Through the decades, law enforcement has made significant improvements in its responses to people experiencing mental health crises through the development of various models of crisis intervention training, crisis triage centers, co-response teams, and embedded mental health and behavioral services.
The evolution of these approaches has improved the safety of law enforcement and people in crisis. It has also resulted in the deflection of individuals with mental health needs away from the criminal justice system and toward the services and care they need.
The goal of FY 2024 Promoting Access to Crisis Teams solicitation is to provide funding to support the implementation of crisis intervention teams, including embedding behavioral or mental health professionals with law enforcement agencies, training for law enforcement officers and embedded behavioral or mental health professionals in crisis intervention response, or a combination of these.
Program Documents
How to Apply
There is a two-step application process:
- Submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov. Deadline: Monday, May 4, 2024 (4:59 pm ET)
- Submit the full application including attachments in JustGrants. Deadline: Monday, May 21, 2024 (4:59 pm ET)
Match
There is no local match.
Contact
For programmatic assistance with the requirements of this program, please call the COPS Office Response Center at 800-421-6770 or send questions via email to AskCopsRC@usdoj.gov.