JONESBORO — The City of Jonesboro has received a $550,000 grant from the Department of Justice to create crisis intervention teams designed to better handle incidents involving citizens with mental health and substance abuse disorders.

The Connect & Protect grant is a law enforcement behavioral health program that will partner the Jonesboro Police Department with Arisa Health Inc., to address an ever-increasing number of calls involving people suffering mental health and/or substance use crises.