BJA FY 23 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. With this solicitation, BJA seeks to fund cross-system collaboration programs that improve or enhance public safety and public health responses to and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders (MHDs) or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUDs) who come in contact with law enforcement. BJA provides grant funding to help entities prepare, create, or expand comprehensive plans and then implement these collaborative projects to target preliminarily qualified individuals. BJA will only accept applications that demonstrate the proposed project will be administered jointly by an agency with responsibility for criminal or juvenile justice activities and a mental health agency. To Learn more, view samples of previous, successful applications at: the Successful Grant Application Examples page.