April 3, 2024

Dear Community Partner,

The DOJ's Bureau of Justice Assistance is accepting applications for funding and with this solicitation seeks to support state, local, and tribal governments, as well as community-based nonprofit organizations, to support cross-system collaboration between criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health and substance use agencies, community-based organizations that provide reentry services, and community-based behavioral health providers to improve clinical stabilization pretrial, during confinement, and support continuity of care and recovery during the transition to the community through clinical and other evidence-based activities or services for individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders.

The goal of these efforts is to minimize potential for experiencing crisis and improve recovery outcomes for people with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders who are currently involved with the criminal or juvenile justice systems or reentering the community from these systems.

Award Amount: $825,000 (including no-cost training and technical assistance)

Award Period: 36 months (3 years)

Eligible Applicants Include:

• State governments
• City or township governments
• County governments
• Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Application Deadlines:

• Grants.gov Deadline: April 25, 2024, 8:59 pm Eastern
• Application JustGrants Deadline: April 30, 2024, 8:59 pm Eastern

How to Apply:

Submit a two-step application.

1. Register in Grants.gov and follow the prompts to submit two forms by April 25, 2024.
   
   
   • To apply, you must first have a valid registration in the System for Award Management (SAM). Register at: sam.gov/content/home.
     
     
2. Then complete the full application in JustGrants.usdoj.gov by April 30, 2024. The application’s major elements are:
    
   • The proposal abstract that summarizes the problem you wish to address with your project (no more than 400 words).
   • The proposal narrative that describes your project’s strategies, activities, and major deliverables as well as your capacity to address the problem.
   • The web-based budget form that details how you will allocate the grant funds by task, date, and responsible person.

Thank you for your ongoing partnership, and for all that you do every day to help New Yorkers in need.

Sincerely,

Office of Community Outreach

NYC Department of Social Services