Deadline: April 10, 2025
Award Amount: Maximum $550,000 for 36 months
Match: 20% non-federal cost share required
Eligible Entities: State, City, Township, County or Tribal Governments, and Higher Education Institutions
Description: This funding opportunity seeks to fund programs that support collaborations between law enforcement and behavioral health agencies to improve public safety responses and outcomes for people who qualify with behavioral health needs. The goal is to implement deflection and diversion programs at first contact, such as crisis response and intervention teams, co-responders and other collaborative model approaches. The program focuses on improving safety and well-being for people with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Eligible entities can prepare, create, or expand collaborative projects.