Reference: Colorado DOLA Grant Application-Peace Officer's Mental Health Support
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Doug Imfeld, Peer Support Team Coordinator Brighton PD
Date Prepared: October 13, 2022
PURPOSE
To request approval of the application for the Colorado Department of Local Affairs Peace Officer's Behavioral Health Support and Community Partnerships Grant.
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA
Safe, Active and Engaged Community
BACKGROUND
Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) has made available funding in fiscal year 2022 - 2023 for the purpose of Peace Officer's Mental Health Support. The Peace Officers Behavioral Health Support and Community Partnerships grant program is available for law enforcement agencies, peace officer organizations, and public safety agencies for the following purposes:
1. Co-responder community responses.
2. Community-based alternative responses.
3. Counseling services for peace officers and their immediate family members.
4. Assistance for development and implementation of policies to support peace officers who are involved in shootings or fatal use of force.
5. Training and education programs that teach peace officers and their immediate family members the symptoms of job-related mental trauma and how to prevent and treat such trauma.
6. Peer support programs for peace officers.
7. Hiring, contracting, or developing a remote network to provide behavioral health counseling, therapy, or other related support services to peace officers involved in
job-related traumatic situations.
Grants are approved on a first-come first-serve basis and funds are awarded until exhausted. This is an annual grant program funded by DOLA.
The department was awarded $50,000.00 in grant funds for use between August 2019 and December 2020. The department spent $25,463.76 of the $50,000.00. The use of the funds support...
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