Just Announced: Revisions to BJA Solicitations for Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Grants
Just Announced: Revisions to BJA Solicitations for Adult Drug Court and Veterans Treatment Court Grants
New Application deadline: June 1, 2020
Applicant Webinar Announced
Monday,
April 13
1
p.m. EDT
The Bureau of Justice Assistance just released a revised grant solicitation for the fiscal year 2020 Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program and Veterans Treatment Court Program.
All treatment court models remain eligible to apply including: adult drug courts, co-occurring courts, DWI courts, tribal healing to wellness courts, and veterans treatment courts. The new deadline to apply is June 1, 2020.
The revised solicitation now has four categories:
Category 1: Implementation of veterans treatment courts – $500,000 for 36 months
Funding may be used to support core capacity and provides critical treatment, case management and coordination, judicial supervision, sanction and incentive services, and other key resources, such as transitional housing, relapse prevention, and employment that can reduce recidivism for new veterans treatment courts.
Category 2: Enhancement of veterans treatment courts – $500,000 for 36 months
Funding may assist a jurisdiction to scale up the veterans treatment court program’s capacity; provide access to or enhance treatment capacity or other critical support services; enhance court operations; expand or enhance court services; or improve the quality and/or intensity of services based on needs assessments.
Category 3: Adult drug courts – $500,000 for 36 months
Funding may assist a jurisdiction to launch their implementation plans to operate a new drug court; scale up the drug court program’s capacity; provide access to or enhance treatment capacity or other critical support services; enhance court operations; expand or enhance court services; or improve the quality and/or intensity of services based on needs assessments.
NOTE: BJA removed the requirement of being operational for one year as of September 30, 2019. Applicants in this category are not required to be “ready to fully implement a drug court.”
Category 4: Statewide strategies to support adult drug courts and veterans treatment courts – $750,000 for 36 months
Statewide awards and support efforts to enhance or expand services for ADC or VTC. Funding will support the launch of new implementation plans for a court ready for drug court. Statewide enhancement activities include:
- scaling up the drug court program’s capacity;
- launching implementation plans to operate a drug court;
- expanding treatment and services;
- conducting audits of practice and technical assistance for adherence to standards;
- data collection and analysis to assess practice and track recidivism; and
- training and technical assistance (TTA).
Applicant Webinar Announced
Monday, April 13
1 p.m. EDT
BJA, in partnership with the National Drug Court Resource Center, is conducting an informational webinar for applicants. Greg Torain, policy advisor for BJA, will provide an overview of the revised solicitation and answer questions from attendees as time permits.
Additional Resources for Applicants
BJA grants emphasize the integration of NADCP’s Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards into existing drug court services. In addition, all applicants must demonstrate the court for which funds are sought does not deny eligible clients access because of their use of FDA-approved medications for the treatment of a substance use disorder (medication-assisted treatment).
For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035, at grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. For questions regarding any other requirement of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center: toll-free at 800–851–3420; via TTY at 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; or web chat at webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp.
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