Deadline: 6 May 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Drug Treatment Courts Training and Technical Assistance Program.
This program furthers the Department’s mission by building the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and tribal governments to develop, maintain, and enhance drug courts for juveniles and parents/guardians with substance abuse problems or co-occurring mental health disorders, specifically those related to opioid abuse.
The overall goal of the Drug Treatment Court TTA Program is to assist new and operational juvenile or family drug treatment court programs in the development and implementation of improved practices for increased program effectiveness and long-term participant success. OJJDP requires providers to assist new and operational courts (federally funded and nonfederally funded) with building and maximizing local capacity around effectively identifying and assessing potential drug court participants; ensuring drug court participants receive targeted research-based services; implementing consistent, efficient, and effective case planning, monitoring, and supervision procedures; enhancing the provision of treatment and recovery support services; and helping collect and report on performance measures to identify and assess successes, gaps, and trends in drug court case processing and service delivery.
Program Categories
- Category 1: Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts TTA Program
- Category 2: Family Drug Courts TTA Program
Award Information
- OJJDP expects to make up to two awards with an estimated total amount awarded of up to $8,000,000. OJJDP expects to make awards for a 36-month period of performance, to begin on October 1, 2019.
- Under Category 1 (Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts TTA), OJJDP expects to make one award of up to $3,500,000.
- Under Category 2 (Family Drug Courts TTA), OJJDP expects to make one award of up to $4,500,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are limited to nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations) and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education). All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
- OJJDP welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award; however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees).
- The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire program. Under this solicitation, only one application by any particular applicant entity will be considered. An entity may, however, be proposed as a subrecipient (subgrantee) in more than one application.
How to Apply
Applicants must register themselves via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=313493