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This program provides grants and technical assistance to enhance the operations of adult drug courts and/or veterans treatment courts. Courts should integrate evidence-based substance abuse treatment, random drug testing, equitable sanctions and incentives, and transitional services in judicially-supervised court settings with jurisdiction over offenders to reduce recidivism, substance abuse, and prevent overdoses.

Grants will be awarded in 3 categories:

• Category 1: Implementation of a new Veterans Treatment Court
• Category 2: Veterans Treatment Court
• Category 3: Adult Drug Court
• Category 4: Statewide Strategies to Support Adult Drug Courts and Veterans Treatment Courts

Priority consideration will be given to applications that:

• Address specific challenges that rural communities face
• Demonstrate that the individuals who are intended to benefit from the requested grant reside in high-poverty areas or persistent-poverty counties
• Applications that offer enhancements to public safety in economically distressed communities (Qualified Opportunity Zones)

Categories 1, 2, and 3 Eligible applicants include:

• State governments
• County, city, and township governments
• Federally recognized Native American Tribal governments

Category 4 Eligible applicants include:

• State governments
• 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 abuse and/or mental illness services, or related services, to criminal substance abusers

Category 1:

• Award ceiling: $500,000
• Project period: 4 years
• Estimated number of awards: 10

Category 2:

• Award ceiling: $500,000
• Project period: 4 years
• Estimated number of awards: 15

Category 3:

• Award ceiling: $500,000
• Project period: 4 years
• Estimated number of awards: 55

Category 4:

• Award ceiling: $1,500,000
• Project period: 4 years
• Estimated number of awards: 11

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

Applicants should submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by March 31, 2021.

Submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by April 14, 2021.