BJA FY24 Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program | O BJA 2024 172044

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The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) FY24 Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program is a discretionary federal grant opportunity designed to strengthen how justice and public safety agencies respond to people in crisis. The core idea is to help law enforcement and other criminal justice partners work side by side with behavioral health and community-based service systems so that responses to crisis situations are safer, more appropriate, and more effective for both the individual in crisis and the community. The program emphasizes coordinated, real-world collaboration between public safety personnel and professionals in mental health, substance use services, and other community supports, with the goal of improving outcomes and reducing the likelihood that people with complex needs are funneled into the justice system when a health- or disability-informed response would be more suitable.

This solicitation focuses on building practical skills and shared operating approaches for frontline and supervisory staff across multiple parts of the justice system. It specifically targets law enforcement, correctional officers, probation and parole, and sheriffs departments, recognizing that crisis encounters do not only happen during initial police contact but also in jails, detention centers, community supervision settings, and other points of interaction. The training and collaboration supported through this program are intended to help agencies better recognize and respond to individuals experiencing crises tied to behavioral health conditions, substance use issues, intellectual disabilities, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and traumatic brain injuries. In many communities, these situations can escalate quickly without the right tools, relationships, and referral pathways in place; BJA is aiming to fund projects that put those tools and partnerships into practice.

Eligible applicants are broad and include state governments, county governments, and city or township governments, along with public and state-controlled institutions of higher education. The opportunity also includes federally recognized Native American tribal governments, Native American tribal organizations that are not federally recognized as governments, and public housing authorities or Indian housing authorities, as well as other eligible entities as allowed by the solicitation. The description highlights units of local government in particular, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general-purpose political subdivisions of a state, signaling that local jurisdictions are a key audience for this funding because they often manage day-to-day crisis response and community safety operations.

The grant is offered under CFDA number 16.738 and is administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the opportunity category is discretionary, meaning awards are competitively made based on the application and program priorities rather than being distributed by formula. For FY24, BJA anticipated making about 8 awards, with an award ceiling of $250,000 per award. The opportunity was created on March 19, 2024, and the original application closing date was May 15, 2024, which frames the timeline for when applicants were expected to submit proposals for consideration.

Overall, this program is about improving coordinated crisis intervention capacity across justice and health systems. It supports efforts that bring together public safety agencies and behavioral health and community service partners so that communities have clearer protocols, stronger cross-system relationships, and better-trained personnel to respond to crisis situations involving disability and behavioral health needs. The public safety outcome BJA is driving toward is fewer avoidable escalations and better alignment between the person’s needs and the community’s response, while still maintaining public safety and officer and community wellbeing.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the humanities sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY24 Collaborative Crisis Response and Intervention Training Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.738.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-19.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-05-15. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 8 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others.

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