Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program (JDTC)

Link

https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2024-172050

Additional Links

Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)

Deadline

Application Deadline: May 14, 2024

Sponsor

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Purpose

Provides funding to support juvenile courts working to establish new juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTC) or to strengthen existing JDTCs. Offers access to treatment and recovery services, case management, and other supports in combination with judicial supervision for youth with substance use disorder (SUDs) or co-occurring mental health disorders (CODs), including those with histories of trauma. Aims to reduce substance use and recidivism, and improve outcomes for youth involved in the justice system and their family members.

The JDTC program consists of 2 grant categories:

• Category 1: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Planning and Implementation Program are grants available to jurisdictions that identified a need to establish a juvenile drug treatment court.
• Category 2: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Enhancement Program are grants available to jurisdictions with a fully operational juvenile drug treatment court to enhance and expand the operation of the court.

Category specific goals, objectives, and deliverables can be found in the funding announcement.

Amount of Funding

Award ceiling:

• Category 1: $1,000,000
• Category 2: $650,000

Project period: 48 months

Estimated number of awards: 10 total awards

• Up to 2 awards for Category 1
• Up to 3 awards for Category 2

Estimated total program funding: $4,000,000

Applicants are required to provide cash or in-kind matching funds for 25% of the total project costs.

Who Can Apply

Eligible applicants are limited to the following entities:

• States
• City, township, or county governments
• Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
• Native American tribal organizations

Priority consideration is given to applicants that meet the following criteria:

• Proposals designed to meaningfully advance equity and remove barriers to accessing services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
• Applicants that demonstrate their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they are a population specific organization that serves communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Capacity Building • New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing

Application Process

Application requirements, instructions, and other information can be found in the funding announcement.

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

• Step 1: Applicants will submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by the May 14, 2024 deadline.
• Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by the May 28, 2024 deadline.

Applicant webinar
(Registration required)
April 19, 2024
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern

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 can be found on the program website.

Rural communities who received funding include include:

• Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, North Dakota to design and implement a Tribal Drug Treatment Court Program to serve tribal youth.
• Hoopa Valley Tribe in Hoopa, California to enhance and expand its existing Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court program.

Topics This Program Addresses

Adverse Childhood Experiences • Community Planning and Coalition Building • Community Supervision • Crime Reduction • Justice System • Mental Health • Opioids • Recovery • Social Services • Substance Use Disorder • Treatment • Violence, Trauma, and Abuse • Youth