Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004

Signed into law late in 2004, this legislation would authorize $50 million in federal funding for grants to states to support pre- and post-booking interventions, including crisis intervention teams and law enforcement training, mental health courts, re-entry and transitional programs. The bill establishes one-year planning grants and five-year implementation grants that would require states to increase their share of the funding in the out years. For the legislative language, check S. 1194 at http://thomas.loc.gov/