ClosedOpportunity BJA-2016-9197

Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program

Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice

At a glance

Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program is a closed federal grant opportunity from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (Department of Justice). The application deadline was April 19, 2016. Individual awards are listed as up to $1.5M, with about 40 awards expected and $45M in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include state governments, county governments, city or township governments and others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 16.585 (Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Feb 23, 2016Posted
Apr 19, 2016Application deadline

Posted: Feb 23, 2016
Close date: Apr 19, 2016
Award floor: Not specified
Award ceiling: $1,500,000
Est. total funding: $45,000,000
Expected awards: 40
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Grant
Opportunity category: Discretionary

Who can apply

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Others (see notice)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

For Category 1: Implementation and Category 2: Enhancement, applications will be accepted to support states, state and local courts, counties, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) on behalf of a single jurisdiction drug court. For Category 3: Statewide, applicants are limited to state agencies. State agencies include the state court administrative offices, state criminal justice agencies, and other state agencies involved with the provision of substance abuse, mental health, or related services to criminal substance abusers such as the State Administering Agency (SAA), the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the State Alcohol and Substance Abuse Agency.

Also named in the notice's eligibility text

Federally recognized tribal governments

Matched from the wording above by GrantsJunction — confirm in the full announcement.

Can your organization apply?

A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

BJA is accepting applications to establish new drug courts or enhance existing drug court services, coordination, and offender management and recovery support services. The purpose of the Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program (42 U.S.C. 3797u et seq.) is to provide financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to develop and implement drug courts that effectively integrate evidenced-based substance abuse treatment, mandatory drug testing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services in a judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over substance-abusing offenders.

Additional information from the agency ↗

Full announcement & documents

The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.

Full AnnouncementFull Announcement · BJA FY16 Adult Drug Court Program.pdfPDF · 279 KB

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

16.585Treatment Court Discretionary Grant ProgramProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 16.585

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$71.2M

FY25

$6.81M

FY26

$5.2M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 16.585. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 16.585

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 444 grant awards had funding actions under Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program, with 196 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

JUDICIARY COURTS OF STATE OF VERMONT$3.5M
JUDICIARY COURTS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA$2.81M
STATE OF ARKANSAS JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS$2.46M
NEW HAMPSHIRE JUDICIAL BRANCH$2.2M
VAN BUREN COUNTY OFFICES$1.9M

Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Bureau of Justice Assistance
support@grants.gov
202-353-7193

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for “Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program”?

The official notice names these applicant types as eligible: State governments, County governments, City or township governments and Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.

How much funding is available through “Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as up to $1.5m, total estimated program funding is $45,000,000 and the agency expects to make about 40 awards.

How do I apply for “Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity BJA-2016-9197), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

OpenALN 16.585