Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program

Link

https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2024-172044

Additional Links

Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Solicitation Overview

Deadline

Application Deadline: May 15, 2024

Sponsor

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Purpose

Provides funding to help and support law enforcement, correctional officers, probation and parole, and sheriff's departments effectively partner with mental health, substance use, and community service professionals and agencies to promote public safety and ensure appropriate responses are provided to individuals in crisis with behavioral health conditions, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and/or traumatic brain injuries.

Aims to improve public safety and ensure appropriate responses for individuals in crisis with behavioral health conditions and disabilities by accomplishing the following objectives:

• Planning, developing, and/or enhancing patrol or institutional confinement training program to improve crisis response and intervention for people in crisis, including collaborative training with community service providers
• Evaluating a training program based on Crisis Response and Intervention Training (CRIT) program for officers utilizing the Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) CRIT curriculum

Eligible applicants may apply for funding under the following program categories:

Category 1: Training Program for Law Enforcement Officers, including Campus-Based Police; Law Enforcement Agencies, including Field-Based Probation and Parole; and Patrol-Based Sheriff Departments

Category 2: Training Program for Correctional Officers, Facility-Based Probation and Parole, and Facility-Based Sheriff's Department

Additional information about program activities, objectives, and deliverables can be found in the program guidance.

Amount of Funding

Award ceilings:

• Category 1: $250,000
• Category 2: $250,000

Estimated number of awards:

• Category 1: 4 awards
• Category 2: 4 awards

Project period: 36 months
Estimated total program funding: $2,000,000

Who Can Apply

Eligible applicants include:

• State governments
• City, township, or county governments
• Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education with on-campus police departments
• Public or state-controlled hospitals with on-campus police departments
• Public housing authorities with public safety, peace officers, or campus police
• Indian housing authorities with public safety, peace officers, or campus police
• Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
• Native American tribal organizations
• Other units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or general purpose political subdivisions of a state

Priority consideration is given to applicants that meet the following criteria:

• Proposals designed to meaningfully advance equity and remove barriers to accessing services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
• Applicants that demonstrate their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they are a population specific organization that serves communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Capacity Building • New Program

Application Process

Application instructions, requirements, and other information about the online application process can be found in the funding announcement.

Applications must be submitted electronically through a 2-step process:

• Step 1: Applicants will submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by the May 15, 2024 deadline.
• Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by the May 22, 2024 deadline.

Contact

For questions on submitting in grants.gov:
800-518-4726
support@grants.gov

For questions on submitting in JustGrants:
833-872-5175
JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov

For programmatic and technical questions:
Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Response Center
800-851-3420
TTY at 301-240-6310
grants@ncjrs.gov

Topics This Program Addresses

Community Planning and Coalition Building • Justice System • Social Services • Substance Use Disorder