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Opportunity Summary:

The Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance Grant is a discretionary federal grant offered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) within the Executive Office of the President. It is designed to fund a single lead organization to deliver training and technical assistance that strengthens drug courts and other alternatives-to-incarceration approaches for justice-involved people with substance use disorders. The opportunity is rooted in the Presidents National Drug Control Strategy, which emphasizes criminal justice reforms such as reducing unfair sentencing disparities, expanding diversion and treatment options, improving prevention and reentry supports, and ultimately protecting public safety while improving outcomes for people returning to their communities from jails and prisons.

ONDCP is looking for an organization with deep, demonstrated expertise in evidence-based practices at the intersection of addiction science and criminal justice. While the narrative description highlights a nonprofit entity with 501(c)(3) status and extensive drug court training experience, the eligibility list is broader and includes public and private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments, and certain nonprofits (including those without 501(c)(3) status). Regardless of applicant type, the selected grantee is expected to operate as a national-level training and technical assistance provider that can support jurisdictions with existing drug courts as well as those exploring or planning to implement them.

The core purpose of the grant is to improve how criminal justice systems respond to substance use disorders by pushing consistent use of proven, evidence-based approaches. Specifically, ONDCP frames the work around four main aims: improving adherence to best practices through education, training, and practical materials; reducing justice system costs and recidivism by promoting effective interventions; improving access to and delivery of treatment and recovery services for justice-involved individuals; and reducing disproportionality of punishment in the criminal justice system. The emphasis is not just on delivering trainings, but on helping jurisdictions make durable system changes that affect decision-making from arrest through reentry.

To carry out this work, the grantee must engage expert practitioners across multiple domains, including addiction science, criminal justice, health care, and drug courts. The training and technical assistance must be delivered in multiple formats, including in-person training, online training, and jurisdiction-specific on-site or tailored technical assistance. ONDCP also expects the program to reach a diverse set of jurisdictions at the state, local, and tribal levels, reflecting different demographics and community needs rather than concentrating support in only one type of location or court system.

ONDCP policy priorities must be built directly into the training content, technical assistance, and educational materials. A major priority area is a comprehensive approach to opioid use disorder, including overdose prevention, naloxone administration training, and expanding access to medication-assisted treatment (often referred to as MAT). Another priority is improving diversion programming by promoting evidence-based approaches paired with comprehensive case management, clinical treatment for substance use disorders, recovery supports, and other necessary services that address practical barriers to stabilization. A third priority is strengthening consistency of practice among drug courts, which implies promoting alignment with recognized standards and reducing wide variation in how drug courts operate across jurisdictions.

The grant is structured around clear goals, objectives, and expected deliverables. At the goal level, ONDCP wants the program to: provide training and technical assistance that helps criminal justice practitioners develop, maintain, and enhance evidence-based interventions across the full justice continuum (from arrest to reentry); educate criminal justice professionals about substance use disorders; and deliver specialized training and technical assistance on medication-assisted treatment and overdose reversal medications to increase use within drug courts, support recovery, and prevent overdose deaths. This framing makes it clear that the program is expected to influence both frontline practice (what practitioners do day to day) and system-level policies and protocols (how agencies coordinate and institutionalize effective approaches).

The specific program objectives further detail what the grantee must do. The grantee must expand the availability of no-cost, on-request curricula delivered statewide, regionally, and nationally, focusing on two main areas: the science of addiction and the systemic implementation of evidence-based interventions at every point where individuals interact with the justice system. In addition to training practitioners directly, the program must train trainers, building a multiplier effect so jurisdictions can continue delivering and reinforcing the interventions over time. The grantee must also provide hands-on technical assistance to state and local justice systems to build implementation capacity, conduct strategic planning, make targeted policy and program improvements, evaluate results, and support long-term sustainability rather than one-time adoption.

Drug court-specific work is a central component. The program must educate drug court practitioners and communities planning new drug courts on implementing evidence-based drug court standards for adult drug courts. It must also produce no-cost training events and educational materials for a wide range of criminal justice practitioners, including practical guidance on appropriate interventions for people with substance use disorders and strategies for working effectively with community treatment providers. In parallel, the grantee must develop and deliver dedicated no-cost trainings for drug court professionals on medication-assisted treatment and overdose prevention, reflecting ONDCPs emphasis on addressing opioid-related harms and preventing fatal overdoses.

Data and performance measurement are built into the grant requirements. ONDCP expects the grantee to collect and analyze data from jurisdictions participating in the programs training and on-site technical assistance, specifically focused on alternatives to incarceration and the effectiveness of the assistance provided. The program is also expected to track systems change implementation in jurisdictions receiving training, meaning the evaluation should go beyond counting participants and instead document whether jurisdictions actually adopt and maintain new policies, practices, and cross-agency coordination that align with evidence-based standards.

In terms of funding details, the opportunity number is ONDCP DRUGCOURTTTA 2016 under CFDA 95.005 (Law, Justice and Legal Services). ONDCP anticipated making one award, with an award ceiling of $3,400,000. The posting and creation dates were May 18, 2016, and the application closing date was July 15, 2016.

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