C.R.S. Section 27-60-402
Early intervention, deflection, and redirection from the criminal justice system grant program

  • established
  • permissible uses

(1)

There is established in the behavioral health administration the early intervention, deflection, and redirection from the criminal justice system grant program to provide grants to eligible entities to fund programs and other strategies that:

(a)

Provide behavioral health treatment or resources to prevent individuals from becoming involved in the criminal justice system or further penetrating into the system;

(b)

Facilitate a direct community response to effectively respond to a person in a behavioral health crisis with the goal of preventing people with behavioral health needs from being arrested; or

(c)

After an arrest, redirect individuals with behavioral health needs, including individuals engaged in competency evaluation or restoration provided in a community setting and not in a jail-based setting, from the criminal justice system to appropriate community-based treatment and support services.

(2)

An early intervention, deflection, and redirection from the criminal justice system grant may be used for any of the following:

(a)

To support, create, or expand pre-arrest early intervention programs, including community-based alternative response programs described in section 24-32-3501 (8);

(b)

To support, create, or expand co-responder community response, as defined in section 24-32-3501 (8);

(c)

To fund enhanced staffing, facility improvements, or security measures for existing crisis walk-in centers, crisis stabilization units, mobile crisis services, or crisis respite services, as described in section 27-60-103 (1)(b), and withdrawal management programs at facilities approved pursuant to article 81 of this title 27. A crisis walk-in center must use a grant award to enable the crisis walk-in center to accept all behavioral health related first responder drop-offs and provide crisis receiving and stabilization services. Grants awarded for crisis stabilization units, mobile crisis services, crisis respite services, and withdrawal management programs must be used to provide crisis receiving and stabilization services.

(d)

Collaboration between community-based organizations and court-appointed counsel who represent indigent clients to facilitate behavioral health screening and assessment and to help clients access behavioral health and other supportive services, particularly during early stages in a criminal proceeding;

(e)

Comprehensive service delivery, including models where multiple partners co-locate or create new resource centers, to ensure swift connection to and receipt of social support services including, but not limited to, counseling, job placement services, housing navigation assistance and support, benefits enrollment, family counseling, substance use treatment, case management services, peer support, and other supportive services. To receive a grant for comprehensive service delivery, the applicant must demonstrate collaboration with local partners that will provide social support services as part of the comprehensive service delivery.

(f)

Comprehensive pre-release planning for individuals in a jail or prison with behavioral health needs, to prevent reincarceration;

(g)

To support, create, or expand programs to help people who have a pending municipal criminal case attend their court dates and avoid jail for non-appearance, such as through court reminders, ride assistance, or other supportive interventions. A program that operates with grant money must serve a substantial number of people with behavioral health needs.

(h)

To establish and operate, or fund an existing, mobile medication-assisted treatment unit;

(i)

Other innovations or programs aimed at deflecting, redirecting, or otherwise preventing people with behavioral health needs from further penetrating into the criminal justice system;

(j)

Technical assistance and capacity-building, as identified by the applicant as a component of the program, to support delivery of evidence-based or evidence-informed services along the behavioral health continuum of care; and

(k)

Capital expenditures related to providing the treatment and services described in this subsection (2).

(3)

The BHA shall provide grant recipients with information about the 988 crisis hotline, defined in section 27-64-102, to ensure that the grant recipients are aware of the services available by using the 988 crisis hotline.

(4)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The behavioral health administration shall administer the grant program in collaboration with the department of public safety. The BHA shall create a grant application process and shall make the process publicly available on its website prior to accepting applications. The BHA shall begin accepting grant applications no later than December 31, 2022.

(b)

The BHA and department of public safety shall engage in statewide community outreach to make eligible entities aware of the grant program, application process, and deadlines.

(c)

No later than sixty days before the grant application deadline, the BHA and department of public safety shall jointly hold a public meeting to present information about the grant program and to give eligible entities the opportunity to ask questions regarding the grant program. The BHA may allow electronic attendance and participation at the meeting.

(d)

The BHA shall provide grant application and program development support upon request to an eligible entity that has an annual budget of less than one million dollars. Available support may include assistance with grant-writing, program design, identifying sustainable funding opportunities, program implementation, and data-gathering and evaluation.

Source: Section 27-60-402 — Early intervention, deflection, and redirection from the criminal justice system grant program - established - permissible uses, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-27.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

27‑60‑100.3
Definitions
27‑60‑101
Behavioral health crisis response system - legislative declaration
27‑60‑103
Behavioral health crisis response system - services - request for proposals - criteria - reporting - rules - definitions - repeal
27‑60‑104
Behavioral health crisis response system - crisis service facilities - walk-in centers - mobile response units - report
27‑60‑104.5
Behavioral health capacity tracking system - rules - legislative declaration - definitions
27‑60‑105
Outpatient restoration to competency services - jail-based behavioral health services - responsible entity - duties - report - legislative declaration
27‑60‑106
Jail-based behavioral health services program - purpose - created - funding - repeal
27‑60‑106.5
Criminal justice diversion programs - report - rules
27‑60‑108
Peer support professionals - cash fund - fees - requirements - rules - legislative declaration - definitions
27‑60‑109
Temporary youth mental health services program - established - report - rules - definitions - repeal
27‑60‑110
Behavioral health-care services for rural and agricultural communities - vouchers - contract - appropriation
27‑60‑112
Behavioral health-care workforce development program - creation - rules - report
27‑60‑114
Colorado land-based tribe behavioral health services grant - creation - funding - definitions - repeal
27‑60‑115
Behavioral health feasibility study - authority to contract - report - definitions - appropriation
27‑60‑201
Legislative declaration
27‑60‑202
Definitions
27‑60‑203
Behavioral health administration - timeline
27‑60‑204
Care coordination infrastructure - implementation - care navigation program - creation - report - rules - definition
27‑60‑206
Substance use workforce stability grant program - repeal
27‑60‑301
Definitions
27‑60‑302
Behavioral health-care provider workforce plan - expansion - current workforce
27‑60‑303
Behavioral health administration - additional duties - collaboration with other agencies
27‑60‑304
Reports
27‑60‑305
Repeal of part
27‑60‑401
Definitions
27‑60‑402
Early intervention, deflection, and redirection from the criminal justice system grant program - established - permissible uses
27‑60‑403
Grant program application - criteria - award - rules
27‑60‑404
Grant program reporting requirements
27‑60‑405
Grant program funding - requirements - reports - appropriation
27‑60‑406
Repeal of part
27‑60‑501
Definitions
27‑60‑502
Behavioral health-care continuum gap grant program - established - rules
27‑60‑503
Grant program application - criteria - contributing resources - award - rules
27‑60‑504
Grant program reporting requirements
27‑60‑505
Grant program funding - requirements - reports
27‑60‑506
Repeal of part
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 27-60-402’s source at colorado​.gov