OpportunityTitle: OJJDP FY 09 Family Drug Courts Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Applicants are limited to states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally-recognized tribal governments acting directly or through agreement with other public or private entities.
Description: The purpose of the Family Drug Courts Program is to build the capacity of states, state and local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to develop and establish drug courts for substance-abusing adults involved with the family dependency court as a result of child abuse and neglect issues. The program must provide services to the children of the parents in the program as well as to the parents. The program provides seed money, not long-term support. OJJDP expects successful applicants to develop and implement a sustainability plan during the grant period to continue operation of the family drug court when the grant ends. The program is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 3797u, et seq.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Email
GrantorContactText: Jennifer Tyson, Program Manager, at 202-305-1598.
CloseDateExplanation: This application must be submitted through OJP&#146;s Grants Management System (GMS) at https://grants.ojp.usdoj.gov/. The Grants Management System Support Hotline at 1-888-549-9901, option 3. Note: The GMS Support Hotline hours of operation are Monday-Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time.     The Deadline time has been extended from 8:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.  The deadline date remains the same.  The new deadline is June 15, 2009 at 11:59 p.m.