Announcement for 10/22/09
BJA Announces 2009 JMHCP Grantees
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has named its 2009 grantees under the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP), which was authorized by the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004 (MIOTCRA ).
The 2009 grantees span forty-three jurisdictions from thirty states. Of these, ten communities received planning grants with a maximum award of $50,000 for twelve months, twenty-one received planning and implementation grants, with a maximum award of $250,000 for thirty months. Twelve communities received implementation and expansion grants, with a maximum award of $200,000 for 24 months. All grants required a joint application from a mental health agency and the unit of government responsible for criminal and/or juvenile justice activities. View the full list of 2009 grantees.
The Council of State Governments Justice Center's Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project will provide technical assistance to the new grantees.
This is the fourth round of grantees funded through MIOTCRA. Through funds appropriated in FY 2008, BJA awarded twenty-three grants in eighteen states (and Guam) under the JMHCP. In FY 2006, BJA awarded twenty-six grants in sixteen states under the JMHCP. Read more about the 2007 and 2008 grantees on the Consensus Project’s local programs database.