With this solicitation, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to provide financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to plan, implement, and enhance the operations of veterans treatment courts (VTC), including service coordination, participant service and supervision coordination, fidelity to the VTC model, and recovery support services.
VTCs effectively integrate evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, mental health disorder treatment, treatment for co-occurring disorders, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services in judicially supervised criminal court settings that have jurisdiction over veterans with treatment needs in order to reduce recidivism, increase access to treatment and recovery support, and prevent overdose.
Solicitation Categories:
- Category 1: Planning and Implementation
- Category 2: Enhancement
- Category 3: Statewide
Eligible Applicants:
- For Category 1 and Category 2, the following entities are eligible to apply:
- State governments
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Other:
- Public or private entities acting on behalf of a single treatment court through agreement with state, city, township, county, or tribal governments
- Units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state
- For Category 3, the following entities are eligible to apply:
- 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 with the provision of substance use and/or mental health services, or related services for court and related criminal justice programming.
On May 14, 2024, at 2 p.m. ET, BJA will hold a webinar to provide a detailed overview of this solicitation and allow an opportunity for interested applicants to ask questions. Register to participate.
See the Successful Applications section of our site for examples of project narratives associated with applications that have successfully received funding through this and other BJA programs.
See the solicitation for additional opportunity and eligibility details, as well as directions on how to apply.