The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program.

This solicitation has two grant categories:

• Category 1: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Planning and Implementation
  • Goal: The goal of this category is to support jurisdictions that identified a need to establish a JDTC.
  • Objective: The objective is to support courts in providing treatment and accountability to youth with substance use disorders by offering access to treatment and recovery services that will ultimately ensure public safety and productive adults.
• Category 2: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Enhancement
  • Goals: The goal of this category is to expand adolescent substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services in existing JDTCs, including screening, assessment, case management, recovery support services, and program coordination to JDTC participants. Successful applicants will be expected to provide a coordinated, multisystem approach designed to combine the judicial oversight authority of JDTCs with effective SUD treatment services in order to reduce recidivism and substance use. Funds may be used to hire a coordinator to support statewide strategies to implement the JDTC model with fidelity, standardize JDTC practices, and increase access to and/or availability of SUD treatment and recovery services.
  • Objectives: The objectives of this category are to improve access and availability of adolescent (and family when appropriate) SUD services to a larger number of clients, increase the number of individuals served, and/or propose enhancements to improve the quality of treatment services by adding evidencebased treatment approaches or adding new treatment services to address unmet or emerging trends.

Funding Information

• Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $10,500,000.00
• Period of Performance Duration (Months) 48

Eligibility Criteria

• City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), State governments,
• This solicitation has two grant categories. Eligible applicants who propose to provide direct services must not include the provision of services to any person who is older than age 18.
  • Category 1: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Planning and Implementation.  Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Planning and Implementation grants are available to jurisdictions that want to establish a juvenile drug treatment court. These grants are for jurisdictions where no juvenile drug treatment court currently exists or a juvenile drug treatment court has been operational for less than 1 year.
  • Category 2: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Enhancement.  Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Enhancement grants are available to jurisdictions with a fully operational (for at least 1 year) juvenile drug treatment court to enhance the operation of the court. Jurisdictions applying for funding under this category must have courts that have been fully operational for at least 1 year.
• 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.

For more information, visit Grants.gov.