2024 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP)

In general, Byrne SCIP will support state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives, including, but not limited to, mental health courts, drug courts, veteran’s treatment courts, and ERPO programs, as well as related court-based, behavioral health deflection, and gun safety programs or initiatives. Allowable uses of Byrne SCIP funds include, but are not limited to:

Implementation of state crisis intervention court proceedings, including, but not limited to, extreme risk protection order (ERPO) programs.

Specialized court-based programs such as drug, mental health, and veteran’s treatment courts, including those that specifically accept clients with firearm violations:

• Gun violence recovery courts that connect clients in crisis with community resources.
• Threat assessment training for prosecutors, judges, law enforcement, and public defenders.
• Technology, analysis, or information-sharing solutions for ensuring law enforcement, probation, prosecutors, the courts, and public defenders are informed when a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm.
• Development and implementation of validated gun violence risk assessment tools, service case management, and navigation programs to assess the risks and needs of clients and connect them to critical services to mitigate their risk of gun violence and enhance their access to effective interventions.
• Expanding the capacity of existing drug, mental health, and veteran’s treatment courts to assist clients who are most likely to commit or become victims of gun crimes.
   

Behavioral health deflection for those at risk to themselves or others:

• Assertive community treatment.
• Behavioral threat assessment programs and related training.
• Triage services, mobile crisis units (both co-responder and civilian only), and peer support specialists.
• Technological supports such as smartphone applications to help families and patients navigate mental health and related systems and telehealth initiatives, including technology solutions for telehealth visits outside the hospital.
• Behavioral health responses and civil legal responses to behavioral health responses such as regional crisis call centers, crisis mobile team response, and crisis receiving and stabilization facilities for individuals in crisis.
• Specialized training for individuals who serve or are in families of individuals who are in crisis.
• Related law enforcement-based programs, training, and technology.
   

Funding for law enforcement agencies to safely secure, store, track, and return relinquished guns:

• Gun locks and storage for individuals and businesses.
• Software/technologies to track relinquished guns.
• Development and or delivery of specialized training and overtime for officers to attend training.

• Organizational Details: Information about the Legal Entity applying for funds.
• Application Questions/Statement of Work: Project Duration, Project Type, Application Primary Contact, Project Officials, Project Summary, Problem Statement, Project Plan, Implementation Plan, and Performance Measures Data Collection Plan.
• Goals and Outcomes: These are the elements against which the project will be evaluated and which will be used to report quarterly and final progress to DCJ. Provide Project/Program Goal(s), Outcomes, Measurements, and Timeframes.
• Evaluation Plan: Describe the Evaluation Plan for the Project based on the stated Goals, Outcomes, and Measurements. 
• Budget Details: Line Items, Justifications, and Narratives for the Project Budget.
• Budget Questions: Questions about other funding and sustainability related to the Project.
• Organizational Chart (required if personnel funds requested).
• Approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (required if funds for a negotiated indirect cost rate are requested).
• Financial Management Questionnaire.
• Most Recent Full Financial Audit and/or Governance Letter (or Full Financial Review if revenue is under $300,000).

$1,825,776
 

October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025

Match is not a requirement for this funding.

As directed by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Byrne SCIP funds CANNOT be used for:

• More than 10 percent of direct administrative costs of the project. Indirect costs are not part of the 10 percent limit on direct administrative costs.
• Prizes, rewards, entertainment, trinkets (or any type of monetary incentive)
• Client stipends
• Gift cards
• Food and beverage
• Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), including unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV), and all accompanying accessories to support UAS or UAV
• Lobbying
• Supplanting
   

Units of local government (city, county, township, town, or certain federally recognized American Indian tribes) may apply to OAJJA for a Byrne SCIP grant. Applicants may include but are not limited to courts (district, county, municipal, and tribal), law enforcement, public health departments, behavioral health, district attorney’s offices, public defender’s offices, probation offices, emergency communication, etc.
 

Applications will be reviewed by the JAG/SCIP Advisory Board using the criteria listed below. If a project application is denied funding, a letter describing the reasons for the denial of funding and information on how to request reconsideration (if eligible for reconsideration) of the Board decision will be sent to the applicant.

The proposed project is likely to positively impact the Colorado JAG/SCIP Board’s Goals (See Overview section above).

• Applicants meet eligibility requirements. 
• Applicants provide a clear, focused, and concise description of the project, and how the activities/deliverables will address the problem described.
• Applicants clearly identify need through use of statistics/information at the level of the project (i.e., using current state or local data).
  Applicants clearly demonstrate that the proposed project will solve critical problems within a local agency and/or a community, which falls within the purpose of Byrne SCIP, and which will positively impact the Board’s goals. 
• Applicants demonstrate the capability to successfully complete the proposed project. This includes the ability and willingness to comply with federal and state administrative, fiscal, evaluation, reporting, and record keeping requirements. 
• Goals and Outcomes are logical, sensible, clearly written, and directly tied to the Project Plan and the Budget.
• Outcomes are realistic and able to be accomplished in the time frames described. And, Outcomes identify the amount of intended change expressed as a rate, percent or whole number. Measurements are included that will sufficiently document any change that occurs.
• Budget items are detailed, reasonable, specifically defined, justified, demonstrate how costs were determined, and directly tied to the Project Plan and Goals and Outcomes. No concerns of supplanting have been identified.
• Applicants demonstrate the ability and willingness to collect required data and meet the federal performance measures reporting requirements by the 15th day following each calendar quarter using the BJA Performance Measurement Tool (PMT) system.
• Applicants demonstrate the ability and willingness to take measures to safeguard the constitutional rights of individuals subject to ERPO programs/initiatives and/or crisis intervention programs/initiatives implemented under an award
   

If awarded, grantees will receive additional information regarding administrative requirements.

Sample Intergovernmental Grant Agreement for Federal Funds

The grantee will be required to submit financial and programmatic reports describing how the grant funds were utilized, including data and other relevant information on performance metrics. These reports will be required quarterly. In addition to DCJ’s required reports, BJA has established mandatory performance measures, for which data must be submitted by the 15th day following each calendar quarter using BJA’s PMT system. BJA’s reporting requirements and the list of performance measures are available through this link.
 

Announcement date: January 8, 2024

Application deadline: March 8, 2024

Funding decision announced: Early June

Reconsideration/appeals deadline: Mid-June, approximately 5 days following Denial Notification

BJA approval of awards: July to August

Grant Agreement Issuance: August to September

Award Period: October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
 

Amy Miller
Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, OAJJA
Direct: 720-357-4962
E-mail: Amy.L.Miller@state.co.us

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Accessibility and Accommodations: The State of Colorado is committed to providing equitable access to our services to all Coloradans. The Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals, and we are continually making changes to improve accessibility and usability of our services. As part of this commitment, the DCJ is prepared to offer reasonable accommodations for those who have difficulty engaging with our content. As an example, documents can be produced in an alternative file format upon request. To request this and other accommodations, or to discuss your needs further, please contact Amy Miller at 720-357-4962 or Amy.L.Miller@state.co.us. 
 

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