
Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.
What it funds
Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.
The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.The Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program is part of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program(JMHCP). It is designated to support law enforcement-behavioral health cross-system collaboration and to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental illness (MI) or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse (CMISA) who come into contact with the criminal justice system. BJA is seeking applicants to design or enhance a law enforcement-behavioral health response to people with MI and CMISA who come into contact with law enforcement due to their illness. For applicants that are interested in JMHCP that are not law enforcement but are seeking to partner with mental health from another part of the criminal justice system, access the solicitation here.
Assistance Listing
What is an ALN?Reported obligations under ALN 16.745
Historical data · not a predictionWho was funded under ALN 16.745
Historical data · not a predictionSince October 1, 2023, 250 grant awards had funding actions under Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program, with 70 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.
- THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS LTD.$7.89M
- NEW YORK, CITY OF$650K
- COUNTY OF YORK$650K
- PUBLIC DEFENDER MARYLAND OFFICE OF$648K
- UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM OF NEW YORK STATE$645K
Agency contact (as published)
Bureau of Justice Assistance
grants@ncjrs.gov
202-514-9354
Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for “BJA FY 21 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses”?
The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public colleges & universities, Federally recognized tribal governments and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.
How much funding is available through “BJA FY 21 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses”?
Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $550k, total estimated program funding is $20,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 36 awards.
How do I apply for “BJA FY 21 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses”?
Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity O-BJA-2021-21001), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.
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