Danica B inkley Policy Advisor for Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Bureau of Jus;ce Assistance
Jerry M urphy Deputy Director, Na;onal Ini;a;ves, Council of State Governments Jus;ce Center
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Fiscal Year 2013 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Competitive Grant Announcement Danica Binkley Policy Advisor for Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Presentation outline: • Overview of JMHCP • Review of FY13 Solicitation • • • • • • •
Eligibility Target Population Grant Categories Performance Measures Program Narrative Budget Other Attachments
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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, pretrial 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. 6
Review of Solicitation The Fiscal Year 2013 solicitation can be accessed at:
https://www.bja.gov/Funding/13JMHCPsol.pdf
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Review of Solicitation Eligibility • 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 Grants.gov. This lead agency must be the state, unit of local government, federally recognized Indian tribe, or tribal organization. 8
Review of Solicitation Eligibility • 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 cooccurring mental health and substance abuse services. 9
Review of Solicitation Target 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 Solicitation Target 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. Past criminal histories, including past convictions for violent crimes are irrelevant for eligibility purposes 11
Review of Solicitation Grant 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. 12
Review of Solicitation Grant Categories Category II: Planning & Implementation • Funding amount: $250,000 • Project period: 24 Months Category II applicants will complete an alreadyinitiated strategic plan for the criminal justice and mental health collaboration program, and then begin implementation of the plan during the project period. 13
Review of Solicitation Grant 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. 14
Review of Solicitation Performance Measures • Performance measures for the JMHCP are included on pages 12-16 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 Solicitation Application Attachments Attachment 1: • Program Abstract Attachment 2: • Program Narrative Attachment 3: • Budget & Budget Narrative Attachment 4 (if applicable): • Tribal Authorizing Resolution Attachment 5: • Project Timeline and MOU /Letters of Support + add’l attachments 16
Review of Solicitation Program Narrative • The program narrative must respond to Selection Criteria 1-5 listed on pages 21-24. • Double-spaced, standard 12-point font, with 1 inch margins • Page Limit for narrative: 15 pages
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Review of Solicitation Budget • 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 4. 18
Review of Solicitation Budget 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 11 in the solicitation) • Match can be in-kind or cash 19
Review of Solicitation Budget Budget Resources: • Sample budget worksheet: http://www.ojp.gov/funding/forms/budget_detail.pdf • OJP Financial Guide: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/financialguide/index.htm
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Review of Solicitation Other 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. • Applicant Disclosure of Pending Applications- Disclose pending applications for Federally funded assistance for the same project being proposed under this solicitation and will cover the identical cost items outlined in the budget narrative and worksheet in the application under this solicitation. 21
Grants.gov • The application must be submitted through Grants.gov • Register with Grants.gov as soon as possible as the registration process can take some time. Every organization who applies needs a DUNS number, and if they do not have one, they should get one ASAP by calling Dun and Bradstreet at 866–705– 5711 or applying online at www.dnb.com.
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Additional Application Information • 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.
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Grants.gov Help • Applicants that experience technical difficulties during this process should call the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606–545–5035, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except federal holidays. • Note: BJA encourages all prospective applicants to sign up for Grants.gov email notifications regarding this solicitation. If this solicitation is cancelled or modified, individuals who sign up with Grants.gov for email updates will be notified.
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Additional Important Information • As BJA is currently operating under a continuing resolution, no appropriation has yet been made for JMHCP • As there is no appropriation, we cannot anticipate at this time how many awards we will make • Deadline for submission: • All applications are due by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on March 25, 2013 • It is strongly encouraged that applicants submit the application well in advance of the deadline. 25
Resources • FY2013 Solicitation: https://www.bja.gov/Funding/13JMHCPsol.pdf • Information on JMHCP: https://www.bja.gov/ProgramDetails.aspx?Program_ID=66 • 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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Questions For assistance with any requirement of this solicitation, contact the BJA Justice Information Center at 1–877–927–5657, via e-mail at JIC@telesishq.com, or via live web chat at www.justiceinformationcenter.us. The BJA Justice Information Center hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. 27
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FY 2011 Grantees
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For more information, go to:
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learning.csgjusticecenter.org
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consensusproject.org/publications
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consensusproject.org/jmhcp-‐training-‐ta-‐event-‐feb-‐2011
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The webinar recording & PowerPoint presenta;on will be available on www.consensusproject.org within a few days.
This material was developed by the presenters for this webinar. Presenta7ons are not externally reviewed for form or content & as such, the statements within reflect the views of the authors & should not be considered the official posi7on of the Bureau of Jus7ce Assistance, Jus7ce Center, the members of the Council of State Governments, or funding agencies suppor7ng the work.
Suggested Cita;on: Binkley, Danica and Jerry Murphy. “FY 2013 Jus;ce and Mental Health Collabora;on Program Grant Applica;on Assistance Webinar.” Webinar held by the Council of State Governments Jus;ce Center, New York, NY, February 19, 2013. .
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