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JMHCP
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Goal(s): The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) supports cross-system collaboration to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs) MHSUDS who come into contact with the justice system. This program supports public safety efforts through partnerships with social services and other organizations that will enhance responses to people with Mental Health Disorders (MHDs) and Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (MHSUDs). Objective(s): The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program offers grants to help entities prepare comprehensive plans to implement collaboration programs that target qualified offenders and promote public safety and public health. Specifically, per the authorizing statute, grants awarded under this program shall be used to create or expand: 1. Support cooperative efforts by public safety officials and service providers (at any point in the system) to connect individuals with MHDs or MHSUDs with treatment and social services 2. Develop mental health courts or other court-based programs 3. Offer specialized training for public safety officials and mental health providers in order to respond appropriately to individuals with MHDs or MHSUDs 4. Support intergovernmental cooperation between state and local governments to address enhanced support to individuals with MHDs MHSUDs. Additionally, the Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program provides for transdisciplinary crisis response training to educate and prepare law enforcement and correctional officers so that they are equipped to appropriately interact with people who have mental illness, intellectual disabilities, or developmental disabilities in the course of completing their job responsibilities. Performance Measure 1: Percentage of individuals screened who are referred to treatment; and, Performance Measure 2: Number of individuals screened for mental health or co-occurring disorder.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
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Since FY 2006, BJA has made 482 awards, in excess of $121 million in funding to the field.
It is anticipated that 120 applications will be received and 57 awards will be granted in fiscal year 2019.
Through OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program provided $18.6 million to support 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 program funds collaborative projects between criminal justice and mental health partners to plan, implement or expand a justice and mental health program.
Through BJA’s Collaborative Mental Health and Anti-Recidivism Initiative, nearly $900,000 was provided to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections to establish a statewide pilot program that partners with the appropriate agencies within the state. The initiative will establish a collaborative prison anti-recidivism effort to provide comprehensive care before, during, and after incarceration for persons with serious mental illness, with a goal of reducing recidivism.
Through BJA’s Improving Justice and Mental Health Collaboration - Training and Technical Assistance to Grantees and the Field Program, $4.6 million was awarded to the Council of State Governments in Lexington, Kentucky, to provide training and technical assistance to law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and their partner mental health and substance abuse authorities to reduce crime and recidivism associated with people with mental illnesses.
OJP’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention provided nearly $5 million through the Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program to improve outcomes for youth with mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders who come into contact with the juvenile justice system. The funding may be used for mental health courts, specialized training and collaborative efforts between juvenile justice and mental health agencies to promote public safety by offering mental health treatment services and substance abuse treatment services.
Since 2006, JMHCP funded 568 awardees across 49 states, Washington, DC, and two U.S. territories (including American Samoa and Guam) z $164.3 million awarded, with individual awards ranging from $100,000 to $750,000 z 140 law enforcement agencies have used JMHCP funding to establish models (co-responder teams, mobile crisis teams, crisis intervention teams, etc.) that reduce encounters with people who have mental illnesses and connect them to services. { Since the creation of the law enforcement strategic planning grants in 2017, 34 sites have received funding to train law enforcement and related staff members. { The program supports 9 Law Enforcement-Mental Health Peer to Peer Learning Sites who serve as peer resources to grantees and communities across the country. In 2021, new sites will be added through a competitive selection process. The current learning sites are: Arlington (MA) Police Department Houston (TX) Police Department Los Angeles (CA) Police Department Madison County (TN) Sheriff’s Office Madison (WI) Police Department Portland (ME) Police Department Salt Lake City (UT) Police Department Tucson (AZ) Police Department University of Florida Police Department
Please visit https://bja.ojp.gov/program/jmhcp/funding
See BJA’s Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Training and Technical Assistance (JMHCP TTA) Website at: https://jmhcp.org/
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
