BJA FY 23 Adult Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program | O BJA 2023 171509

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2023 171509

The BJA FY 23 Adult Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program is a federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). It is designed to help jurisdictions strengthen public safety and improve justice outcomes by supporting adult treatment courts that serve people in the criminal justice system who have substance use disorder treatment needs. The program sits within OJP priorities that emphasize civil rights and racial equity, increasing access to justice, supporting crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, improving community safety, addressing evolving threats, and building trust between law enforcement and communities.

This solicitation focuses on providing both financial and technical assistance to plan, implement, and enhance adult treatment court operations. Adult treatment courts are specialized, judicially supervised court programs that combine close court oversight with evidence-based substance use disorder treatment. Core program elements described in the opportunity include mandatory drug testing, a structured system of incentives and sanctions, and transitional services that support stability and long-term recovery. The overall goals are to reduce recidivism, expand access to treatment and recovery supports, and prevent overdose, using an approach that links accountability with treatment and supportive services rather than relying only on traditional case processing.

Eligible applicants are broad and include state governments, state courts, local courts, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The eligibility list also includes public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities and other entities, with an important note that public or private organizations may apply when they are acting on behalf of a single treatment court through a formal agreement with the relevant state, city, township, county, or tribal government. In practice, this means a nonprofit service provider, university partner, or similar organization may be able to apply if it is officially designated to do so for a specific treatment court and has the required governmental partnership and authorization.

The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding and uses the grant funding instrument type. The funding activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services, and the assistance listing (CFDA) associated with the program is 16.585. The funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2023-171509. The solicitation was created on January 17, 2023, and the original closing date was April 11, 2023. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) listed is $2,500,000. While the source text references expected awards, it does not provide a specific number in the provided excerpt.

Applicants interested in seeing examples of strong prior submissions are directed to a set of grant-writing resources that includes samples of previously successful applicants at https://ndcrc.org/grant-writing-resources/. This can be useful for understanding how treatment courts describe their target population, program design, partnerships, service delivery model, data and evaluation plans, and sustainability strategies in ways that align with BJA expectations.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 23 Adult Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.585.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2023-01-17.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-04-11. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $2,500,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Others.

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