Federal grant programs / Department of Justice

Virtual Reality De-escalation Training (16.054)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$4.5 million
• Grant awards2
• Typical award$2.2 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$0
• Size rank1,642 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreement

Key findings

• It is the 1642nd largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• Awards went to recipients in 2 states and territories.

What the program funds

Program goal(s) name: Improve law enforcement responses to and outcomes for individuals with disabilities. Program goal(s) description: Improve effectiveness of de-escalation and crisis response skills among law enforcement and correctional officers, particularly for interactions with individuals in crisis who have behavioral health conditions, I/DDs or physical disabilities, and/or traumatic brain injuries; and improve agency-level capacity to connect individuals in crisis who have behavioral health conditions, I/DDs or physical disabilities, and/or traumatic brain injuries with appropriate services. Program objective(s) name: Provide supports for Law Enforcement Program objective(s) description: Implement and enhance certified training programs and practices that increase knowledge of appropriate intervention strategies and improve skills during crisis situations; Enhance the strategic application of de-escalation techniques to prevent escalation of crisis situations, which include innovative training approaches and technologies, including virtual reality scenario-based training resources such as the Crisis Response Intervention Training (CRIT) curriculum; Strengthen agency protocols for identifying and responding to individuals requiring specialized services and develop partnerships with community behavioral health providers, traumatic brain injury specialists, and other resources to facilitate improved referral processes between justice and behavioral health systems; and Implement strategies to enhance information sharing and coordination of responses to individuals in crisis, utilizing appropriate technologies and training resources.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

7 anticipated number of awards; $800,000 per award

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Colleges and universities received 89% of the money, nonprofits 11%.

By state

1 state has a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. It is Florida.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.