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Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Grant

Q: HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE?

There is approximately $9.8 million in funding available through the FY 2024 LEMHWA implementation projects. Each award is two years (24 months) in duration for a maximum of $200,000 per award. There is no local match.

The Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) Program funds are used to improve the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement through the implementation of peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention, and other promising practices for wellness programs.

funding for officer wellness programs

The LEMHWA Grant is available to fund projects that develop knowledge and increase awareness of effective mental health and wellness strategies, increase the skills and abilities of law enforcement, and increase the number of law enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders using peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention, and other promising practices for wellness programs.

Any state, local, tribal, or territorial law enforcement agencies seeking to implement training for officer emotional and mental health, peer mentoring, suicide prevention, stress reduction, and support services for officers and their families should know about and apply for the LEMHWA grant.

LEMHWA & POWER

The POWER Training Program offered by Beyond Us & Them offers a dynamic and innovative wellness program that may be a good fit for agencies seeking to increase resources for officers in the area of physical, mental and emotional wellness, working more effectively with stressors and work-life balance.

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Our POWER program is focused on improving:

officer health and wellbeing
self-awareness
self-regulation
stress management
communication skills
relations with colleagues and family
connections with community members

WHAT IS THE LEMHWA GRANT?

The LEMHWA Implementation Projects solicitation aims to support state, local, tribal, or territorial law enforcement agencies seeking to implement new or enhance existing programs that offer training and services on officer emotional and mental health, peer mentoring, suicide prevention, stress reduction, and support services for officers and their families Proposed projects may serve one agency, a consortium of agencies, or personnel from agencies located within a county or state.

The LEMHWA National Level Resources, Training, and Technical Assistance solicitation aims to develop resources such as toolkits and publications; offer training; and provide assistance to state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies across the country to implement successful mental health and wellness initiatives for officers and their families.

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WHAT IS THE "POWER" PROGRAM?

LEMHWA grant funds can be used to bring the POWER Training Program to any LE agency in the U.S.

The Peace Officer Wellness, Empathy & Resilience (POWER) Training Program offered through Beyond Us & Them is a nationally certified, intensive and interactive 3-month curriculum for police and correctional officers that utilizes mindfulness practices, compassion-based communication exercises, and training in wellness-related areas such as stress management and self-care. In addition to improvements in individual officer health and wellness, POWER is designed to enhance and improve agency culture and police-community relations.

POWER has been recognized by IADLEST's National Certification Program Seal of Excellence. It was originally developed in partnership with C-POST and has been embraced in an official partnership with the Department of Justice COPS Office. The program has produced evidence of a high degree of satisfaction amongst participants -- and statistically significant improvements in mindfulness, non-reactivity, empathy, emotion awareness and regulation, and decreases in perceived stress and anger, as well as significant anecdotal accounts of improvements in key measures of physical health. Research conducted by evaluators from the University of California Los Angeles on a recent POWER cohort from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office can be found here.

The POWER Training Program is a unique and impactful intervention that has a powerful positive impact on officer wellness, as well as morale and engagement. In addition to improving health outcomes, POWER is designed to enhance communication skills and relationality, which are fundamental elements of procedural justice and are critical to improving interactions with communities served.

POWER can be delivered to one or multiple groups of up to 25 participants and can be customized for participants from a single unit within an agency, or for a mix of participants from multiple local first-responder groups. Train-the-trainer classes can be added on after completion of the initial 3-month module, should that be of interest.

Read more about the POWER Training Program

Read more about the POWER Training Program here.

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Reach out to us if you are interested in applying for LEMWHA funding to bring the POWER Training Program to your agency; we can help with the grant writing and submission process.