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BJA FY 20 The Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

Agency: Bureau of Justice Assistance

Assistance Listings
  • 16.745 -- Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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Description

The JMHS is authorized by the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004 (MIOTCRA) (Pub. L. 108-414) and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-416). Additionally, the 21st Century CURES Act (2016) served to reauthorize MIOTCRA programs. Justice and Mental Health Solutions supports cross-system collaboration to improve responses and outcomes for individuals with mental illnesses (MI) or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse (CMISA) who come into contact with the justice system. This program...

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Government

  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • Special district governments
  • County governments
  • State governments
  • City or township governments

Additional information

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Grantor contact information

Description

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How To Apply (Grants.gov) section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide. For assistance with any unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond an applicant’s control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline, or any other requirement of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 800–851–3420; via TTY at 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301–240–5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. A solicitation webinar will be held on April 8, 2020 at 2 p.m. ET. This webinar will provide a detailed overview of the solicitation and allow an opportunity for interested applicants to ask questions. Preregistration is required for all participants. Register by clicking here and following the instructions. After the webinar, we will link to the webinar recording from BJA’s website. support@grants.gov

Email

Technical Application Assistance

support@grants.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

https://bja.ojp.gov/JMHCP20

Closed: May 18, 2020

Application process

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Award

$19,000,000

Program Funding

25

Expected awards

$--

Award Minimum

$750,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

BJA-2020-17114

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

No

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

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Category of Funding Activity:

Law justice and legal services

Health

Humanities

Category Explanation:

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History

Version:

1

Posted date:

March 19, 2020

Archive date:

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