The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is offering this grant to provide financial and technical assistance to states, local governments, and tribal entities. This funding supports the planning, implementation, and enhancement of Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs), including service coordination, supervision, and recovery support. This grant is for the purpose of integrating evidence-based substance use and mental health disorder treatment, mandatory drug testing, and transitional services in judicially supervised criminal courts for veterans. The primary aim is to reduce recidivism, increase access to critical treatment and recovery support, and prevent overdose.
Opportunity ID: 353713
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | O-BJA-2024-172098 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | BJA FY24 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Law, Justice and Legal Services |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 17 |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.043 — Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 23, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Apr 23, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $19,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,500,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | City or township governments Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State governments County governments Special district governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Public or private entities acting on behalf of a single treatment court through agreement with state, city, township, county, or tribal governments; Units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state; State agencies such as the State Administering Agency, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the State Substance Abuse Agency; State criminal justice agencies and other state agencies involved with the provision of substance use and/or mental health services, or related services for court and related criminal justice programming. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
| Description: | With this solicitation, BJA seeks to provide financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of VTCs including service coordination, participant service and supervision coordination, fidelity to the VTC model, and recovery support services. VTCs effectively integrate evidence-based substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, mental health disorder (MHD) treatment, treatment for co-occurring disorders, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services in judicially supervised criminal court settings that have jurisdiction over veterans with treatment needs in order to reduce recidivism, increase access to treatment and recovery support, and prevent overdose. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://bja.ojp.gov/funding/opportunities/o-bja-2024-172098 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
OJP Response Center
grants@ncjrs.gov Email:grants@ncjrs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
There are no related documents on this grant.
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | OJP Response Center grants@ncjrs.gov Email: grants@ncjrs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.043 | C-BJA-2024-00038-PROD | Category 1: Planning and Implementation | PKG00286003 | Apr 23, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 | View |
| 16.043 | C-BJA-2024-00039-PROD | Category 2: Enhancement | PKG00286004 | Apr 23, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 | View |
| 16.043 | C-BJA-2024-00040-PROD | Category 3: Statewide | PKG00286005 | Apr 23, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
353713 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
353713 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf
Package 2
Mandatory forms
353713 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
353713 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf
Package 3
Mandatory forms
353713 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
353713 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf
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