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Family Treatment Court Program

Link

https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-ojjdp-2024-172051

Additional Links

Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)

Deadline

Application Deadline: May 6, 2024

Sponsor

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Purpose

Provides funding to establish new family treatment courts, strengthen existing family treatment courts, and expand family treatment courts at the larger state and county levels to deliver treatment and recovery services to parents with substance use disorder (SUD) or co-occurring mental health disorders (CODs). Increases collaboration between substance use treatment providers and child welfare systems to improve outcomes, reunite families, and ensure the safety of children. Programs are expected to address the needs of the entire family and must include treatment, recovery, and support services focused on opioid, stimulant, and other substance misuse.

The family treatment court program consists of 3 grant categories:

Category 1: Establishing New Family Treatment Courts are grants available to jurisdictions ready to implement a new family treatment court to provide parental SUD services, including screening, assessment, case management, recovery support services, and program coordination to family treatment court participants. Intended for jurisdictions either without a family treatment court or a family treatment court that has been operating for less than 1 year.

Category 2: Enhancing Family Treatment Courts are grants available to jurisdictions with a fully operational family treatment court to enhance and expand court operations by providing parents with SUD treatment and other services.

Category 3: Statewide or Countywide Family Treatment Courts Expansion are grants available to enhance and/or expand family treatment court at the more populous state, county, or other jurisdiction to effectively serve families affected by opioid, stimulant, and other SUDs.

Category specific goals, objectives, and deliverables can be found in the funding announcement.

Amount of Funding

Award ceiling:

  • Category 1: $750,000
  • Category 2: $850,000
  • Category 3: $1,500,000

Estimated number of awards:

  • Up to 3 awards for Category 1
  • Up to 3 awards for Category 2
  • Up to 2 awards for Category 3

Project period: 48 months
Estimated total program funding: $7,800,000

Applicants must provide matching funds for a portion of the project. Generally, an award may not exceed 75% of the total project costs.

Who Can Apply

Eligible applicants include:

  • States and territories
  • City, township, or county governments
  • State and local courts
  • Other units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state
  • Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
  • Native American Tribal organizations other than federally recognized Tribal governments

Priority consideration is given to applicants that meet the following criteria:

  • Proposals designed to meaningfully advance equity and remove barriers to accessing services and opportunities for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.
  • Applicants that demonstrate their capabilities and competencies for implementing their proposed project(s) are enhanced because they are a population specific organization that serves communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization.

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Capacity Building • New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing

Application Process

Application instructions, requirements, 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 May 6, 2024 deadline.
  • Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by the May 20, 2024 deadline.

Applicant webinar recording
Applicant frequently asked questions

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.

Rural communities who have received funding include:

  • Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy Reservation in Box Elder, Montana to establish the Chippewa Cree Tribe Family Healing to Wellness Court Program.
  • Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in Hogansburg, New York to enhance service delivery through the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Judicial Branch Family Treatment Court to families that have had or are at risk of removal of their children due to a substance use disorder.

Topics This Program Addresses

Adverse Childhood Experiences • Attorneys and Courts • Child Welfare • Mental Health • Re-entry and Community Supervision • Social Service Supports • Substance Use Disorder • Treatment • Violence, Trauma, and Abuse