§ 31-40-6-3 — Purpose of competitive grant program; use of grant funds; performance measures

(a) The purpose of the juvenile behavioral
health competitive grant program is to support jurisdictions,
particularly in rural areas, to evaluate a child's behavioral health needs
and divert the child from formal court involvement and out-of-home
placement into community or school based mental health treatment.
(b) Grant recipients shall use a validated mental health screening
tool, and a full mental health assessment tool, if necessary, and may use
the funds to conduct the following activities:
(1) Partnering with law enforcement to implement a program to
divert a child from formal court proceedings.
(2) Creating crisis stabilization services and a mobile crisis unit.
(3) Providing comprehensive case management for a child or
family in crisis.
(4) Identifying and strengthening community based intensive
treatment and management services.
(5) Establishing telehealth services (as defined in IC 25-1-9.5-6)
and programs.
(6) Supporting mental health evaluations, which include the use
of telehealth services (as defined in IC 25-1-9.5-6).
(c) The Indiana criminal justice institute may consider those
programs and activities identified for possible funding in the plan
submitted to the commission by the oversight committee under IC 2-5-36-9.3(b), but may not rely exclusively on the plan in providing
statewide funding under the program.
(d) The Indiana criminal justice institute shall adopt performance
measures that apply to grantees under the program, taking into
consideration the recommendations of the oversight committee.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.101-2022, SEC.32. Amended by P.L.201-2023, SEC.250; P.L.122-2025, SEC.10.