The 2025 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act program funds the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services, training, and programming for employees of law enforcement agencies and their families through the implementation of peer support, training, family resources, suicide prevention, stress reduction, clinical support, and other promising practices for wellness programs. The 2025 LEMHWA program will fund projects that:

• Increase law enforcement agency capacity to provide mental health and wellness training and resources for employees of law enforcement agencies and their families.
• Increase law enforcement agency capacity to implement peer support networks for crisis and non-crisis circumstances.
• Increase law enforcement agency capacity to address and reduce the stigma associated with officer mental health and wellness by supporting the implementation of mental health education and development of resources.

All local, state, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies that have primary law enforcement authority are eligible to apply. Up to $9.8 million is available for this program.

Note that there are two deadlines. The deadline to submit an SF-424 on Grants.gov is Tuesday, June 24, 2025 (by 4:59pm ET). The deadline to submit the full application, including attachments on JustGrants is Monday, June 30, 3035 (by 4:59pm ET).

Eligibility

Local law enforcement agencies, state law enforcement agencies, tribal law enforcement agencies, and territorial law enforcement agencies are eligible for this program.

Law enforcement agencies that received LEMHWA funding in either FY23, FY24 or both fiscal years, are not eligible for this notice of funding opportunity.

Webinar

There will be an informational webinar on Thursday, May 22 at 11am Eastern. Register for the webinar here.

How to Apply

Applicants can visit the How to Apply page for more information, as well as a step-by-step guide on how to apply.