BJA FY 22 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) Grant Program provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to implement and enhance the operations of veterans treatment courts.

For Category 1: Planning and Implementation and Category 2: Enhancement the following entities are eligible to apply: State governments City or township governments County governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Other State, city, township, county, or tribal government acting directly or through agreements with other public or private entities on behalf of a single drug court For Category 3: Statewide, the following entities are eligible to apply:  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, to veterans in the criminal justice system For purposes of this solicitation, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.   See Eligibility section

For technical assistance with submitting the Application for Federal Assistance standard form (SF)-424 and a Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form (SF-LLL) in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035, at Grants.gov customer support, or email at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ's Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov or at 833-872-5175. The JustGrants Service Desk operates 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. eastern time (ET) Monday - Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the OJP Response Center, by telephone at 800-851-3420 or TTY: 301-240-6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. The OJP Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday-Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET on the solicitation close date. grants@ncjrs.gov