Federal Support of Mental Health Courts
Lessons Learned: Innovative Approaches to Mental Health Courts and Related Services June 4, 2009 DuPage County, IL
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Rebecca Rose Policy Advisor for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Bureau of Justice Assistance
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Presentation outline:
Overview of OJP/BJA Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program Review of FY09 Solicitation Other Requirements Peer Review Training and Technical Assistance Additional Important Information & Resources Questions
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Bureau of Justice Assistance
Mission: BJA supports law enforcement, courts, corrections, treatment, victim services, technology, and prevention initiatives that strengthen the nation’s criminal justice system. Programs, Policy, Planning Types of Programs: Discretionary and Formula
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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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Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP)
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 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.
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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 co-occurring mental health and substance abuse services.
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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 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 systeminvolved individuals with mental illnesses or cooccurring substance abuse disorders.
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Review of Solicitation Grant Categories
Category II: Planning & Implementation Funding amount: $250,000 Project period: 30 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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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.
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Review of Solicitation Performance Measures
Performance measures for the JMHCP are included on pages 4 – 8 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 Program Narrative Attachment 2: Budget & Budget Narrative Attachment 3: Project Time and Task Plan Memoranda/Letters of Support
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Review of Solicitation Program Narrative
The program narrative must respond to Selection Criteria 1, 2, 3, and 5 listed on pages 10 – 12.
Double-spaced, standard 12-point font, with 1 inch margins Page Limit for narrative: 20 pages
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Importance of Selection Criteria
Statement of the Problem Project Design & Implementation Capabilities/Competencies Budget Impact/Outcomes, Evaluation, Sustainment, and Performance Measure Data Collection Plan
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Review of Solicitation Budget
Applicants must submit a budget worksheet and budget narrative in one file as Attachment 2. Each applicant must include costs for a representative from the partner agencies to attend a grantee orientation meeting. In addition, Category II and III applicants should include costs for a four-member team to attend one national meeting.
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Review of Solicitation Budget
Match Requirement Category I and III: 20% match is required
Category II: 20% match is required for Year 1 and 2; 40% match is required for Year 3; applicants should calculate the match for each year; see example on page 2 of the FAQs Match can be in-kind or cash
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Types of Match
Cash Match (hard) includes cash spent for project-related costs. Allowable cash match must include those costs which are allowable with Federal funds with the exception of the acquisition of land, when applicable. In-kind Match (soft) includes, but is not limited to, the valuation of in-kind services. “In-kind” is the value of something received or provided that does not have a cost associated with it. For example, if in-kind match is permitted by law (other than cash payments), then the value of donated services could be used to comply with the match requirement. Also, third party in-kind contributions may count toward satisfying match requirements provided the grantee receiving the contributions expend them as allowable costs (see 28 CFR Part 66.24, Grants Management Common Rule for State and Local Units of Governments).
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Review of Solicitation Budget
Budget Resources:
Sample budget worksheet: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/funding/forms/b udget_detail.pdf OJP Financial Guide: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/financialguide/i ndex.htm
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Review of Solicitation Attachment 3
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. These attachments should be included in the other attachments section on Grants.gov.
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Certified Assurances (Nondiscrimination Requirements)
Applicants must assure and certify that they comply, and assure the compliance of their subrecipients, with all applicable civil rights nondiscrimination requirements as set forth on the OJP Assurances Form 4000/3 (Attachment to Standard Form [SF] 424). In the event that a Federal or State court or Federal or State administrative agency makes a finding of discrimination after a due process hearing on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability against a recipient of Federal funds, or any subgrantee or contractor of that recipient, a copy of such findings must be forwarded to OJP, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). All recipients and their subrecipients must also provide OCR with an Equal Employment Opportunity Plan, if required to maintain one, where the award is $500,000 or more.
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Intergovernmental Review
If the State has established a process for the review of Federal programs and activities eligible under Executive Order 12372 and a particular program has been selected for review by the State, applicants for the program must submit a copy of their application to the State “single point of contact” prior to or at the same time that the application is submitted to the awarding agency. Additional information concerning this requirement is contained in the individual program announcements.
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Indirect Costs
Indirect costs are costs of an organization that are not readily assignable to a particular project, but are necessary to the operation of the organization and the performance of the project. The cost of operating and maintaining facilities, depreciation, and administrative salaries are examples of the types of costs that are usually treated as indirect.
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Allowable Costs
Allowable costs are those costs identified in the circulars and in the grant program’s authorizing legislation. In addition, costs must be reasonable, allocable, necessary to the project, and comply with the funding statute requirements.
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Unallowable Costs
Land Acquisition Compensation of Federal Employees Travel of Federal Employees Bonuses or Commissions Military-Type Equipment Lobbying Fundraising Corporate Formation State and Local Sales Taxes Other Unallowable Costs Costs Incurred Outside the Project Period
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Peer Review Process
Initial Review Peer Review Final Award Decisions
BJA
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Policy on Making Awards
This agency may not make an award to any applicant who has an overdue audit report or an open audit report where the recipient has not attempted to respond or has taken no action to resolve findings. Every applicant for funding is on notice that unless they are in compliance with the audit requirements, their application may be rejected. Exceptions to this policy are by recommendation of the Chief Financial Officer, OJP, to the awarding agency.
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Training and Technical Assistance
Technical assistance is available to grantees planning, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining Justice and Mental Health Collaborations. In addition, similar types of assistance to nongrantees in the fields of criminal justice and mental health through publications and collaborative workshops and conferences.
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Resources
FY2009 Solicitation: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/09JMHCPsol.pdf
Solicitation FAQs: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/09JMHCPFAQ.pdf
Information on JMHCP: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/JMHCprogram.html BJA Grantee Tool Box: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/resource/toolbox.html Council of State Governments Justice Center: http://consensusproject.org/
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Mental Health Court Learning Sites
Akron Municipal Mental Health Court (OH) Bonneville County Mental Health Court (ID) Bronx County Mental Health Court (NY) Dougherty Superior Court (GA)
Washoe County Mental Health Court (NV)
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Other Tips
Read Solicitation and FAQs very carefully Reach out to solicitation POC with questions Participate in webinars during open application period Coordinate with partners - decide who will submit the application based on eligibility Have someone proofread your application Follow instructions exactly Ask for what you need Review your application carefully Submit application in advance of deadline
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Searching for Available Funding
www.grants.gov (Sign up for grant email alerts) http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/index.html (Available funding opportunities at bottom of page)
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/funding/solicitations. htm (OJP funding opportunities)
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Questions
Contact Information: For additional questions on the solicitation, contact:
Rebecca Rose Bureau of Justice Assistance (202) 514-0726 Rebecca.Rose@usdoj.gov
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