Rural Community Toolbox: Funding & Resources for Rural Communities to Address Substance Misuse

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Adult Treatment Court Program

Link

https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2024-171972

Additional Links

Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Solicitation Overview

Deadline

Application Deadline: May 2, 2024

Sponsor

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Purpose

Provides funding and resources to local, state, and federally recognized tribal governments to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of adult treatment courts. Provides treatment courts and community supervision systems with materials and resources to reduce recidivism, increase access to treatment and recovery services, and prevent overdoses among nonviolent offenders.

Aims to reduce the misuse of opioids, stimulants, and other substances by people involved in the justice system through the following objectives:

  • Increase potential participants screened and assessed to determine program eligibility and identify criminogenic risk, substance use disorder (SUD), or mental health conditions
  • Administer mandatory and random drug and alcohol testing and monitor participants' substance use and treatment progress
  • Provide or develop access to evidence-based SUD treatment and recovery support services
  • Ensure participants have access to all types of FDA-approved medications to treat SUDs
  • Increase graduation rates and reduce the current recidivism rate among all treatment court participants actively participating in the grant program
  • Provide judicial and community supervision, mandatory and random drug testing, SUD and mental health treatment, and appropriate incentives and sanctions
  • Use evidence-based practices and principles that incorporate the best practice standards and other relevant research
  • Ensure that all individuals eligible for the treatment court program have equivalent access as measured by the program data

Eligible applicants may apply for funding under the appropriate program category:

Category 1: Planning and Implementation grants support jurisdictions that are ready to commit to a 6-month planning phase followed by an implementation phase for an evidence-based adult treatment court.

Category 2: Enhancement grants offer funding to jurisdictions with an operational adult treatment court. Assists courts in implementing strategies that increase program capacity; enhance court operations and services; build or enhance the collection and use of data, and provide access to or enhance treatment and support services.

Category 3: Statewide grants help state agencies to improve, enhance, or expand drug court services statewide. Activities may include scaling up adult treatment court program capacity; helping local/rural jurisdictions to launch new adult treatment courts; expanding treatment and services; providing training and technical assistance, assisting with data collection and analysis, and other support.

Additional information about program activities, objectives, and deliverables can be found in the program guidance.

Eligible drug court types include:

  • Adult drug courts
  • Driving while intoxicated (DWI)/driving under the influence (DUI) courts
  • Co-occurring courts in which participants are diagnosed with both substance use and mental health disorders
  • Tribal healing to wellness courts (THWCs)

Amount of Funding

Award ceilings:

  • Category 1: $900,000
  • Category 2: $1,000,000
  • Category 3: $2,500,000

Estimated number of awards:

  • Category 1: 9 awards
  • Category 2: 33 awards
  • Category 3: 3 awards

Project period: 48 months
Estimated total program funding: $47,450,000

Applicants must provide matching funds for 25% of the project costs. Matching funds can be cash and/or in-kind contributions and must be from non-federal sources.

Who Can Apply

Eligible Category 1 and Category 2 applicants include:

  • States
  • City, township, county, or special district governments
  • Other units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or general purpose political subdivisions of a state
  • Federally recognized tribal governments
  • Public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities
  • Public or private entities acting on behalf of a single treatment court through agreement with state, city, township, county, or tribal government

Eligible Category 3 applicants are state agencies such as:

  • State Administering Agency (SAA)
  • Administrative Office of the Courts
  • State Substance Abuse Agency
  • State criminal justice agencies
  • Other state agencies involved with the provision of substance use and/or mental illness services, or related services

Priority consideration is given to:

  1. Proposals that promote racial equity and support the removal of barriers to access and opportunity for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequality.
  2. Proposals that seek to expand access to services to rural and or tribal communities.

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Capacity Building • New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing

Application Process

Application instructions, requirements, and other information about the online application process can be found in the funding announcement.

Applications must be submitted electronically through a 2-step process:

  • Step 1: Applicants submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by the May 2, 2024 deadline.
  • Step 2: Applicants submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by the May 9, 2024 deadline.

Applicant webinar recording

Contact

For questions on submitting in grants.gov:
800-518-4726
support@grants.gov

For questions on submitting in JustGrants:
833-872-5175
JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov

For programmatic and technical questions:
Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Response Center
800-851-3420
TTY at 301-240-6310
grants@ncjrs.gov

Rural Awards

Past awards communities received in fiscal year 2023 awards are found on the program website.

Rural communities who have received funding include:

Topics This Program Addresses

American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians • Community Supervision • Crime Reduction • Education and Training • Housing and Homelessness • Justice System • Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) • Opioids • Overdose Prevention • Recovery • Social Services • Substance Use Disorder • Treatment