This BJA and SAMHSA grant is for enhancing adult drug court services, coordination, and evidence-based substance abuse treatment. The joint initiative allows applicants to submit a comprehensive strategy to secure both criminal justice and substance abuse treatment funding. Its purpose is to support drug courts serving nonviolent offenders, requiring operations to adhere to BJA’s ‘Defining Drug Courts: The Key Components.’ Applicants have flexibility in choosing an evidence-based court model, provided it aligns with the 10 key drug court components. This grant aims to improve treatment and recovery support services within the justice system, addressing Healthy People 2020 goals related to substance abuse.
Opportunity ID: 89973
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | BJA-2011-3021 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | BJA FY 11 Joint Adult Drug Court Solicitation to Enhance Services, Coordination, and Treatment |
| 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: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 16.585 — Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 26, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 09, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 09, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Jul 09, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $325,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) City or township governments County governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State 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 applying for funds is operational, as defined above, for at least 1 year at the time of application. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of Justice Assistance |
| Description: | BJA and SAMHSA are accepting applications for FY 2011 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 BJA 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 2020-40. 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 BJA�s 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. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full Announcement |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
For technical assistance with submitting the application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 1�800�518�4726 or via e-mail to support@grants.gov.
Email:support@grants.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 89973 Full Announcement-1 -> 11bjasamhsadrugcourtresource.pdf
Folder 89973 Full Announcement-1 -> 11bjasamhsadrugcourtsol.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | For technical assistance with submitting the application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 1�800�518�4726 or via e-mail to support@grants.gov. Email: support@grants.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.585 | PKG00050250 | Apr 26, 2011 | Jun 09, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
89973 SF424-2.0.pdf
89973 SF424B-1.1.pdf
89973 Budget-1.1.pdf
89973 Other-1.1.pdf
89973 Project-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
89973 FaithBased_SurveyOnEEO-1.2.pdf
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