The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program supports law enforcement–behavioral health cross-system collaboration to improve public health and public safety by improving responses to and outcomes for individuals with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
Through the FY24 Connect and Protect: Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Response Program opportunity, BJA provides grant funding to help entities prepare, create, or expand comprehensive plans and then implement these collaborative projects to target people who qualify.
This webinar will provide a detailed overview of this solicitation and allow interested applicants to ask questions.
Speakers:
- Brooke Mount, Senior Policy Advisor, BJA
- Ernest Stevens, Deputy Division Director, Behavioral Health, CSG Justice Center
- Allison Upton, Deputy Program Director, Behavioral Health, CSG Justice Center