Transcript Organizing the Task Force

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
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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, 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.
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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.p
df.
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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 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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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Review of Solicitation
Performance 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 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 Memoranda of
Understanding/Letters of Support
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Program 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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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 5.
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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 4-5 in the solicitation)
• Match can be in-kind or cash
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Budget
Budget Resources:
• Sample budget worksheet:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/funding/forms/budget_det
ail.pdf
• OJP Financial Guide:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/financialguide/index.htm
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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.
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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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Questions
Contact Information:
For additional questions on the solicitation, contact:
Rebecca Rose
Bureau of Justice Assistance
(202) 514-0726
[email protected]
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