OAJJA: 2025 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:

Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Programs:

• Implementing ERPO Programs – an extreme risk protection order (ERPO) empowers law enforcement, and in some states, family members, health care providers, and others to petition a court for a civil order that temporarily prevents a person from accessing firearms if they are found to be a danger to themselves. In 2021, the Department of Justice released model legislation that provides a framework for states to consider as they determine whether and how to craft laws allowing law enforcement, concerned family members, or others to seek these orders and to intervene before warning signs turn into tragedy.
  • Training for those implementing ERPO programs –
  • Training for judiciary and court staff on ERPO proceedings
  • Training for family members on ERPO
  • Training for first responders on ERPO
  • Training for social service providers on ERPO
  • Training for clinicians on ERPO
• Communication, Education, and Public Awareness of Existing ERPO Laws
  • Outreach to community members, stakeholders, municipal leaders, law enforcement agencies, and those engaging with individuals deemed to be at high risk of firearm violence to raise public awareness about the value and public safety benefits of existing laws and programs, and effective implementation of such laws and programs.
  • Development and distribution of ERPO fact sheets, brochures, webinars, television or radio engagement (e.g., advertisements, spotlights, etc.), and social media outreach (e.g., YouTube, Facebook, X) in order to execute the communication, education, and public awareness strategy.
  • Publication of best practices regarding ERPO programs.

Related Court-based Programming:

• Develop processes to identify, triage and connect court-involved people in crisis to services.
• Expand the capacity of existing drug, mental health, and veterans’ treatment courts, including to assist clients who are most likely to commit or become victims of gun crimes.
• Implementing or expanding domestic violence courts focused on those at risk for gun related violence.
• Embed social workers in prosecutor, public defender and/or courts agencies to provide screening, assessment, and referral to services for people in crisis, such as court-based navigators.
• Prosecutor, pretrial, or court diversion programs.
• Development and implementation of validated gun violence risk assessment tools, enhancement of existing tools and 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.
• Community courts that connect people in crisis with community resources.
• Programming and training on domestic violence cases and related protection orders, including relinquishment of firearms.
• Threat assessment training for prosecutors, judges, law enforcement, and public defenders.

Referrals to Community-based Services for People in Crisis:

• (see the National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care Best Practice Toolkit and Guidance for Emergency Responses to People with Behavioral Health or Other Disabilities)
• Pre-arrest law enforcement and first responder deflection.
• 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.
• Suicide and crisis prevention and referral to services.
• 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 people in crisis, such as regional crisis call centers, crisis mobile team response, and crisis receiving and stabilization facilities for individuals in crisis.
• De-escalation training for law enforcement, first responders and other justice practitioners.
• Embedding social workers with law enforcement and co-responder programs.
• Specialized training for individuals who work with or are in families of adults and youth who are in crisis.
• Related law enforcement-based programs, training, and technology, focused on crisis intervention for those at risk to themselves or others.

Funding for Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention Programs or Initiatives:

• Development and or delivery of specialized training, including crisis response and intervention training (CRIT), and overtime for officers to attend such training.
• Training for school resource officers on identifying youth at risk for firearm violence.
• Supplies, equipment, technology, and training to safely secure, store, track, and return relinquished guns, such as gun locks and storage for individuals and businesses and software or other technologies to track relinquished guns.
• Gun safety training for community members.
• Systems purchase or enhancement to facilitate service and/or tracking of ERPOs.
• 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.
• Data collection, analysis, and strategic planning to address community gun violence.
• Personnel, supplies, and other related costs for crisis intervention officers or co-responders.

• Project Officials: You must have a minimum of three distinct contacts for this application, the Project Director, Financial Officer, and Signature Authority. You will also be asked to list a Primary Contact, an individual who will be contacted during the review period and will be notified of award decisions and next steps. The Primary Contact can be the same individual as one of the Project Officials or can be a different individual.
• Project Overview: Project Title, Project Duration, Project Type, Project Summary, Problem Statement, Measure to Protect Constitutional Rights (for certain Project Types), Project Plan, Implementation Plan, and a Performance Measures Data Collection Plan.
• Goals and Objectives: 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), Objectives, Measurements, and Timeframes.
• Budget Details: Line Items, Justifications, and Narratives for the Project Budget.
• Attachments: Organizational Chart (required if personnel funds requested) and a current Approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (required if funds for a negotiated indirect cost rate are requested)

$1,494,249
 

October 1, 2025 - September 30, 2026

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 6, 2025

Application deadline: March 10, 2025

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, 2025 to September 30, 2026
 

Robyn May
Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, OAJJA
Direct: 303-842-3344
E-mail: Robyn.May@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 Robyn May at 303-842-3344 or Robyn.may@state.co.us.