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Hot Springs police seek DOJ wellness grant to fund two-year wellness coordinator
Summary
The police chief said a 100%-funded Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act grant would fund a two-year contracted staff member to build resilience, leadership and family outreach programming for officers; no vote was taken at the agenda meeting.
Police Chief Chapman told the board the Department of Justice mental‑health and wellness grant is fully funded and would require no local match if awarded. "This is a 100% fully funded grant if we are awarded, so it's a 0% match for the city," Chapman said, characterizing the award as a follow‑on to an earlier 2025 grant that seeded the department's wellness program.
Chapman said the grant would pay for a two‑year contracted staff member to establish resiliency and leadership training, succession planning and metrics tracking and to extend services to officers' families. He described potential cross‑departmental uses (fire and other departments) and said the role would serve as a training coordinator and program manager. The item was presented as a consent agenda grant application; board members heard the presentation but no formal acceptance vote occurred at this meeting.
