2022 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program (US)

Deadline: 25-May-22

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) seeks applications for funding for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program.

OJJDP envisions a nation where your children are free from crime and violence. If they come into contact with the justice system, the contact should be rare, fair, and beneficial to them.  The Juvenile Drug Treatment Court (JDTC) Program seeks to build the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to implement new and innovative approaches to enhance existing juvenile drug treatment courts and improve outcomes for youth with substance use or co-occurring mental health disorders, including histories of trauma.

Goals, Objectives and Deliverables

• Category 1: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Statewide Program
  • Goals: The goal of this category is to support State Administrative Offices of the Court in collaboration with the State Substance Abuse Agency to develop statewide approaches for JDTC alignment with best practices related to court operations, treatment, and building recovery capital.
  • Objectives: The objectives of this program are to support statewide strategies to implement the JDTC model with fidelity, standardize JDTC practices, and increase access to and/or availability of substance use disorder treatment and recovery services across the state.
  • Deliverables: Deliverables are to strengthen cross-system collaboration, expand JDTC practices into the larger state juvenile court systems, and increase the scale and scope of services provided by building recovery capital for adolescents. OJJDP also encourages applicants to include plans to collaborate with their state Medicaid Program.
  • Funds may be used to employ a Quality Assurance position to ensure evidence-based practices operate with fidelity. This position may make recommendations for improving operations through program evaluation and data collection.
• Category 2: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Enhancement Program
  • Goals: The goal of this category is to enhance existing JDTCs by enhancing one or more of the following areas using the evidence-based Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines:
    • Enhance adolescent substance use disorder treatment services in existing JDTCs, including screening, assessment, case management, recovery support services, and program coordination to JDTC participants.
    • Develop effective case management.
    • Deliver effective incentives and sanctions.
    • Address criminogenic needs.
    • Implement evidence-based screening tools develop an innovative approach to serve court-involved youth who are not moderate to high risk to offend but have substance use challenges and can benefit from a brief intervention.
    • Successful applicants will be expected to provide a coordinated, multisystem approach designed to combine the judicial oversight authority of JDTCs with effective substance use disorder treatment services in order to reduce recidivism and substance use.
  • Objectives: The objectives of this program are to improve access and availability of adolescent (and family when appropriate) substance use disorder services to a larger number of clients, increase the number of individuals served, and/or propose enhancements to improve the quality of treatment services by adding evidence-based treatment approaches or adding new treatment services to address unmet or emerging trends.
  • Deliverables: The deliverable for this category will be a long-term strategy and detailed implementation plan to enhance the JDTC and include an overview of (1) the JDTC’s current practices and (2) proposed enhancements to change or implement during the project period.

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $7,450,000
• Award Ceiling: $1,100,000

Eligibility Criteria

• City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), State governments, other
• Eligible applicants who propose to provide direct services must not include the provision of services to any person who is older than age 18.
• For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
• This solicitation has two grant categories. Information regarding the specific eligibility requirements for each category can be found below. Applicants must clearly designate the category for which they are applying.
  • Category 1: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Statewide Program Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Statewide grants are available to State Administrative Offices of the Court to enhance fully operational (for at least 1 year) juvenile drug treatment courts by implementing evidence-based practices from the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines across the state.
  • Category 2: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Enhancement Program Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Enhancement grants are available to jurisdictions to enhance fully operational (for at least 1 year) juvenile drug treatment courts by implementing evidence-based practices from the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=339328