Fiscal Year 2010 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

Competitive Grant Announcement

Ruby Qazilbash, Senior Policy Advisor

Rebecca Rose, Policy Advisor

Chris Casto, Program Specialist

Presentation outline:• Overview of JMHCP• Review of FY10 Solicitation

• Eligibility• Target Population• Grant Categories• Performance Measures• Program Narrative• Budget• Other Attachments

• Grants Management System• Additional Important Information & Resources

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Overview of JMHCP• Purpose of program: Increase public safety

through innovative cross-system collaboration for individuals with mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.

• The JMHCP is authorized by the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (PL 108-414) and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act (PL 110-416).

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Overview of JMHCP• Program Uses:

• Providing appropriate services for system-involved individuals with mental illnesses

• Providing specialized training programs for criminal justice and mental health personnel.

• Improving law enforcement strategies to respond to individuals with mental illnesses.

• Making available diversion options such as mental health courts, alternative prosecution and sentencing programs, pre-trial services, or other court-based programs.

• Providing transitional services for those with mental illnesses who are incarcerated or reentering the community from a correctional institution.

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Review of Solicitation• The Fiscal Year 2010 solicitation can be accessed

through www.grants.gov (Announcement number: BJA-2010-2516) or through BJA’s website at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/10JMHCPsol.pdf.

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Review of SolicitationEligibility

• Applicants are limited to states, units of local government, federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations.

• Each applicant must demonstrate that the proposed project will be administered jointly by a criminal or juvenile justice agency and a mental health agency.

• Only one agency is responsible for the submission of the application in the Grants Management System. This lead agency must be the state, unit of local government, federally recognized Indian tribe, or tribal organization.

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Review of SolicitationEligibility

• A “criminal or juvenile justice agency” is defined as an agency of state or local government that is responsible for detection, arrest, enforcement, prosecution, defense, adjudication, incarceration, probation, or parole relating to the violation of the criminal laws of that state or local government.

• A “mental health agency” is an agency of state or local government or its contracted agency that is responsible for mental health services or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse services.

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Review of SolicitationTarget Population

Grant funds must be used to support a target population that includes an adult or juvenile accused of a nonviolent offense who:• Has been diagnosed as having a mental illness or

co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorder.

• Has faced, is facing, or could face criminal charges for a misdemeanor or nonviolent offense.

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Review of SolicitationTarget Population

Per MIOTCRA, a nonviolent offense is an offense that does not have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another or is not a felony that by its nature involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.

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Review of SolicitationGrant Categories

Category I: Planning• Funding amount: $50,000• Project period: 12 Months

Category I applicants will design a strategic, collaborative plan to initiate systemic change for the identification and treatment of system-involved individuals with mental illnesses or co-occurring substance abuse disorders.

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Review of SolicitationGrant Categories

Category II: Planning & Implementation• Funding amount: $250,000• Project period: 24 Months

Category II applicants will complete an already-initiated strategic plan for the criminal justice and mental health collaboration program, and then begin implementation of the plan during the project period.

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Review of SolicitationGrant Categories

Category III: Expansion• Funding amount: $200,000• Project period: 24 Months

Category III applicants will expand upon or improve a well-established collaboration plan. Applicants must clearly demonstrate an expansion to the current functioning of an existing program.

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Review of SolicitationPerformance Measures

• Performance measures for the JMHCP are included on pages 5 – 9 of the solicitation.

• All applicants must demonstrate in their proposal the ability, through a formal process, to collect information related to the performance measures.

• Upon selection of the grantees, BJA will review the measures to provide guidance on which measures apply to your program.

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Review of SolicitationApplication Attachments

Attachment 1:• Program AbstractAttachment 2:• Program NarrativeAttachment 3:• Budget & Budget NarrativeAttachment 4 (if applicable):• Tribal Authorizing Resolution Attachment 5:• Project Timeline and Memoranda of

Understanding/Letters of Support

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Review of SolicitationProgram Narrative

• The program narrative must respond to Selection Criteria 1, 2, 3, and 5 listed on pages 13 – 15.

• Double-spaced, standard 12-point font, with 1 inch margins

• Page Limit for narrative: 15 pages

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Review of SolicitationBudget

• Applicants must submit a budget worksheet and budget narrative in one file as Attachment 3.

• For all applicants, include funding to support up to four staff to attend a two-day grantee orientation meeting in Washington, DC.

• For Category 2 and 3 applicants, additional travel costs should be included to attend a BJA-sponsored national meeting.

• Category 2 and 3 applicants must set aside at least 5 percent of the budget in order to implement a data collection plan. The plan should be described in the program narrative under Selection Criteria 5.

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Review of SolicitationBudget

Match Requirement• For all applicants, include the amount and source

of match funding in the budget.• Federal funds awarded under this program may

not cover more than 80% of the total costs of the project being funded. The applicant must identify the source of the 20% non-federal portion of the total project costs and how match funds will be used. (See page 4-5 in the solicitation)

• Match can be in-kind or cash

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Review of SolicitationBudget

Budget Resources:

• Sample budget worksheet: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/funding/forms/budget_detail.pdf

• OJP Financial Guide: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/financialguide/index.htm

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Review of SolicitationOther Attachments

• Project Time and Task Plan – To include each project goal, objective, activity, expected completion date, and person responsible.

• Memoranda of Understanding/Letters of Support – Include from co-applicants and collaborative partners.

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OJP’s Grants Management System

• The application must be submitted through the Grants Management System (GMS).

• Register with GMS as soon as possible as the registration process can take some time. The web address is: https://grants.ojp.usdoj.gov/gmsexternal/login.do

• Every organization who applies needs a DUNS number, and if they do not have one, they should get one ASAP at: http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform.

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OJP’s Grants Management System• Applicants should also be up to date on their CCR (

http://www.ccr.gov/) information as well as knowing their Taxpayer ID (EIN) number.

• Applicants who do not have an EIN should apply immediately. According to the IRS, when applying for an EIN over the phone or Internet, you will be given a temporary EIN, but your EIN may not become active for up to two (2) weeks. If you have questions about your EIN, please call 1-800-829-4933.

• GMS does not support Microsoft Vista or Microsoft 2007 (.docx). Acceptable formats:

• Microsoft Word (.doc), WordPerfect (.wpd), PDF File (.pdf), or Excel (.xls).

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OJP’s Grants Management System• GMS helpdesk number: 202-514-2024 or 888-549-9901,

option 3.

• Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Eastern Time

• Please have the following information available when contacting grants.gov, to help expedite your inquiry:• Funding Opportunity Number (FON) • Name of Agency You Are Applying To • Specific Area of Concern

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Additional Important Information• A total of $12 million has been appropriated for the

program in FY10.• BJA anticipates approximately 40-50 awards will

be made in FY10.• Deadline for submission:

• April 8, 2010 by 8:00 pm EST• It is strongly encouraged that applicants submit the

application well in advance of the deadline.

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Resources• FY2010 Solicitation:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/10JMHCPsol.pdf• Solicitation FAQs:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/10JMHCPFAQ.pdf • Information on JMHCP:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/JMHCprogram.html • BJA Grant Writing Manual:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/resource/GrantWritingManual.pdf

• Council of State Governments Justice Center: http://consensusproject.org/

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QuestionsContact Information:

For additional questions on the solicitation, contact:

Rebecca RoseBureau of Justice Assistance(202) 514-0726Rebecca.Rose@usdoj.gov

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