Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Adult, Juvenile, and Family Drug Courts
(Short Title: SAMHSA Treatment Drug Courts)
An error was made in the distribution of points among the project narrative sections in the SAMHSA Treatment Drug Courts RFA (TI-13-005). Please download the revised RFA with the corrected point distribution.
REVISED ANNOUNCEMENT
Request for Applications (RFA) No.: TI-13-005
Posting on Grants.gov: February 21, 2013
RFA Revision Date: March 19,2013
Original Receipt date: April 19, 2013
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.: 93.243
Key Dates
Application Deadline | Applications are due by April 19, 2013 |
Intergovernmental Review (E.O. 12372) | Applicants must comply with E.O. 12372 if their State(s) participates. Review process recommendations from the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) are due no later than 60 days after application deadline. |
Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS) / Single State Agency Coordination | Applicants must send the PHSIS to appropriate State and local health agencies by application deadline. Comments from Single State Agency are due no later than 60 days after application deadline. |
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2013 Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment in Adult, Juvenile, and Family Drug Courts. The purpose of this program is to expand and/or enhance substance abuse treatment services in existing adult, juvenile, and family "problem solving" courts, use the treatment drug court model in order to provide alcohol and drug treatment (including recovery support services supporting substance abuse treatment, screening, assessment, case management, and program coordination) to defendants/offenders. Adult drug court models are defined to include Drug Courts serving adults, Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts, Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)/Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Courts, Co-Occurring Drug and Mental Health Courts, Veterans Courts, and Municipal Courts using the problem solving model.
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Grantees will be expected to provide a coordinated, multi-system approach designed to combine the sanctioning power of treatment drug courts with effective treatment services to break the cycle of criminal behavior, alcohol and/or drug use, and incarceration or other penalties. Priority use of these funds should be given to addressing gaps in the continuum of treatment for those individuals in these courts who have substance abuse and/or co-occurring disorders treatment needs. Grant funds must be used to serve high risk/high need populations diagnosed with substance dependence or addiction to alcohol/other drugs and identified as needing immediate treatment. Grant funds may be used to provide services for co-morbid conditions, such as mental health problems, as long as expenditures remain consistent with the drug court model which is designed to serve individuals needing treatment for substance dependence or addiction to alcohol/other drugs. SAMHSA will use discretion in the allocation of funding the awards, taking into consideration the specific drug court models (adult, juvenile, and family) as appropriate and the number of applicants received per model type.
The term "drug court" means a specially designed court calendar or docket, the purposes of which are to achieve a reduction in recidivism and substance abuse among substance-abusing offenders and to increase the likelihood of successful habilitation through early, continuous, and intense judicially supervised treatment, mandatory periodic drug testing, and use of appropriate sanctions and other habilitation services. They are being created at a high rate with almost 2,500 in existence in 2011, but many lack sufficient funding for substance abuse treatment. Treatment drug courts represent the coordinated efforts of the judiciary, prosecution, defense bar, probation, law enforcement, mental health, social service, and treatment communities to actively intervene and break the cycle of substance abuse, addiction and crime. Stakeholders work together to give individual clients the opportunity to improve their lives, including recovery from substance use disorders, and develop the capacity and skills to become fully-functioning parents, employees and citizens.
SAMHSA's interest is to actively support and shape treatment drug courts that serve substance-abusing clients in the respective problem-solving court models as long as the court meets all the elements required for drug courts. The intent is to meet the clinical needs of clients and ensure clients are treated using evidence-based practices consistent with the disease model and the problem-solving model, rather than with the traditional court case-processing model. A long-term goal of this program is to build sustainable systems of care for individuals needing treatment drug court services.
In alignment with the goals of SAMHSA's Strategic Initiative: "Trauma and Justice", this program will help "reduce the pervasive, harmful, and costly health impact of violence and trauma by integrating trauma-informed approaches throughout health, behavioral health, and related systems and addressing the behavioral health needs of people involved in or at risk of involvement in the criminal and juvenile justice systems". By providing needed treatment and recovery services, this program is intended to reduce the health and social costs of substance abuse and dependence to the public, and increase the safety of America's citizens by reducing substance abuse related crime and violence.
Eligible drug courts must be operational on or before October 1, 2013. Operational is defined as a having a set of cases and seeing clients in the drug court. By signing the cover page (SF-424) of the application, the authorized representative of the applicant organization is certifying that the drug court(s) applying for funds or receiving funds as part of this grant are currently or will be operational on or before October 1, 2013.
"Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in Adult, Juvenile, and Family Drug Courts (hereafter referred to as SAMHSA Treatment Drug Courts)" is one of SAMHSA's services grant programs. SAMHSA intends that its services grants result in the delivery of services as soon as possible after award. Service delivery should begin by the 4th month of the project at the latest.
SAMHSA treatment drug court grants are authorized under Section 509 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2020 Substance Abuse Topic Area HP 2020-SA.
NOTE: SAMHSA/CSAT, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), is also offering an opportunity for adult drug courts titled "Enhancing Adult Drug Court Services, Coordination, and Treatment FY 2013 Competitive Grant Announcement" (TI-13-006). The purpose of the joint initiative is for applicants to submit one comprehensive strategy for enhancing drug court coordination, services, and treatment capacity, which allows applicants to compete for two grants (one from BJA and one from SAMHSA) with one application.
BJA is also offering its stand-alone drug court solicitation titled "Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program FY 2013 Competitive Grant Announcement," which provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments to develop and implement drug treatment 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.
Applicants may submit an application in response to one or all grant solicitations. However, neither SAMHSA/CSAT nor BJA will make more than one award for the same proposed drug court project to the same jurisdiction/court. Furthermore, both SAMHSA and BJA may consider geographic distribution when making funding decisions. The aforementioned drug court grant solicitations may be found on OJP/BJA's website, and SAMHSA's website.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include state and local government entities, such as the Tribal Court Administrator, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Single State Agency for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, the designated State Drug Court Coordinator, or local governmental unit such as county or city agency with direct involvement with the drug court, federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and tribal organizations, individual adult treatment drug courts, juvenile treatment drug courts, and family dependency/drug courts. For the purposes of this RFA, eligible "adult" drug court models include Drug Courts serving adults, Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts, Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)/Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Courts, Co-Occurring Drug and Mental Health Courts, and Veterans Treatment Courts. SAMHSA also encourages local municipal court systems that have a problem solving municipal court to apply for funding.
When the state/local/tribal government (city/county) or eligible entity applies on behalf of a drug court(s), the applicant will be the award recipient and the entity responsible for satisfying the grant requirements. It is allowable for an eligible applicant to apply on behalf of one or more drug courts within a state/tribe. However, in such situations, one county unit of government must assume the role of lead applicant, which will oversee and administer the grant for the multiple jurisdictions. When multiple jurisdictions or dockets are included within one application, letters of commitment from the drug court judge for each court must be included stating that they intend to meet the requirements of the grant, including the reporting requirements.
NOTE: If applicable, you must include these letters of commitment from each drug court judge in Attachment 5 of your application or it will not be reviewed and will not be considered for an award.
Public and private nonprofit organizations such as substance abuse treatment providers have a pivotal supporting role in treatment drug court programs and may be sub-recipients/contractors to the applicant. However, they are not the catalysts for entry into drug court and are therefore restricted from applying.
Eligible drug courts must be operational on or before October 1, 2013. Operational is defined as a having a set of cases and seeing clients in the drug court. By signing the cover page (SF-424) of the application, the authorized representative of the applicant organization is certifying that the drug court(s) applying for funds or receiving funds as part of this grant are currently or will be operational on or before October 1, 2013.
Tribal organization means the recognized body of any AI/AN tribe; any legally established organization of American Indians/Alaska Natives which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of American Indians/Alaska Natives in all phases of its activities. Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations are eligible to apply, but each participating entity must indicate its approval.
Cost sharing/match are not required in this program.
Award Information
Funding Mechanism: | Grants |
Anticipated Total Available Funding: | $12.928 million |
Anticipated Number of Awards: | Up to 41 awards |
Anticipated Award Amount: | Up to $325,000 per year |
Cost Sharing/Match Required? | No |
Length of Project Period: | Up to 3 years |
Proposed budgets cannot exceed $325,000 in total costs (direct and indirect) in any year of the proposed project. Annual continuation awards will depend on the availability of funds, grantee progress in meeting project goals and objectives, timely submission of required data and reports, and compliance with all terms and conditions of award. SAMHSA will use discretion in the allocation of funding the awards, taking into consideration the specific drug court models (Adult, Juvenile, and Family) as appropriate and the number of applicants received per model type.
Funding estimates for this announcement are based on an annualized Continuing Resolution and do not reflect the final FY 2013 appropriation. Applicants should be aware that funding amounts are subject to the availability of funds. These awards will be made as grants.
Contact Information
For questions about program issues contact
Kenneth Robertson
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1 Choke Cherry Road
Room 5-1001
Rockville, Maryland 20857
(240) 276-1621
Kenneth.Robertson@samhsa.hhs.gov
For questions on management and budget issues contact:
Eileen Bermudez
Office of Financial Resources, Division of Grants Management
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1 Choke Cherry Road
Room 7-1091
Rockville, Maryland 20857
(240) 276-1412
Eileen.Bermudez@samhsa.hhs.gov
Documents Needed to Complete a Grant Application
1. REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS (RFA)
YOU MUST RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE RFA IN PREPARING YOUR APPLICATION.
- Download Revised RFA Announcement in PDF format (728KB)
- Download Revised RFA Announcement in DOC format (416KB)
2. GRANT APPLICATION PACKAGE
YOU MUST USE THE FORMS IN THE APPLICATION PACKAGE TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION.
Additional Materials
For further information on the forms and the application process, see Useful Information for Applicants.
Additional materials available on this website include:
- Required Electronic Grant Application Submission
- Technical Assistance and Training for SAMHSA Grant Applicants
- Grants Management at SAMHSA: Useful Information for Grantees
Last updated: 02/21/2013