Apply Now for Short-Term, Free Police-Mental Health Collaboration Support in 2023
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With support from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance, The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center is offering free training and technical assistance (TA) to jurisdictions and agencies looking to develop data collection strategies to enhance police-mental health collaborations (PMHC). This support will focus on data collection and performance metrics and can include online training, consultation with subject matter experts, policy review, and peer connections.
At the end of the TA, you will have developed a data plan for your PMHC, identified challenges and solutions for information sharing, selected impactful performance metrics for measuring success of your program and, developed reliable strategies for collecting these metrics.
Please submit your application by July 10, 2023. You will be notified about any next steps no later than July 24, 2023. If you have any questions, contact Carleigh Sailon at csailon@csg.org.
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