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2009 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

Post Date

January 12th 2009

Application Due Date

March 12th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

BJA-2009-2025

CFDA Number(s)

16.745

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Law, Justice and Legal Services

Eligibility Categories

State Governments
County Governments
City or Township Governments
Federally Recognized Native American Tribal Governments

Funding

  • Award Range:

    $0 - $250000

Grant Description

The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program seeks to increase public safety through innovative cross-system collaboration for individuals with mental illness (MI) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (COD) who come into contact with the criminal justice system. The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking joint justice and mental health applications 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).

Contact Information

  • Agency

    Department of Justice

  • Office:

    Office of Justice Programs

  • Agency Contact:

    Chris Casto
    Application Technical Support
    202-353-7193

  • Agency Mailing Address:

    Application Technical Assistance

  • Agency Email Address:

    chris.casto@usdoj.gov

  • Location:

    Bureau of Justice Assistance

  • More Information:

    Full Announcement


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