Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program FY 2009 Grant Awards

Announcements:
Register now for the Adult Drug Court Planning Initiative training.

Veterans' Treatment Courts
Our partners at the National Association of Drug Court Professionals are launching a new Veterans' Treatment Court Clearinghouse, a comprehensive web site for Veterans' Treatment Court news and resources. For more information, go to nadcp.org/node/430.

What are Veterans' Treatment Courts? Veterans' Treatment Courts are hybrid Drug and Mental Health Courts that use the Drug Court model to serve veterans struggling with addiction, serious mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders. They promote sobriety, recovery, and stability through a coordinated response that involves cooperation and collaboration with the traditional partners found in Drug and Mental Health Courts, with the addition of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health care networks, the Veterans' Benefits Administration, volunteer veteran mentors, and veterans and veterans' family support organizations.

"Operational Tune-Up" Training
The National Drug Court Institute (NDCI) is pleased to announce its "Operational Tune-Up" training series. This training utilizes evidence-based treatment practices as practitioners will learn the newest effective science-based methods for modifying drug court programs. For more information on this series, please contact Kelly Curtis at www.nadcp.org or read the brochure.

The National Drug Court Institute (NDCI) will be delivering training on the effective delivery of Incentives and Sanctions from August to November. For more information on this series entitled "New Tools For Building Better Drug Courts: Rethinking Court Responses to Client Behavior," please contact Kelly Curtis at www.nadcp.org.

Planning a drug court and need information to begin? Go to Taking Aim How to Develop and/or Redefine Your Target Drug Court Population

Overview:
The Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to develop and implement treatment drug courts that effectively integrate substance abuse treatment, mandatory drug testing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services in a judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over nonviolent, substance-abusing offenders. Programs funded by Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program are required by law to target nonviolent offenders and must implement a drug court based on 10 key components. This program supports the following drug court activity:

• Adult drug court implementation and enhancement.

• Statewide enhancement.

Legislation: The Drug Court Program was established by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322).

Funding: FY 2009 funding is $40 million.

Eligibility: States (including Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia), state courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments may apply for funding.

How/When To Apply: The FY 2009 solicitation was released November 24, 2008, and applications were due January 29, 2009. Applicants must apply through Grants.gov.

Performance Measures: Starting with the January-June 2008 reporting period, the performance measures will now be collected quarterly through BJA's Performance Measurement Tool (PMT). Grantees will upload their performance measures results from the new web site to the Grants Management System (GMS) on a semi-annual basis. The BJA PMT will support grantees' ability to identify, collect, and submit performance measures data for BJA grant awards. An assigned userID and password is needed to access the system. Please contact the help desk at 1-888-252-6867 to obtain a userID. The Drug Court User's Guide provides more information about this process.

Results from Performance Measure Data:
Implementation Grants: April-June 2009
Enhancement Grants: April-June 2009
Statewide Grants: April-June 2009

Training and Technical Assistance:
The National Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance Program (NDCTTAP) supports DCDG by increasing the knowledge and skills of drug court practitioners to plan, implement, and sustain effective drug court programs. It also builds capacity at the state and local levels to provide comprehensive practitioner-based training and technical assistance. The following are the three components of NDCTTAP:

• The goal of the Drug Court Planning Initiative (DCPI) is to provide communities with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to implement a drug court. Particular emphasis is placed on learning new roles, cross training, and developing both a team and a coordinated strategy across justice and treatment systems.

• The goal of the Drug Court Training Initiative (DCTI) is to provide state-of-the-art training on a variety of subjects to operational adult, juvenile, family, and tribal drug courts and state agencies.

• The goal of the Drug Court Technical Assistance Initiative (DCTAI) is to provide technical assistance on a variety of subjects to operational adult, juvenile, family, and tribal drug courts and state agencies.

• FY 2009 Resource Guide for Drug Court Applicants
  
• Frequently Asked Questions

FY 2008 Drug Court Grant Awards
Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program (FY 2008 Competitive Grant Announcement)

FY 2007 Drug Court Grant Awards
Tribal Drug Courts Training and Technical Assistance Program (Competitive Grant Announcement)
Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program (FY 2007 Competitive Grant Announcement)

FY 2006 Drug Court Grant Awards

FY 2005 Drug Court Grant Awards
BJA Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program (FY 2005 Competitive Grant Announcement)
FY 2005 Resource Guide for Drug Court Applicants

FY 2004 Drug Court Grant Awards

FY 2003 Drug Court Grant Awards

FY 2002 Drug Court Grant Awards

Related Publications:
Painting the Current Picture: A National Report Card On Drug Courts and Other Problem-Solving Court Programs in the United States PDF
Drug Court Case Management: Role, Function, and Utility PDF
Local Drug Court Research: Navigating Performance Measures and Process Evaluations (PDF)
Drug Courts: The Second Decade (PDF)
Defining Drug Courts: The Key Components (PDF)
Strategies for Court Collaboration with Service Communities (PDF)
Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts The Key Components (PDF)

Related Links:
Center for Court Innovation
Drug Court Resource Center
National Association of Drug Court Professionals
National Center for State Courts
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
National Development and Research Institutes
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute of Justice-Specialized Courts
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities
Tribal Law and Policy Institute

Other Federal and National Funding Sources:
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Contact Information:
Tim Jeffries
Policy Advisor
Bureau of Justice Assistance
810 Seventh Street NW.
Washington, DC 20531
202-616-7385
Fax: 202-514-6452
E-mail:timothy.jeffries@usdoj.gov