Deadline: 20-May-22
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for 2022 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program to plan and implement and to enhance veterans treatment court services to include coordination, management of veterans treatment court participants, and recovery support services.
Goal: To provide veterans treatment courts and criminal justice professionals with the resources needed to implement, enhance, and sustain evidence-based treatment and recovery support programs and systems for eligible veterans in the criminal justice system who have substance use disorders.
Objectives
- Ensure practitioners have the tools to effectively provide judicial and community supervision, mandatory and random drug testing, substance use disorder and mental health treatment, and appropriate incentives and sanctions.
- Utilize evidence-based practices and principles that incorporate NADCP’s best practice standards and other relevant research.
- Ensure early and accurate identification of potential veterans for referral to veterans treatment courts, including use of the Veterans Re-Entry Search Service.
- Ensure that all individuals eligible for the program have equivalent access to it as measured by the collection and examination of program data.
- Build and maximize the capacity of jurisdictions to ensure that all potential participants are identified and assessed for risk and need.
- Enhance the provision of recovery support services, including transitional clean and sober housing assistance, to support ongoing recovery.
- Enhance collaboration between states and local and/or tribal jurisdictions to support the operations and enhancements of VTC activities.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $29,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
Eligibility Criteria
- For Category 1: Planning and Implementation and Category 2: Enhancement the following entities are eligible to apply: State governments City or township governments County governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Other State, city, township, county, or tribal government acting directly or through agreements with other public or private entities on behalf of a single drug court.
- For Category 3: Statewide, the following entities are eligible to apply: State agencies such as the State Administering Agency, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the State Substance Abuse Agency State criminal justice agencies and other state agencies involved with the provision of substance use and/or mental health services, or related services, to veterans in the criminal justice system For purposes of this solicitation, "state" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=338921