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.

Who can apply

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
• Others

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.
support@grants.gov