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 funding under the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Family Drug Court Program.

The OJJDP Family Drug Court Program seeks to build the capacity of state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to establish new family drug courts, enhance existing family drug courts, or implement statewide or countywide family drug court practices that increase collaboration with substance abuse treatment and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other services for families that improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

Goal: The goal of programs funded under the OJJDP Family Drug Court Program is to establish new family drug courts, enhance existing family drug courts, provide services to veterans in family drug courts, or implement statewide or countywide family drug court practices to more effectively intervene with parents, children, and families affected by a substance use and/or co-occurring mental health disorder who are involved in the child welfare system as a result of child abuse and neglect or other parenting issues.

Objective: The objective is to provide treatment and accountability to parents with substance use disorders by offering access to treatment and recovery services that will ultimately protect children; reunite families, when safe to do so; and expedite permanency. Programs must include the provision of treatment and recovery services to specifically address opioid, stimulant, and substance abuse reduction.

Deliverables

• Category 1: Establishing New Family Drug Courts and Category 2: Enhancing Family Drug Courts. Programs funded under Category 1 are expected to implement new family drug courts to provide parental substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services, including screening, assessment, case management, recovery support services, and program coordination to family drug court participants. Programs funded under Category 2 are expected to expand parental SUD treatment services to their participants, as mentioned above, in existing family drug courts.
• Category 3: Serving Veterans Through Family Drug Courts. Programs funded under Category 3 have a narrower focus-to provide treatment and accountability to veteran parents with substance use disorders by offering access to recovery services.
• Category 4: State and County Family Drug Courts Expansion. OJJDP will support states and counties to enhance and/or expand family drug court treatment and recovery practices at the larger state and county levels to more effectively serve families affected by opioid, stimulant, and other substance use disorders

Funding Information

• Establishing New Family Drug Courts: $700,000.00
• Enhancing Family Drug Courts: $800,000.00
• Serving Veterans Through Family Drug Courts: $500,000.00
• State and County Family Drug Courts Expansion: $1,500,000.00

Eligibility Criteria

City or township governments, County governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), State governments, Other

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