Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (16.745)

Program

16.745 Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

Federal Agency

Agency: Department of Justice
Office: Bureau Of Justice Assistance

Authorization

Public Law 108-414, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act; Public Law 110-416, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008.

Program Number

16.745

Last Known Status

Active

Objectives

To increase public safety through innovative cross-system collaboration for individuals with mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who come into contact with the criminal justice system.

Types of Assistance

PROJECT GRANTS

Uses and Use Restrictions

Grant funds may be used to: plan, create, or expand programs that promote public safety and public health by providing appropriate services for system-involved individuals with mental illnesses or co-occurring disorders; plan, create, or expand specialized training programs for criminal justice and mental health and substance abuse treatment personnel; plan, create, or expand law enforcement strategies to provide response options that are tailored to the needs of people with mental illnesses; plan, create, or expand mental health courts, other court-based programs, pre-trial, and diversion and alternative prosecution and sentencing programs; and/or promote and provide mental health or co-occurring treatment and transitional services for those incarcerated or transitional reentry programs for those released from a correctional institution.
Funding for planning grants can be used to design a strategic, collaborative plan to initiate systemic change for the identification and treatment of system-involved individuals with mental illnesses or co-occurring disorders. Funding for planning and implementation grants can be used to complete an already initiated strategic plan for their criminal justice and mental health collaboration program, and then begin implementation of the plan during the project period. Funding for expansion grants can be used to expand upon or improve a well-established collaboration plan. Expansion funding must clearly demonstrate an expansion to the current functioning of an existing program. There are limitations on funding certain activities, including construction funds. See also the OJP financial guide for other funding prohibitions.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

Applicants are limited to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations. BJA will only accept joint applications; each application must include a mental health agency as well as a unit of government with responsibility for criminal justice activities.

Beneficiary Eligibility

General Public.

Credentials/Documentation

No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87.

Application and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure

This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. All applications must be submitted electronically via Grants.gov (www.grants.gov). Applications or supplemental materials received by facsimile or postal mail will not be accepted.

Award Procedure

All applications will be reviewed the program office. The Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice makes the final award decision.

Deadlines

Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

From 90 to 120 days. Approximately 120 days from application deadline.

Appeals

Not Applicable.

Renewals

Not Applicable.

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.

Matching Requirements: Percent: 20.%. A grant made under this program may not cover more than 80 percent of the total costs of the project being funded during the first two years of the grant. For Category II (Planning and Implementation), the grant can cover no more than 60 percent of the total costs of the project during the third year. Match can include cash and in-kind sources.

This program does not have MOE requirements.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

None. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Reimbursement.

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Program reports consisting of quarterly performance metrics reports, bi-annual progress reports; and a final report including a summary of program accomplishments. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Fiscal report consisting of quarterly expenditures and budget expenditure reports; final financial report giving costs and expenditures of the complete project. Performance Measures: To assist in fulfilling the Department's responsibilities under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), P.L. 103-62, applicants who receive funding under this solicitation must provide data that measures the results of their work.

Audits

In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.

Records

Records and accounts concerning the expenditure of grants funds and grantee contributed funds shall be maintained during the grant period and retained for 3 years thereafter.

Program Accomplishments

Fiscal Year 2008: Since inception of the program in FY2006, BJA has made 76 awards to state, local, and tribal jurisdictions to plan, implement or expand programs for individuals involved in the criminal justice system with mental illnesses or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available

Financial Information

Account Identification

15-0404-0-1-754.

Obligations

(Project Grants) FY 08 $6,658,057; FY 09 est $10,000,000; FY 10 est $0

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

In amounts consistent with the applicant's proposed project and the BJA's plans, priorities and levels of financing.

Regulations, Guidelines and Literature

Information about the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program solicitation may be obtained by calling NCJRS at (800) 851-3420 or accessing the web site at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/funding/index.html.

Related Programs

Not Applicable.

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

None.

Headquarters Office

BJA Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, District of Columbia 20531 Phone: 202-616-6500 or 1-866- 859-2647

Web Site Address

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA.

Examples of Funded Projects

Not Applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

Selection criteria are defined specifically in the solicitation to include a statement of need for the program, a description of the proposed strategy, a description of the management plan and the capacity to implement the program, an outline of how the program will be assessed or evaluated, and and an explanation of how the project will be sustained once federal funding ends.