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- The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Adminis. in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Grants to Develop and Expand Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaboratives (Short Title Adult Treatment Court Collaboratives)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesProjects of Regional and National Significance.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 9, 2011 and posted on Apr 9, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 6, 2011. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $4,400,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $400,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 11 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- SAMHSA is restricting eligibility to operational individual misdemeanor or felony adult criminal courts, family/child dependency courts, or their Tribal/State or local governmental proxies who may apply on their behalf. Therefore, in addition to direct application by an individual misdemeanor or felony adult criminal court or a family/child dependency court, units of Tribal/State/local government such as the Tribal Court Administrator, the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Single State Agency for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, the State Mental Health Services Agency, the designated State Drug Court Coordinator, or local governmental unit such as the county or city agency with direct involvement with the identified adult criminal court or family/child dependency court may apply on behalf of an individual court. When the State, Tribal, or local unit of government is the applicant, all awarded grant funds must be dedicated to the local behavioral health treatment court Collaborative with the exception of a small set aside, not to exceed two percent of the total award, that is permissible to cover the costs of administration and oversight of the grant. This grant program is not intended to provide start up funds to create new problem solving courts (e.g., drug courts, mental health courts, DUI/DWI Courts, Veterans Treatment Courts, Co Occurring Courts, Re entry Courts etc.) or maintain existing courts, but to link existing court and community entities in a behavioral health treatment court collaborative. Start up and implementation of problem solving courts is time consuming and does not fit within the 3 year grant cycle. Therefore, in order to meet the eligibility requirements of an operational criminal court or family/child dependency court, the applicant court must be operational for at least one year at the time of application. Operational is defined as a judge being designated to a court with a docket of specific cases and seeing defendants on a regular and recurring basis for at least a year prior to the submission of the grant application. By signing the application form SF 424 the applicant certifies that the applicant adult criminal court or family/child dependency court meets the definition of an operational court. Additionally, while an operational individual adult criminal court or family/child dependency court must apply as the lead agency for these court collaboratives, the proposed Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaborative must consist of at least the applicant court at the local level (municipality, city/town, county) and at least one other problem solving court or court based diversion process (e.g., screening process, jail diversion, sequential intercept model, mental health, co occurring court, reentry court) that addresses behavioral health conditions or a commitment by the applicant court to implement such a behavioral health court or court based diversion process. If an applicant proposes a Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaborative that links to other courts, court diversion processes, or justice programs that are planned but not already in place, the applicant must demonstrate the ability to fund and implement such court or court diversion programs within six months of grant award. For example, in their application a felony criminal court may propose to use recently awarded Bureau of Justice Assistance drug court implementation grant funds to administer a newly proposed problem solving court docket and use the SAMHSA funds for treatment expansion and systems transformation activities indicated in this solicitation. As the purpose of this grant program is not to fund start up court activities or support existing administration of justice/court activities, you must provide documentation, in Attachment 6 of your application, that funding has already been secured for any administration of justice activities such as the staffing and operation of court programs.
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Opportunity Summary:
The FY 2011 SAMHSA grant opportunity titled "Grants to Develop and Expand Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaboratives" (short title: Adult Treatment Court Collaboratives, Funding Opportunity Number TI-11-010) funds state, local, tribal, and court-led efforts to strengthen how adult criminal courts and family/child dependency courts respond to people with behavioral health needs who are involved in the justice system. The central idea is not simply to add more treatment slots, but to build coordinated court-community networks that connect justice-involved adults to appropriate, community-based treatment and recovery supports, with the broader goal of improving public health and public safety while reducing reliance on jails and prisons for people whose criminal justice involvement is closely tied to substance use and/or mental health conditions.
Programmatically, SAMHSA frames these awards as a new, more integrated approach that blends earlier grant models. Historically, SAMHSA adult drug court and ex-offender reentry awards (using CSAT funds) tended to focus on substance use treatment expansion for drug court participants or people reentering from incarceration, while CMHS-funded efforts often emphasized jail diversion and systems-change strategies for individuals with mental health conditions. This opportunity intentionally combines those tracks by "braiding" funds from CSAT and CMHS so communities can serve a wider range of needs under a single collaborative umbrella, including substance misuse, alcohol and drug addiction, serious psychological distress, mental illness, and co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. The emphasis is on closing service gaps created when courts or programs are limited to only one diagnostic category, and on transforming local behavioral health systems so they work better for justice-involved adults across the continuum, including people being screened for diversion, people pending adjudication, and people returning from jail or prison under post-incarceration judicial supervision.
The population of focus is adults who have been charged and are before a local criminal court (misdemeanor or felony), who may be diverted through judicial screening when appropriate, or who are returning to the community after incarceration and are under some form of court supervision, and who are identified (or suspected) as having a behavioral health condition. The collaborative model is meant to coordinate key justice and treatment functions such as screening, assessment, referral, court processing and adjudication practices where relevant, ongoing monitoring, and delivery of treatment and recovery support services. A major goal is to prevent and interrupt cycles of offending and recidivism by steering eligible individuals into effective treatment and supports rather than repeatedly cycling through incarceration, and by improving the community-level capacity to treat behavioral health conditions in the least restrictive and most appropriate settings.
A notable expectation is that funded collaboratives must be trauma-informed. SAMHSA links this program to its Strategic Initiative on Trauma and Justice and highlights the high prevalence of trauma exposure among people involved in the criminal justice system. Applicants are expected to ensure that court collaborative personnel and service providers are trained and operate in trauma-informed ways, and that participants are screened, assessed, and treated for trauma-related disorders when indicated. The program also underscores that services should reflect modern behavioral health standards: consumer-centered, recovery-oriented, evidence-based, quality-driven, and trauma-informed.
Operationally, these are service grants with an expectation of relatively rapid service delivery. SAMHSA allows an initial startup period of up to six months to do the planning and infrastructure work needed for coordination, linkages, and systems development, acknowledging that collaboration across courts and community providers requires real upfront design and alignment. Even with that flexibility, the program requires that actual treatment and recovery support services begin no later than the sixth month of the project in order to meet performance measurement and reporting expectations.
Eligibility is restricted and intentionally court-centered. Only operational, individual adult misdemeanor or felony criminal courts, family/child dependency courts, or their governmental proxies may apply. Proxies can include entities such as a Tribal Court Administrator, an Administrative Office of the Courts, a Single State Agency for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, a State Mental Health Agency, a designated State Drug Court Coordinator, or a local county/city governmental unit with direct involvement with the identified court. If a state, tribal, or local government unit applies on behalf of a court, essentially all grant funds must still flow to and be used for the local collaborative, with only a small administrative/oversight set-aside allowed (capped at 2 percent of the total award). Importantly, the program is not designed to create brand-new problem-solving courts or to fund routine court operations. The lead applicant court must have been operational for at least one year, meaning a judge is designated, a specific docket exists, and defendants are seen regularly and repeatedly over that period. Applicants also must document that funding is already secured for administration-of-justice functions (staffing and operation of court programs), because SAMHSA funds are intended for treatment expansion, recovery supports, collaboration, and systems transformation rather than basic court operations.
The collaborative requirement is also explicit: the proposed Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaborative must include, at minimum, the applicant court plus at least one additional problem-solving court or court-based diversion process that addresses behavioral health conditions, or a firm commitment by the applicant court to implement such a process. If the application relies on linking to planned (not yet operating) diversion programs or court dockets, the applicant must show the ability to fund and implement them within six months of award. SAMHSA even provides an example of using other funding streams (such as Bureau of Justice Assistance implementation funds) to cover the actual court program startup, while SAMHSA funds support treatment and systems-change components.
For funding specifics, SAMHSA anticipated 11 awards with an estimated total program funding of $4.4 million. The award ceiling was $400,000 (with no stated award floor). There was no cost-sharing or matching requirement. The opportunity was posted April 9, 2011, with an application deadline of June 6, 2011 (and archive date July 6, 2011). The program is listed under CFDA 93.243 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services - Projects of Regional and National Significance), and it is authorized under Sections 509 (CSAT) and 520A (CMHS) of the Public Health Service Act. SAMHSA also ties the program to Healthy People 2020 topic areas for Mental Health and Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse, reinforcing that the justice-focused approach is ultimately meant to advance population health outcomes, not only court processing outcomes.
In practical terms, this grant opportunity supports communities that already have functioning courts and at least some existing problem-solving or diversion capacity, and want to knit those pieces together with local treatment and recovery providers into a coordinated, trauma-informed system. The intended result is a stronger, more seamless pathway from court involvement to screening, treatment engagement, ongoing recovery support, and supervision practices that reduce reoffending and improve health, while shifting communities away from using incarceration as the default response to untreated mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring conditions.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the official name of this SAMHSA grant opportunity?
The FY 2011 SAMHSA grant opportunity is titled "Grants to Develop and Expand Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaboratives." The short title is "Adult Treatment Court Collaboratives," and the Funding Opportunity Number is TI-11-010.
What is the main purpose of the grant?
The grant funds court-centered, community-based collaborations that strengthen how adult criminal courts and family/child dependency courts respond to justice-involved adults with behavioral health needs. The emphasis is on building coordinated court-community networks that connect people to appropriate, community-based treatment and recovery supports, improving public health and public safety, and reducing reliance on jails and prisons when criminal justice involvement is closely tied to substance use and/or mental health conditions.
Is this grant mainly meant to create more treatment slots?
No. The central idea is not simply to add more treatment slots. The focus is on creating or strengthening coordinated networks among courts and community providers so justice-involved adults can be screened, assessed, referred, treated, supported in recovery, and monitored through an integrated collaborative approach.
What types of behavioral health needs does the program cover?
This opportunity is designed to serve a broad range of behavioral health needs under one collaborative umbrella, including substance misuse, alcohol and drug addiction, serious psychological distress, mental illness, and co-occurring mental and substance use disorders.
How does this program differ from earlier SAMHSA justice-related grant models?
SAMHSA describes this as a more integrated approach that blends earlier grant tracks by braiding funds from CSAT and CMHS. Historically, CSAT-funded awards often focused on substance use treatment expansion for drug court participants or reentry populations, while CMHS-funded efforts often emphasized jail diversion and systems-change strategies for individuals with mental health conditions. This program combines those approaches to reduce service gaps caused by programs limited to only one diagnostic category.
Who is the population of focus for this grant?
The population of focus is adults who have been charged and are before a local criminal court (misdemeanor or felony), who may be diverted through judicial screening when appropriate, or who are returning to the community after incarceration and are under some form of court supervision, and who are identified (or suspected) as having a behavioral health condition.
Does the grant focus only on people already convicted, or also earlier in the court process?
It spans the continuum, including individuals being screened for diversion, individuals pending adjudication, and individuals returning from jail or prison under post-incarceration judicial supervision.
What is a Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaborative in this opportunity?
It is a coordinated model intended to align key justice and treatment functions, including screening, assessment, referral, court processing and adjudication practices where relevant, ongoing monitoring, and delivery of treatment and recovery support services.
What outcomes is SAMHSA trying to achieve through these collaboratives?
The broader goals include improving public health and public safety, reducing reliance on incarceration for people whose justice involvement is closely tied to behavioral health conditions, preventing and interrupting cycles of offending and recidivism, and strengthening community capacity to treat behavioral health conditions in the least restrictive and most appropriate settings.
Is being trauma-informed required?
Yes. Funded collaboratives are expected to be trauma-informed. SAMHSA connects the program to its Strategic Initiative on Trauma and Justice and highlights the prevalence of trauma exposure among people involved in the criminal justice system. Applicants are expected to ensure personnel and providers are trained and operate in trauma-informed ways, and that participants are screened, assessed, and treated for trauma-related disorders when indicated.
What service standards does SAMHSA emphasize for funded activities?
The opportunity underscores that services should reflect modern behavioral health standards: consumer-centered, recovery-oriented, evidence-based, quality-driven, and trauma-informed.
How quickly must services start after an award is made?
SAMHSA allows an initial startup period of up to six months for planning and infrastructure work needed for coordination, linkages, and systems development. However, actual treatment and recovery support services must begin no later than the sixth month of the project to meet performance measurement and reporting expectations.
What types of applicants are eligible to apply?
Eligibility is restricted to operational, individual adult misdemeanor or felony criminal courts, family/child dependency courts, or their governmental proxies.
What does SAMHSA mean by a governmental proxy?
Examples of proxies listed include a Tribal Court Administrator, an Administrative Office of the Courts, a Single State Agency for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, a State Mental Health Agency, a designated State Drug Court Coordinator, or a local county/city governmental unit with direct involvement with the identified court.
If a government unit applies on behalf of a court, can it keep a large portion of the funds?
No. If a state, tribal, or local government unit applies on behalf of a court, essentially all grant funds must still flow to and be used for the local collaborative. Only a small administrative/oversight set-aside is allowed, capped at 2 percent of the total award.
Does this grant fund the creation of brand-new problem-solving courts?
No. The program is not designed to create brand-new problem-solving courts.
Does this grant pay for routine court operations?
No. The opportunity states it is not intended to fund routine court operations. Applicants must document that funding is already secured for administration-of-justice functions (such as staffing and operation of court programs). SAMHSA funds are intended for treatment expansion, recovery supports, collaboration, and systems transformation rather than basic court operations.
How long must the lead applicant court have been operating to qualify?
The lead applicant court must have been operational for at least one year. SAMHSA describes this as having a designated judge, a specific docket, and defendants being seen regularly and repeatedly over that period.
What is the minimum collaborative requirement?
The proposed Behavioral Health Treatment Court Collaborative must include, at minimum, the applicant court plus at least one additional problem-solving court or court-based diversion process that addresses behavioral health conditions, or a firm commitment by the applicant court to implement such a process.
What if the application relies on a planned diversion program or docket that is not yet operating?
If the application relies on linking to planned (not yet operating) diversion programs or court dockets, the applicant must demonstrate the ability to fund and implement them within six months of award.
Can SAMHSA funds be combined with other funding sources to get the court program up and running?
Yes. SAMHSA notes an example where other funding streams (such as Bureau of Justice Assistance implementation funds) could cover actual court program startup, while SAMHSA funds support treatment and systems-change components.
How many awards were anticipated, and what was the total estimated funding?
SAMHSA anticipated 11 awards with an estimated total program funding of $4.4 million.
What was the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling was $400,000. No award floor was stated.
Is there a cost-sharing or matching requirement?
No. The opportunity stated there was no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
When was the opportunity posted, and what were the key dates?
The opportunity was posted on April 9, 2011. The application deadline was June 6, 2011, and the archive date was July 6, 2011.
What CFDA number is associated with this opportunity?
The program is listed under CFDA 93.243 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services - Projects of Regional and National Significance).
What legal authorities were cited for the program?
The opportunity is authorized under Sections 509 (CSAT) and 520A (CMHS) of the Public Health Service Act.
How does SAMHSA connect this program to broader public health goals?
SAMHSA ties the program to Healthy People 2020 topic areas for Mental Health and Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse, emphasizing that the justice-focused approach is intended to advance population health outcomes, not only court processing outcomes.
What kinds of communities is this opportunity best suited for?
In practical terms, it supports communities that already have functioning courts and at least some existing problem-solving or diversion capacity, and want to knit those pieces together with local treatment and recovery providers into a coordinated, trauma-informed system.
What is the core system change this grant is trying to encourage?
The opportunity aims to strengthen a more seamless pathway from court involvement to screening, treatment engagement, ongoing recovery support, and supervision practices that reduce reoffending and improve health, while shifting communities away from using incarceration as the default response to untreated mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring conditions.
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