Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Grant Solicitations
The following FY23 grant solicitations are now available. Check back regularly as new solicitations open!
Below you will find all the information you need to prepare your applications, including deadlines, links to preparation webinars, and links to apply. Please check program eligibility before applying.
Note: "Adult treatment courts" can include adult drug courts, tribal healing to wellness courts, DWI courts, and co-occurring courts. Check each solicitation for the specific types of adult treatment courts that are eligible to apply.
Solicitations Overview
| Agency/Type | Deadline | Grant | Amount (up to) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMHSA: Adult, Family | March 6 | Expansion | $400,000 per year per award (up to $2,000,000 total) |
| BJA: Adult | Grants.gov: April 11, JustGrants: April 18 | Implementation, Enhancement, Statewide | Implementation: $900,000 for 48 months, Enhancement: $1 million for 48 months, Statewide: $2.5 million for 48 months |
| BJA: Veterans | Grants.gov: April 11, JustGrants: April 18 | Implementation, Enhancement, Statewide | Implementation: $900,000 for 48 months, Enhancement: $950,000 for 48 months, Statewide: $2.5 million for 48 months |
| OJJDP: Family | Coming soon | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OJJDP: Juvenile | Grants.gov: May 09, 2023 JustGrants: May 23, 2023 | Planning and Implementation, Enhancement | Planning and Implementation: $750,000 each for 48 months Enhancement: $1,000,000 for 48 months |
FAQs
Webinars on Demand
SAMHSA Pre-Application Webinar
SAMHSA held a pre-application webinar on January 19.
BJA Funding Overview
BJA hosted "Funding Opportunities for Your Community in 2023: An Overview of What's Ahead" on Tuesday, February 7.
BJA Application Overview
BJA hosted "The Federal Funding Process: The First Steps to Applying, How to Prepare Now, and Other Considerations" on Thursday, February 9.
BJA Adult Treatment Court Solicitation
BJA held a webinar for the adult treatment court solicitation on Wednesday, February 15. Links to the recording, slides, and transcript will be shared when available.
BJA Veterans Treatment Court Solicitation
BJA held a webinar for the veterans treatment court solicitation on Thursday, February 16.
View NDCRC webinar: Preparing a competitive grant proposal FY 23 ATC and VTC Discretionary Grant Program.
Solicitation Details
Expand Treatment Capacity With SAMHSA Funds - THIS SOLICITATION IS CLOSED
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released its solicitation for treatment courts. The program’s purpose is to expand substance use disorder treatment and recovery support services in existing treatment courts. The population of focus is adults diagnosed with a substance use disorder as their primary condition.
Deadline:
- March 6, 2023
About the Grant Program
This grant program is for state, local, or tribal entities seeking funding to expand treatment in their existing adult or family treatment court program.
- Award amount: Up to $400,000 per year per award
- Award period: Up to 5 years
Pre-Application Webinar (held January 19)
- View the recording (coming soon)
- Download the presentation
All applicants must register with NIH’s eRA Commons to submit an application. This process takes up to six weeks. If you are interested in applying for this opportunity, you must start the registration process immediately. See Appendix A on page 37 for registration information.
BJA Adult Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Solicitation
The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) announced its Adult Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program for FY 2023. The grant program provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and Native American tribal governments to enhance the operations of existing treatment courts or to implement new treatment courts. Treatment court models eligible for funding include adult drug treatment courts, co-occurring courts, DWI/DUI courts, and tribal healing to wellness courts.
Download BJA overview of this solicitation.
Deadlines:
- Grants.gov deadline: April 11, 2023 8:59 p.m. ET
- JustGrants deadline: April 18, 2023 8:59 p.m. ET
Applicants are required to complete a two-step submission process; more information can be found on page three of the Notice of Funding Opportunity.
Webinar: (Registration required)
- BJA will host a webinar to assist with applications on February 15, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. ET. Click here to register.
About the Grant Program
The Adult Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program is designed to support adult drug treatment courts, co-occurring courts, DWI/DUI courts, and tribal healing to wellness courts in the following categories:
Category 1: Planning and Implementation Grants
- Award amount: $900,000 each
- Award period: 48 months
Category 2: Enhancement Grants
- Award amount: $1,000,000 each
- Award period: 48 months
Category 3: Statewide Grants
- Award amount: $2,500,000 each
- Award period: 48 months
Additional Information for Applicants
BJA strongly recommends potential applicants start the System for Award Management (SAM) registration process as soon as possible. This will allow the time necessary to process entity validations well in advance of the Grants.gov due date. If you're already registered with SAM, you already have a Unique Entity ID, and must renew your registration every 365 days to keep it active.
Visit the JustGrants Application Submission Training Page for more detailed guidance on the application process:
- Confirm your Entity's SAM Registration Information
- Apply in Grants.gov
- JustGrants Entity Onboarding and User Access
- Complete the Application in JustGrants
- Complete the Application in JustGrants - Budget
- Review, Certify and Submit your Application in JustGrants
New this year: Recent data highlighted in the "Painting the Current Picture: A National Report on the Treatment Courts in the United States: Highlights and Insights" publication demonstrate a need to address equity and inclusion in treatment courts. In the proposal narrative, BJA requires applicants to describe a plan to collect and examine access and retention data to identify and eliminate disparities that exist for race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability in admission protocols or elsewhere in the adult treatment court program. The plan may include use of the NADCP Equity and Inclusion Assessment Toolkit or incorporate the American University Racial and Ethnic Disparities (RED) Program Assessment Tool.
Like last year, grant applicants must comply with Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities. See the grant solicitation for details on complying with the order.
For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or email support@grants.gov. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ’s Justice Grants System, contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or email JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov.
FY 2023 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Solicitation
The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) announced its Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program for fiscal year 2023. The grant program provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and Native American tribal governments to implement and enhance the operations of veterans treatment courts.
Download BJA overview of this solicitation.
Deadlines:
Applicants are required to complete a two-step submission process; more information can be found on page three of the Notice of Funding Opportunity.
- Grants.gov deadline: April 11, 2023, 8:59 p.m. ET
- JustGrants deadline: April 18, 2023, 8:59 p.m. ET
Webinar: (Registration required)
- BJA will host a webinar to assist with applications on February 16, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. ET.
- Register here
About the Grant Program
The Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program will support the following categories for funding:
Category 1: Planning and Implementation Grants
- Award amount: $900,000 each
- Award period: 48 months
Category 2: Enhancement Grants
- Award amount: $950,000 each
- Award period: 48 months
Category 3: Statewide Grants
- Award amount: $2,500,000 each
- Award period: 48 months
Additional Information for Applicants
BJA strongly recommends potential applicants start the System for Award Management (SAM) registration process as soon as possible. This will allow the time necessary to process entity validations well in advance of the Grants.gov due date. If you're already registered with SAM, you already have a Unique Entity ID, and must renew your registration every 365 days to keep it active.
Visit the JustGrants Application Submission Training Page for more detailed guidance on the application process:
- Confirm your Entity's SAM Registration Information
- Apply in Grants.gov
- JustGrants Entity Onboarding and User Access
- Complete the Application in JustGrants
- Complete the Application in JustGrants - Budget
- Review, Certify and Submit your Application in JustGrants
Like last year, grant applicants must comply with Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities. See the grant solicitation for details on complying with the order.
For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or email support@grants.gov.
For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ’s Justice Grants System, contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or email JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov.
Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
FY23 funding is available to enhance operational juvenile drug treatment courts by implementing evidence-based practices from the Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines.
Deadlines:
- Grants.gov Deadline: May 09, 2023, 11:59 PM ET
- JustGrants Deadline: May 23, 2023, 8:59 PM ET
The full application must be submitted to JustGrants.
About the Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announced its Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Discretionary Program Solicitation for FY 2023. OJJDP seeks to build the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Tribal governments to implement new and innovative approaches to enhance existing juvenile drug treatment courts and improve outcomes for youth with substance use or co-occurring mental health disorders, including histories of trauma. Applicants are required to complete a two-step submission process.
Category 1: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Planning and Implementation Program grants are available to jurisdictions that want to establish a juvenile drug treatment court. These grants are for jurisdictions where no juvenile drug treatment court currently exists, or a juvenile drug treatment court has been operational for less than 1 year.
- Award amount: $750,000 each
- Award period: 48 months
Category 2: Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Enhancement Program grants are available to jurisdictions with a fully operational (for at least 1 year) juvenile drug treatment court to enhance the operation of the court. Jurisdictions applying for funding under this category must have courts that have been fully operational for at least 1 year.
- Award amount: $1,000,000 each
- Award period: 48 months
Solicitation Webinar
A webinar providing additional information will be announced soon and posted on this page.
Additional Information for Applicants
For technical assistance with submitting the SF-424 and SF-LLL in Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or email support@grants.gov. For technical assistance with submitting the full application in DOJ’s Justice Grants System, contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or email JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov.
The solicitation for FY23 has not been released. Below is an overview of last year's solicitation.
Family Treatment Court Program
The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is seeking applications for funding under the FY 2022 Family Treatment Court Program. The grant program provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and Native American tribal governments.
Deadlines: Applicants must meet two deadlines as part of a new two-step application process:
- May 25, 2022: The SF-242 and SF-LLL must be submitted to Grants.gov.
- June 8, 2022: The full application must be submitted to JustGrants.
Webinar: (Registration required)
- OJJDP will host a webinar to assist with applications on 11:00 a.m. May 9, 2022.
- Register here.
About the Grant Program
FY22 funding is available to establish or enhance family treatment courts by implementing evidence-based practices from the Family Treatment Court Best Practice Standards.
Category 1: Establishing New Family Treatment Courts.
- Award amount: $740,000 each
- Award period: 36 months
Category 2: Enhancing Family Treatment Courts
- Award amount: $820,000 each
- Award period: 36 months
Additional Information for Applicants
Like last year, grant applicants must comply with Executive Order 13929 Safe Policing for Safe Communities. See the grant solicitation for details on complying with the order.
For technical assistance with Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035 or support@grants.gov.
For technical assistance with the Justice Grants System (JustGrants), contact the JustGrants Service Desk at 833-872-5175 or JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov.