OJJDP FY 20 Family Drug Court Program

The Family Drug Court (FDC) Program will support three categories: Category 1: Enhancing Family Drug Courts. Programs funded under Category 1 are expected to expand parental substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services in existing family drug courts, including screening, assessment, case management, recovery support services, and program coordination to family drug court participants. Category 2: Serving Veterans Through Family Drug Courts. These grants will address the unique needs of veterans and their families with appropriate services through the FDC model. Category 3: State...

This solicitation is composed of three grant categories. Applicants must clearly designate the category for which they are applying. Category 1: Enhancing Family Drug Courts and Category 2: Serving Veterans Through Family Drug Courts: The following entities are eligible to apply: -states and territories, -state and local courts, -units of local government, and -federally recognized Indian tribal governments acting on behalf of a single jurisdiction drug court. OJJDP encourages applicants to partner with community providers of services, if applicable and appropriate. Category 1: Enhancing Family Drug Courts and Category 2: Serving Veterans Through Family Drug Courts grants are available to jurisdictions with a fully operational family drug court. Courts applying for funding under Category 1 or 2 must be fully operational for at least 1 year, as funding is intended to enhance services of existing family drug courts. Category 3: State and County Family Drug Courts Expansion The following entities are eligible to apply: -State Administrative Office of the Court, working in conjunction with and coordinating closely with the state’s Court Improvement Program. Applicants are required to partner with the state child welfare agency and state substance use treatment agency, and must include with the application letters of intent formalizing these partnerships. -Eligible county applicants are limited to the county superior court (or similar authority). These grants are for jurisdictions with populations at or above 2 million. Applicants are required to partner with the county child welfare agency and county substance use treatment agency, and must include with the application letters of intent formalizing these partnerships.

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726 or 606–545–5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays. An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Response Center (Response Center) at grants@ncjrs.gov within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How To Apply (Grants.gov) section in the OJP Grant Application Resource Guide. For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, contact the Response Center by telephone at 800–851–3420 or TTY: 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only) or by email at grants@ncjrs.gov. Response Center hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET on the solicitation close date. General information on applying for OJJDP awards can be found at https://www.ojjdp.gov/funding/funding.html. Answers to frequently asked questions that may assist applicants are posted at https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/media/document/ojjdp-2020-17090-faqs.pdf. A solicitation webinar will be held on February 5, 2020. This webinar will provide a detailed overview of the solicitation and allow an opportunity for interested applicants to ask questions. Preregistration is required for all participants. Register by clicking here: http://ojjdptta.adobeconnect.com/eslb75btult1/event/registration.html grants@ncjrs.gov