Deadline: 11-Apr-23
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks applications for funding to plan, implement, and enhance substance use treatment courts, including service coordination, management of treatment court participants, fidelity to the model, and recovery support services.
The purpose of the Adult Treatment Court (ATC) Discretionary Grant Program is to reduce the misuse of opioids, stimulants, and other substances by people involved in the criminal justice system. Recognizing the significant increase in overdose deaths and their public health impact, BJA also encourages applicants to focus on preventing overdose and overdose deaths. In the proposal narrative, the applicant is required to describe a plan to provide access to medicationassisted treatment (MAT) in serving individuals with substance use disorders.
Objectives
- Ensure treatment court practitioners have the tools to effectively provide judicial and community supervision, mandatory and random drug testing, substance use and mental health disorder treatment, and appropriate incentives and sanctions.
- Utilize evidence-based practices and principles that incorporate NADCP’s 10 Best Practice Standards and other relevant research.
- Build and maximize capacity to ensure all potential participants are identified and assessed for risk and need using a validated risk and clinical assessment tool to determine their eligibility.
- Ensure that all individuals eligible for the treatment court program have equivalent access as measured by the collection and examination of program data.
- Enhance the provision of recovery support services, including transitional recovery housing assistance and peer and family support, to support ongoing recovery.
- Ensure treatment court participants have access to all types of FDA-approved medications to treatment substance use disorders, and include training on overdose prevention.
- Enhance collaboration between states and local and/or tribal jurisdictions to support the operations and enhancements of adult treatment court activities.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Number of Awards: 42
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $2,500,000
- Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/2023
- Period of Performance Duration (Months): 48
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $45,600,000
Categories
- Planning and Implementation: Planning and Implementation grants are available to eligible jurisdictions ready to commit to a 6- month planning phase followed by an implementation phase for an evidence-based adult treatment court. The ATC must have core capacity to provide critical treatment services, case management and coordination, judicial supervision, sanctions and incentive services, and other key services such as transitional housing, relapse prevention, employment, and peer recovery support to reduce recidivism.
- Enhancement: Enhancement grants are available to eligible jurisdictions with an operational adult treatment court. Funding may be used to assist a jurisdiction to scale up its existing court program’s capacity; provide access to or enhance treatment capacity or other critical support services; enhance court operations; expand or enhance court services; build or enhance collection and use of key drug operation and outcome data; or improve the quality and/or intensity of services based on needs assessments.
- Statewide: State applicants may apply for funding to improve, enhance, or expand adult treatment court services statewide.
Eligibility Criteria
- State governments
- City or township governments
- Special district governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- Others
For more information, visit Grants.gov.