Rural Health
Funding by Topic: Criminal justice system

Cooperative Agreements for Innovative Community Crisis Response Partnerships Inactive
Funding to create or enhance existing mobile crisis response teams to divert adults, children, and youth experiencing mental health crises from law enforcement in high-need communities. A high-need community is one where mobile crisis services are absent or inconsistent, where most mental health crises are responded to by first responders, and/or where first responders are not adequately trained or equipped to diffuse mental health crises. This includes increasing access to licensed/credentialed professionals in rural and remote communities.

Alaska Native Youth Training and Technical Assistance Project Inactive
Funding to provide comprehensive and culturally relevant training and technical assistance to support Alaska Native villages and communities in their efforts to create, expand, and/or sustain programs, services, and supports for youth. The program is designed to build capacity of organizations to offer prevention and intervention services for Alaska native youth to reduce juvenile delinquency, incarceration, substance use, suicide, expulsion or dropout from school, and other challenges.

Comprehensive Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Program Inactive
Grants to support state, local, and tribal drug take-back efforts, including purchasing storage and disposal equipment and other innovative approaches.

Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Provider Inactive
Funding for a single entity to serve as a training and technical assistance provider to support site-based grantees working to reduce violent crime in rural areas. Applicants should demonstrate how they have worked closely with law enforcement agencies and allied public safety and health providers in the past in addressing violent crime problems.

National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault Inactive
Funding to establish a National Tribal Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault to provide training and technical assistance designed to improve victim services for and the criminal and civil justice response to American Indian/Alaska Native sexual assault victims, as well as increase offender accountability for such crimes.

Using Telehealth to Improve Care, Access, and Quality of Sexual Assault Forensic Exams Inactive
Grants to enhance the care for sexual assault victims, improve access and quality of forensic examinations, and expand access to the expertise of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners through telehealth technology for communities with limited access.