U.S. Department of Justice: Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program
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Deadline: 4 May 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding for the Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program.
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This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting juvenile justice and mental health agency partnerships as they develop and implement coordinated programs that reduce crime and recidivism associated with youth mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders.
The Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JJMHCP) supports cross-system collaboration to improve responses and outcomes for youth with mental illness (MI) or co-occurring MI and substance abuse (CMISA) who come into contact with the juvenile justice system. This program supports public safety efforts through partnerships with juvenile justice, mental health and substance abuse agencies to enhance responses to justice-involved youth with MI and CMISA.
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The JJMHCP supports proposals to develop and implement a cross-system collaborative approach to improve responses and outcomes for youth with MI and CMISA who come into contact with the juvenile justice system.
Per the authorizing statute, grants awarded under this program shall be used to create or expand:
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Mental health courts or other court-based programs serving youth.
Programs that offer specialized training to officers, employees of a juvenile justice agency, and mental health personnel in order to better respond to youth with MI or CMISA.
Programs that support the collaborative efforts of juvenile justice and mental health agencies to promote public safety by offering mental health treatment services and, where appropriate, substance abuse treatment services, for youth with MI or CMISA.
Programs that support intergovernmental cooperation between state and local governments to address enhanced support to youth with MI or CMISA.
The goal of this program is to increase public safety by facilitating cross-system collaboration among juvenile justice, mental health, and substance abuse agencies to improve responses and outcomes for justice-involved youth with MI and CMISA.
The Planning Phase will be for a period of up to 4-6 months. The Implementation Phase will begin once the grantee has met the requirements of the Planning Phase and will continue for the remaining time on the grant. Applicants must demonstrate that at least one juvenile justice agency and one mental health agency will participate in the administration of the program.
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Planning
Implementation
Program-Specific Priority Areas
In FY 2020, and in addition to executing any OJP policy prioritization that may be applicable, priority consideration will be given to applications as follows:
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Promote effective strategies by law enforcement to identify and reduce risk of harm for youth with MI or CMSIA.
Promote effective strategies for identification and treatment of juvenile-involved female youth with MI and CMSIA.
Promote effective strategies to expand the use of mental health courts, including use of pretrial services and related treatment programs for justice-involved youth.
Propose interventions that have been shown by empirical evidence to reduce recidivism.
When appropriate, use validated assessment tools to target justice-involved youth with a moderate or high risk of recidivism and a need for treatment services.
OJP Policy Priority Areas
In FY 2020, and in addition to executing any program-specific prioritization that may be applicable, OJP will give priority consideration to applications as follows:
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Applications from federally-recognized tribes.
Applications that address specific challenges that rural communities face.
Applications that demonstrate that the individuals who are intended to benefit from the requested grant reside in high-poverty areas or persistent-poverty counties.
Applications that offer enhancements to public safety in economically distressed communities (Qualified Opportunity Zones).
Where the application is from a State or local government entity that operates at least one correctional facility (as defined at 34 U.S.C. 10251(a)(7)), applications that go to enhancing criminal justice and public safety by indicating agreement to comply with award conditions related to cooperation with federal law enforcement, as set forth in Appendix B.
Funding Information
Estimated maximum dollar amount for each award: $750,000
Total amount anticipated to be awarded under solicitation: $5,000,000
Period of performance duration: Up to 36 months
Period of performance start date: October 1, 2020
Eligibility Criteria
The following entities are eligible to apply—
states,
units of local government, and
federally recognized Indian tribal governments
OJJDP will only accept applications that demonstrate that the proposed project will be administered jointly by an agency with responsibility for juvenile justice activities (“juvenile justice agency”)(which may include a mental health court) and a mental health agency.
All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=325068