# BJA FY 21 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/o-bja-2021-21001-bja-fy-21-connect-and-protect-law-enforcement/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/333688

> Bureau of Justice Assistance offered grants of up to $550,000 to colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. It expected to make about 36 awards worth $20.0 million in total. Applications closed on July 12, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | O-BJA-2021-21001 |
| Agency | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 12, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $550,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 36 |
| Total funding | $20.0 million |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 16.745 |

## Who can apply

- State governments
- County governments
- City or township governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Other: Mental health agency The term "mental health agency" means an agency of a state or local government or its contracted agency that is responsible for mental health and co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse services. For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Where a state agency is an applicant, this solicitation is intended to support law enforcement and its partnering mental health agency to plan a coordinated response in the field.BJA will only accept applications that demonstrate the proposed program will be administered jointly by an agency with responsibility for criminal or juvenile justice activities, such as law enforcement, and a mental health agency. To advance Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities, as of October 28, 2020, the Attorney General determined that all state, local, and university or college law enforcement agencies must be certified by an approved independent credentialing body or have started the certification process to be allocated FY 2021 DOJ discretionary grant funding, as either a recipient or a subrecipient. For detailed information on this new certification requirement, please visit https://cops.usdoj.gov/SafePolicingEO.All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

## What the grant funds

The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program is part of the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program(JMHCP). It is designated to support law enforcement-behavioral health cross-system collaboration and to improve public safety responses and outcomes for individuals with mental illness (MI) or co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse (CMISA) who come into contact with the criminal justice system. BJA is seeking applicants to design or enhance a law enforcement-behavioral health response to people with MI and CMISA who come into contact with law enforcement due to their illness. For applicants that are interested in JMHCP that are not law enforcement but are seeking to partner with mental health from another part of the criminal justice system, access the solicitation here.

## Questions people ask

### Is O-BJA-2021-21001 still open?

No. It closed on July 12, 2021.

### Who can apply for BJA FY 21 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses?

Bureau of Justice Assistance accepted applications from colleges and universities, state and local governments and tribes. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for BJA FY 21 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Responses?

Closed July 12, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $550,000 each. About $20.0 million in total across about 36 awards.

### Who has won Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were The Council of State Governments LTD., Unified Court System of New York State, Tropical Texas Center for MH-MR. The program made 290 awards worth $160 million in that time.