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FY25 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program is sponsored by U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). This program supports collaborations between law enforcement and behavioral health agencies to enhance public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with behavioral health needs, focusing on deflection and diversion programs.
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Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program | Overview | Bureau of Justice Assistance Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program The Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program is designed to support law enforcement and behavioral health cross-system collaboration and to improve public health and safety responses to and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs) who come into contact with the criminal justice system.
Program objectives include the following: Design and implement a crisis response program based on current best practice to assist law enforcement officers in improving encounters with individuals who have MHDs or cooccurring MHSUDs. Plan and deliver a crisis response program, through coordination between law enforcement and a mental health agency, that includes services to improve or enhance the response.
Build positive community relations and trust through public communication strategies. Enhance officer knowledge and skills in responding to community members with MHDs or co-occurring MHSUDs. Connect and Protect is part of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP).
Training and Technical Assistance The JMHCP has two support centers that offer free, on-demand training and consultation. Center staff provide support that is tailored to meet agency, community, and jurisdiction needs, including example policies, advice about program design, connection to subject matter experts, arranging visits to a learning site, and more.
Additionally, the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center provides no-cost training and technical assistance on a wide variety of criminal justice topics to improve the knowledge and skills of criminal justice professionals. Agencies interested in receiving training and technical assistance (TTA) can submit a TTA request through an online application .
Date Modified: January 10, 2025 Date Created: December 18, 2023
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Not specified, but generally includes law enforcement agencies and behavioral health organizations. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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BJA FY25 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program – State Formula is sponsored by U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The JAG Program is a primary source of federal criminal justice funding for states and local units of government, used to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system with an emphasis on violent crime and serious offenders, and to enforce state and local drug laws.
Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). This program supports public safety efforts through partnerships with social service and other organizations to enhance responses to individuals with mental health or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders who come into contact with the justice system.