Texas to Receive Nearly $11M to Improve Crisis Intervention Programs
· Texas Border Business
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has allocated $10,973,066 in federal grants to the Governor’s Public Safety Office. This funding aims to enhance state and local crisis intervention programs, focusing on expanding behavioral health crisis response initiatives and specialized court programs addressing factors that contribute to violence. The funding is part of the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program, established through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which Cornyn co-authored. Cornyn emphasized that these resources will aid law enforcement in effectively managing behavioral health crises and support treatment courts for drugs, mental health, and veterans.
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