The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) are offering grants for enhancing adult drug court services and evidence-based substance abuse treatment. This joint initiative aims to improve court services, coordination, and recovery support services within drug courts. Applicants can compete for both criminal justice and substance abuse treatment funds through one application. The grants are designed to fund drug courts serving nonviolent offenders, based on specific guidelines provided. Applications must align with the outlined requirements in the grant announcement and the Requirements Resource Guide. Closing date for applications is May 24, 2012.
Opportunity ID: 162793
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | BJA-2012-3261 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | BJA FY 12 Joint Adult Drug Court Solicitation to Enhance Services, Coordination, and Treatment |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 16.585 — Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date:: | Apr 09, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | May 24, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | May 24, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Jun 23, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | |
| Award Ceiling:: | $325,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | City or township governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: | Applicants are limited to states or state courts applying on behalf of a single jurisdiction; local courts; counties; other units of local government; or federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior). Indian tribal governments may apply directly or through other public or not-for-profit private entities. Eligible jurisdictions must have a fully operational (at least 1 year) adult drug court. “Operational” is defined as a judge being designated as a “drug court” judge with a drug court docket of cases and seeing defendants in drug court on a regular and recurring basis for at least 1 year prior to the submission of the grant application. By signing the SF-424, the authorized representative of the applicant organization is certifying that the Adult Drug Court(s) that receives funding from this grant is operational, as defined above, for at least 1 year at the time of application. Note: Applicants must demonstrate that eligible drug court participants promptly enter the drug court program following a determination of their eligibility. A required initial period of incarceration will be grounds for disqualification unless the period of incarceration is mandated by statute for the offense in question. In such instances, the applicant must demonstrate the offender is receiving treatment services while incarcerated if available and begins drug court treatment services immediately upon release. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
| Description:: | BJA and SAMHSA are accepting applications for FY 2012 grants to enhance the court services, coordination, and evidence-based substance abuse treatment and recovery support services of adult drug courts. The purpose of this joint initiative is to allow applicants to submit a comprehensive strategy for enhancing drug court services and capacity, permitting applicants to compete for both criminal justice and substance abuse treatment funds with one application. In order to fulfill all of the requirements for this grant program, applicants should comply with the requirements outlined in this grant announcement as well as those incorporated by reference in the Requirements Resource Guide. These grants are authorized under 42 USC 3797u et seq. and section 509 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2020 Substance Abuse Topic Area HP 2020-SA. Drug courts funded through this grant solicitation may use federal funding and matched funding to serve only nonviolent offenders1 and must operate the adult drug court based on BJAs and the National Association of Drug Court Professionals publication Defining Drug Courts: The Key Components, which addresses the statutory requirements. This opportunity provides drug court applicants the flexibility to identify the most appropriate evidence-based court (service/docket) model in which to base the drug court, in order to accommodate the needs and available resources of that jurisdiction, so long as the model conforms to the 10 key drug court components, which describe the basic elements that define drug courts. (See page 5 for a definition of evidence-based.) |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 16.585 |
| Competition ID: | |
| Competition Title: | |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00114870 |
| Opening Date: | Apr 09, 2012 |
| Closing Date: | May 24, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | For assistance with basic requirements of this solicitation, contact the BJA Justice Information Center at 1-877-927-5657, via e-mail to JIC@telesishq.com, or by live web chat. The BJA Justice Information Center hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.0] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1] Budget Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) [V1.1] Other Attachments Form [V1.1] Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] |
| optional_forms | Faith Based EEO Survey [V1.2] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.585 | PKG00114870 | Apr 09, 2012 | May 24, 2012 | View | For assistance with basic requirements of this solicitation, contact the BJA Justice Information Center at 1-877-927-5657, via e-mail to JIC@telesishq.com, or by live web chat. The BJA Justice Information Center hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date. | Organization Applicants |