Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program

 

Goal: To provide veterans treatment courts and criminal justice professionals with the resources needed to implement, enhance, and sustain evidence-based treatment and recovery support programs and systems for eligible veterans in the criminal justice system who have substance use disorders. Objective: The Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) Discretionary 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 or enhance the operations of veterans treatment courts. These courts effectively integrate evidence- based substance use disorder treatment, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services in judicially supervised court settings that have jurisdiction over veterans in the criminal justice system who have substance use disorders, including those with a history of violence and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a result of their military service. Performance Measure 1: Number of participants who graduated from the VTC program; Performance Measure 2: Percent of participants who graduate from the VTC program; and, Performance Measure 3: Percentage of treatment court graduates who committed a new criminal offense within 24 months of completing the program.

Active 16.043 Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2021 The Veterans Treatment Court Grant Program offers funding through a competitive grant process to local, state, and tribal governments interested in establishing and enhancing a VTC. From 2015 to 2021, BJA made 110 individual VTC awards and 31 joint (combined ADC and VTC) awards. BJA actively funds 88 individual VTC awards and 31 joint awards.
Fiscal Year 2023 Please visit https://bja.ojp.gov/program/veterans-treatment-court-program/promising-practices. 34 U.S.C. 10651
Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328
Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019, Public Law 116-153, Statute 134,688 For Categories 1-2, entities that are eligible to apply are state governments, city or township governments, county governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally Recognized) and other state, city, township, county, or tribal governments acting directly or through agreements with other public or private entities on behalf of a single drug court. For Category 3 the entities that are eligible to apply are 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 in the provision of substance abuse and/or mental health services, or related services, to veterans in the criminal justice system. Not applicable. The following items are critical application elements required to pass the basic minimum requirement review: proposal abstract, proposal narrative time task plan, budget worksheet, budget narrative, and a letter of support or MOU from the court in support of the project. In addition to executing any statutory prioritization that may be applicable, priority consideration will be given to applications that support Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Community Thorough the Federal Government through addressing issues related to racial equity and the removal of barriers to access and opportunity for communities that have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by inequity; applications that include at least one sub-recipient that will receive at least 30% of requested funds which identifies as a culturally specific organization; and applications that seek to provide resources to rural and tribal jurisdictions. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Effective FY 2021, applications are submitted to DOJ in a two-step process. Step 1: Applicants will submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in Grants.gov at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html. To register in Grants.gov, applicants will need to obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and System for Award Management (SAM) registration or renewal. Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in JustGrants at https://justicegrants.usdoj.gov/. To be considered timely, an application must be submitted by the application deadline using Grants.gov, and the applicant must have received a validation message from Grants.gov that indicates successful and timely submission. OJP urges applicants to submit applications at least 72 hours prior to the application due date to allow time for the applicant to receive validation messages or rejection notifications from Grants.gov and to correct in a timely fashion any problems that may have caused a rejection notification. For further details, please see the current fiscal year's solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at (http://www.ojp.gov/funding/solicitations.htm and http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PreawardRequirements/index.htm for additional information. Upon approval by the Assistant Attorney General, successful applicants are notified via DOJ's Justice Grants System (JustGrants). The grant award must be accepted electronically by the receiving organizations authorized official in JustGrants. For further information, please see http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PreawardRequirements/chapter2.2a.htm. Deadlines are included with the application instructions available at the Office of Justice Programs web site (http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm). From 60 to 90 days. There are no appeal rights for rejection of a discretionary application, but for discretionary awards, please see section 28 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 18. In some cases, award periods may be extended if specific criteria are met. For details, please review the discussion of no-cost extensions in the Criteria for Award Extension section of the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide available at http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/chapter3.2d.htm. See the current fiscal years' program solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site at http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. Category 1 Planning and Implementation - Planning and Implementation grants are available to eligible jurisdictions ready to commit to a 6-month planning phase followed by an implementation phase of an evidence-based veteran treatment court with core capabilities to provide critical treatment services, case management, and coordination, judicial supervision, sanctions, and incentive services, and other key resources such as transitional housing, relapse prevention, and employment to reduce recidivism. Note: The 6-month planning phase will incorporate Veteran Treatment Court Planning Initiative (VTCPI) foundational training. VTCPI trains court teams on the skills necessary to build a program that integrates court and treatment functions and adheres to best practice standards. Category 2 Enhancement - Enhancement grants are available to eligible jurisdictions with an operational VTC court. Funding may be used to assist a jurisdiction to scale up its existing court program’s capacity; provide access to or enhance treatment capacity or other critical support services; enhance court operations; expand or enhance court services; or improve the quality and/or intensity of services based on needs assessments. Category 3 Statewide - State applicants may apply for funding to improve, enhance, or expand veteran treatment court services statewide. Statewide activities may include scaling up the VTC court program’s capacity, launching a VTC court, expanding treatment services, conducting an audit of the practice and the technical assistance for adherence to standards, data collection and analysis to assess the practice and track recidivism, and delivering training and technical assistance (TTA). Performance Reports: To assist in fulfilling the Departments responsibilities under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), Public Law 103-62, and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010, Public Law 111–352, recipients must provide data that measures the results of their work. Not applicable. In accordance with the requirement set forth in 2 CFR 200, Subpart F, grantees must maintain all financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other records pertinent to the award for at least 3 years following the close of the most recent audit. For additional guidance, please visit http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/chapter3.16a.htm. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Award period is 48 months. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Quarterly. None/Not specified. Courtney Stewart
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance
810 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531 USA
Courtney.e.stewart@usdoj.gov
Phone: 202-598-0618 https://bja.ojp.gov/program/veterans-treatment-court-program/overview 15-0404-0-1-754 (Project Grants) FY 22$42,031,444.00; FY 23 est $35,000,000.00; FY 24 est $25,000,000.00; FY 21$25,000,000.00; - Veterans Treatment Court FY23 anticipated total amount to be awarded $25,100,000 to support 22 grant awards. Category 1 - 4 Awards - Planning and Implementation up to $900,000 Category 2 - 14 Awards - Enhancement up to $950,000 Category 3 - 4 Awards - Statewide up to $2,500,000 See the current fiscal years' program solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs web site (http://ojp.gov/funding/Explore/CurrentFundingOpportunities.htm. For additional guidance, please reference the Department of Justice Grants Financial Guide (http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/index.htm) and Post award Instructions (http://ojp.gov/financialguide/DOJ/PostawardRequirements/index.htm). Applicable administrative requirements and Department of Justice regulations applicable to specific types of grantees can be found in title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (2 C.F.R.). Fiscal Year 2021 Category 1: Planning and Implementation, Planning and implementing a veterans treatment court Category 2: Enhancement Enhancing an existing veterans treatment court Category 3: Statewide Scaling up the veterans treatment court program’s capacity Launching a veterans treatment court Expanding treatment and services Conducting an audit of the practice and the technical assistance for adherence to standards Data collection and analysis to assess the practice and track recidivism Delivering training and technical assistance (TTA)