Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program (JDTC)
Link
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2025-172280
Additional Links
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Deadline
Application Deadline: Feb 5, 2025
Sponsor
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Purpose
Provides funding to support juvenile courts working to establish new juvenile drug treatment courts (JDTC) or to strengthen existing JDTCs. Seeks to implement or strengthen JDTC approaches to improve outcomes for youth with substance use disorder (SUDs) or co-occurring mental health disorders (CODs), including those with histories of trauma. Aims to reduce substance use and recidivism, and improve outcomes for youth involved in the justice system and their family members.
The JDTC program consists of 2 grant categories:
- Category 1: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Planning and Implementation Program: Grants to support jurisdictions that identified a need to establish a juvenile drug treatment court.
- Category 2: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Enhancement Program: Grants to support jurisdictions enhance or improve the operations of a fully operational juvenile drug treatment court.
Category specific goals, objectives, and deliverables can be found in the funding announcement.
Amount of Funding
Award ceiling:
- Category 1: $1,000,000
- Category 2: $650,000
Project period: 36 months
Estimated number of awards: 10 total awards
- Up to 2 awards for Category 1
- Up to 3 awards for Category 2
Estimated total program funding: $4,000,000
Applicants are required to provide cash or in-kind matching funds for 25% of the total project costs.
Who Can Apply
Eligible applicants include government entities such as:
- State governments
- City, township, or county governments
- Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
- Native American tribal governments other than federally recognized tribal governments
Geographic Coverage
Nationwide
What This Program Funds
Capacity Building • New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing
Application Process
Application requirements, instructions, and other information can be found in the funding announcement.
Applications must be submitted electronically through a 2-step process:
- Step 1: Applicants will submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by the February 5, 2025 deadline.
- Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by the February 19, 2025 deadline.
Contact
For questions on submitting in
grants.gov:
800-518-4726
support@grants.gov
For questions on submitting in
JustGrants:
833-872-5175
JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov
For programmatic and technical
questions:
Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Response Center
800-851-3420
TTY at 301-240-6310
grants@ncjrs.gov
Rural Awards
Past awards communities received in fiscal year 2024 can be found on the program website.
One rural example of funding is Albany County in Wyoming. The Albany County Court Supervised Treatment Program received funds to expand juvenile treatment services, including screening, assessment, case management, recovery support services, and program coordination through a coordinated, multisystem approach combined with judicial oversight authority to reduce recidivism and substance use.
Topics This Program Addresses
Attorneys and Courts • Community Planning and Coalition Building • Juvenile Justice • Mental Health • Re-entry and Community Supervision • Social Service Supports • Substance Use Disorder • Treatment • Violence, Trauma, and Abuse