Deadline: 29 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 Family Drug Courts Program. This program furthers the Department’s mission by supporting states and communities as they develop and implement effective and coordinated substance abuse intervention programs.
The OJJDP Family Drug Court Program seeks to build the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to sustain existing family drug courts or establish new family drug courts. Family drug courts serve parents who require treatment for a substance abuse disorder and who are involved with the child welfare system as a result of child abuse, neglect, or other parenting issues. Family drug courts provide intensive judicial monitoring and interventions using a multi-disciplinary approach to treat parents’ substance use and/or co-occurring mental health disorders.
Grant Categories
- Category 1: Enhancing Family Drug Courts
- Category 2: Serving Veterans Through Family Drug Courts
- Category 3: Establishing New Family Drug Courts
Funding Information
- Total amount anticipated to be awarded under solicitation $9,000,000 million.
- Estimated maximum dollar amount for each award:
- Under Category 1 (Enhancing Family Drug Courts), OJJDP expects to make eight awards of up to $750,000 each.
- Under Category 2 (Serving Veterans Through Family Drug Courts), OJJDP expects to make three awards of up to $350,000 each.
- Under Category 3 (Establishing New Family Drug Courts), OJJDP expects to make three awards of up to $650,000 each.
- Period of performance start date October 1, 2019.
- Period of performance duration 36 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are limited to states, territories, State courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) acting on behalf of a single jurisdiction drug court.
- Faith and community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations (including tribal nonprofit and for-profit organizations), and institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education) are ineligible as applicants; however, OJJDP encourages these entities to partner with eligible applicants as a community provider of services, if applicable and appropriate.
- Category 1: Enhancing Family Drug Courts and Category 2: Serving Veterans Through Family Drug Courts are available to jurisdictions with a fully operational family drug court. Courts applying for funding under category 1 or 2 must be fully operational for at least 1 year, as funding is intended to enhance services of existing family drug courts.
- Category 3: Establishing New Family Drug Courts grants are available to jurisdictions that are ready to implement a new family drug court. These grants are for jurisdictions where either no family drug court currently exists or a family drug court has been operational for less than 1 year. Jurisdictions may already have other types of drug or treatment courts (such as adult drug or mental health courts).
- All Categories. All recipients and sub-recipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.
How to Apply
Applicants must register with Grants.gov prior to submitting an application.
For more information, please visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=314302