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- The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Adminis. in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity for Juvenile Treatment Drug Courts" 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 Dec 1, 2009 and posted on Dec 1, 2009.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 23, 2010. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $8,800,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $325,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 27 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- SAMHSA/CSAT is restricting eligibility to existing individual Juvenile Treatment Drug Courts or their Tribal/State or local governmental proxies who may apply on their behalf. Therefore, in addition to direct application by an individual Juvenile Treatment Drug 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 designated State Drug Court Coordinator, or local governmental unit such as county or city agency with direct involvement with the drug court may apply on behalf of an individual juvenile treatment drug court. When the Tribe/State/local governmental unit is the applicant, all grant funds awarded must be dedicated to the individual juvenile treatment drug court with the exception of a small set aside, not to exceed two percent of the total award, that is permissible to cover the cost of administration and oversight of the grant. Grantees from the FY 2009 cohort for the Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity for Juvenile Drug Courts program are not eligible to apply. Eligible juvenile treatment drug courts must have demonstrated relationships and agreements with existing community based substance abuse treatment providers in order to create the necessary networks to successfully implement these grants. 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. In those cases where a Tribe/State/local unit of government (city/county) applies on behalf of a drug court, the Tribe/State/local governmental unit will be the award recipient and the entity responsible for satisfying the grant requirements. Although funding is intended for individual drug courts, SAMHSA recognizes the scarcity of treatment resources in some rural communities. Therefore, it is allowable for contiguous rural counties in one State to apply as a multi county partnership to serve more than one drug court within the identified counties. 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. This grant program is not intended to provide start up funds to create new juvenile treatment drug courts. Applicant drug courts must be operational for at least one year at the time of application. Operational is defined as a judge being designated as a drug court judge with a drug court docket of cases and seeing defendants in drug court on a regular and recurring basis for at least one year prior to the submission of the grant application. By signing the cover page (SF 424 v2) of the application, the authorized representative of the applicant organization is certifying that the Juvenile Treatment Drug Court applying for funds is operational, as defined above, for at least one year at the time of application. Applications submitted by entities other than the State Substance Abuse Agency (SSA) must include a letter from the SSA Director or designated representative that provides support for the application and confirms that the proposal conforms to the framework of the State Strategy of Substance Abuse Treatment. If applicable, this letter must be included in Attachment 4 of your application or it will not be reviewed and you will not be considered for an award. A listing of the SSAs can be found on SAMHSA s Web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/ssadirectory.pdf... See the RFA for complete eligibility requirements.
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Opportunity Summary:
This FY 2010 funding opportunity from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), supports existing juvenile treatment drug courts that need to expand or strengthen their substance use treatment capacity. The central goal is to increase access to effective alcohol and drug treatment for juvenile defendants/offenders who are supervised through a problem-solving court model, while also improving the recovery supports and coordination that make treatment more likely to work. The grant is framed as a response to a well-documented treatment gap: national survey data cited in the announcement notes that tens of millions of people need treatment for alcohol or illicit drug problems, yet only a small fraction receive specialty services, and the shortfall is similarly stark for people involved in the justice system. By boosting treatment availability within juvenile drug court settings, SAMHSA aims to reduce public health and social costs tied to substance use disorders and improve public safety by lowering substance-related crime and violence.
Programmatically, SAMHSA expects grantees to use the juvenile treatment drug court approach, which combines frequent judicial oversight with clinical treatment and coordinated supervision. In practice, this means youth regularly appear before a judge and a multidisciplinary team that monitors compliance with court-ordered conditions and treatment plans. The funding is intended to support core service components such as screening and assessment, clinical treatment, case management, program coordination, and recovery support services that reinforce treatment engagement and long-term recovery. A major emphasis is placed on filling gaps in the local continuum of care, meaning applicants should identify where services are missing or insufficient (for example, not enough adolescent-appropriate outpatient capacity, limited family-based services, inadequate co-occurring mental health supports, or weak recovery supports) and prioritize grant resources to close those gaps rather than duplicating what already exists.
The opportunity is a discretionary grant in the health category (CFDA 93.243) under SAMHSA projects of regional and national significance. SAMHSA anticipated making about 27 awards, with an estimated total funding level of $8.8 million and a stated award ceiling of $325,000. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. A key operational expectation is speed to service: as a SAMHSA services grant, the program is designed for relatively rapid implementation, and service delivery is expected to begin as soon as possible after award, no later than the fourth month of the project. The grant authority is cited as Sections 501(d)(18) and 509 of the Public Health Service Act, and the announcement aligns with Healthy People 2010 Focus Area 26 (Substance Abuse).
Eligibility is intentionally narrow and focused on established juvenile treatment drug courts, not new start-ups. Applicants must be an existing individual juvenile treatment drug court or a tribal, state, or local governmental proxy applying on behalf of a specific court. Examples of acceptable governmental applicants include a Tribal Court Administrator, an Administrative Office of the Courts, a Single State Agency (SSA) for alcohol and drug abuse, a designated state drug court coordinator, or a county/city agency directly involved with the court. If a governmental unit applies on behalf of a court, nearly all awarded funds must be dedicated to that individual juvenile treatment drug court; only a small administrative set-aside is allowed, capped at 2 percent of the total award, for grant administration and oversight. The program explicitly excludes providing start-up funding to create new juvenile treatment drug courts. To qualify, a court must be operational for at least one year, defined as having a designated drug court judge, an active drug court docket, and regular, recurring drug court hearings for at least one year prior to application. By signing the SF-424 cover page, the applicant certifies that this operational requirement is met.
The solicitation also emphasizes that successful applicants must already have demonstrated relationships and agreements with community-based substance abuse treatment providers, since the grant is meant to enhance capacity through coordinated networks rather than build partnerships from scratch. Treatment providers and other nonprofit organizations can play an important role as subrecipients or contractors, but they cannot apply as the primary applicant because they do not control entry into the drug court docket. Another important condition applies when the applicant is not the State Substance Abuse Agency: the application must include a support letter from the SSA director (or designee) confirming support and alignment with the state strategy for substance abuse treatment; without this letter, the application will not be reviewed.
SAMHSA also accounts for rural realities by allowing multi-county partnerships in contiguous rural areas to apply together to serve more than one drug court, as long as one county government unit serves as the lead applicant responsible for administering and overseeing the grant across jurisdictions. Finally, the announcement notes a specific restriction: grantees from the FY 2009 cohort of this same juvenile drug court capacity expansion program are not eligible to apply in FY 2010.
Administratively, the opportunity was posted December 1, 2009, with an application deadline of February 23, 2010, and an archive date of March 25, 2010. The listed agency contact for assistance is William Reyes in SAMHSA’s Division of Grants Management (william.reyes@samhsa.hhs.gov, 240-276-1406).
FAQs: SAMHSA/CSAT Juvenile Treatment Drug Court Capacity Expansion (FY 2010, CFDA 93.243)
1) What is this grant opportunity for?
This SAMHSA (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment) FY 2010 discretionary services grant supports existing juvenile treatment drug courts that need to expand or strengthen their substance use treatment capacity. The focus is on increasing access to effective alcohol and drug treatment for youth supervised through a problem-solving court model and improving the recovery supports and coordination that help treatment succeed.
2) What is the main goal of the program?
The central goal is to increase access to effective alcohol and drug treatment for juvenile defendants/offenders served through juvenile treatment drug courts, while improving the recovery supports and coordination needed for better outcomes. SAMHSA also ties this to reducing public health and social costs and improving public safety by lowering substance-related crime and violence.
3) Who is this grant designed to serve?
The intended population is juvenile defendants/offenders supervised through a juvenile treatment drug court (a problem-solving court model with court oversight and treatment requirements).
4) Is this grant for starting a new juvenile treatment drug court?
No. The program explicitly excludes start-up funding to create new juvenile treatment drug courts. It is only for established courts that are already operating.
5) What does SAMHSA mean by an "existing" juvenile treatment drug court?
To qualify, the juvenile treatment drug court must have been operational for at least one year prior to application. "Operational" is defined as having (1) a designated drug court judge, (2) an active drug court docket, and (3) regular, recurring drug court hearings for at least one year.
6) How is the one-year operational requirement certified?
By signing the SF-424 cover page, the applicant certifies that the drug court meets the requirement of being operational for at least one year as defined in the announcement.
7) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is intentionally narrow. Applicants must be either (a) an existing individual juvenile treatment drug court, or (b) a tribal, state, or local governmental proxy applying on behalf of a specific juvenile treatment drug court.
8) What are examples of eligible governmental applicants applying on behalf of a court?
The announcement lists examples such as a Tribal Court Administrator, an Administrative Office of the Courts, a Single State Agency (SSA) for alcohol and drug abuse, a designated state drug court coordinator, or a county/city agency directly involved with the court.
9) Can a substance abuse treatment provider or nonprofit apply as the primary applicant?
No. Treatment providers and other nonprofit organizations may participate as subrecipients or contractors, but they cannot apply as the primary applicant because they do not control entry into the drug court docket.
10) If a government agency applies on behalf of a court, can it use grant funds for general government operations?
No. If a governmental unit applies on behalf of a court, nearly all awarded funds must be dedicated to that individual juvenile treatment drug court. Only a small administrative set-aside is allowed for grant administration and oversight, capped at 2 percent of the total award.
11) Is there a required match or cost sharing?
No. The opportunity states there is no cost sharing or matching requirement.
12) How many awards did SAMHSA expect to make, and what is the approximate funding level?
SAMHSA anticipated making about 27 awards, with an estimated total funding level of $8.8 million.
13) What is the maximum award amount?
The stated award ceiling is $325,000.
14) What types of activities or services are the funds intended to support?
Funding is intended to support core service components in juvenile treatment drug courts, including screening and assessment, clinical treatment, case management, program coordination, and recovery support services that reinforce treatment engagement and long-term recovery.
15) What model does SAMHSA expect grantees to use?
SAMHSA expects grantees to use the juvenile treatment drug court approach, combining frequent judicial oversight with clinical treatment and coordinated supervision. Youth regularly appear before a judge and a multidisciplinary team that monitors compliance with court-ordered conditions and treatment plans.
16) What does it mean to "fill gaps in the local continuum of care"?
Applicants are expected to identify missing or insufficient services in their local treatment and recovery system and use grant resources to close those gaps rather than duplicating existing services. Examples mentioned include insufficient adolescent-appropriate outpatient capacity, limited family-based services, inadequate co-occurring mental health supports, or weak recovery supports.
17) Does the program require applicants to already have treatment partnerships in place?
Yes. The solicitation emphasizes that successful applicants must already have demonstrated relationships and agreements with community-based substance abuse treatment providers because the grant is intended to enhance capacity through coordinated networks, not build partnerships from scratch.
18) Is there a "speed to service" requirement?
Yes. As a SAMHSA services grant, the program is designed for relatively rapid implementation. Service delivery is expected to begin as soon as possible after award, and no later than the fourth month of the project.
19) Are rural or multi-county applications allowed?
Yes. SAMHSA allows multi-county partnerships in contiguous rural areas to apply together to serve more than one drug court, as long as one county government unit serves as the lead applicant responsible for administering and overseeing the grant across jurisdictions.
20) Is a support letter from the State Substance Abuse Agency (SSA) required?
In many cases, yes. When the applicant is not the State Substance Abuse Agency, the application must include a support letter from the SSA director (or designee) confirming support and alignment with the state strategy for substance abuse treatment.
21) What happens if the SSA support letter is missing when required?
The announcement states that without the SSA support letter (when required), the application will not be reviewed.
22) Are FY 2009 grantees from the same juvenile drug court capacity expansion program eligible to apply?
No. The announcement specifies that grantees from the FY 2009 cohort of this same program are not eligible to apply in FY 2010.
23) What is the CFDA number and grant category?
The opportunity is in the health category under CFDA 93.243, described as SAMHSA projects of regional and national significance.
24) What legal authority is cited for this grant?
The grant authority is cited as Sections 501(d)(18) and 509 of the Public Health Service Act.
25) Does the announcement reference any national public health framework?
Yes. The announcement aligns with Healthy People 2010 Focus Area 26 (Substance Abuse).
26) When was the opportunity posted and when were applications due?
The opportunity was posted on December 1, 2009. The application deadline was February 23, 2010.
27) What is the archive date listed for this opportunity?
The archive date listed is March 25, 2010.
28) Who is the agency contact listed for assistance?
The listed agency contact is William Reyes in SAMHSA's Division of Grants Management. Email: william.reyes@samhsa.hhs.gov. Phone: 240-276-1406.
29) Why does SAMHSA describe this as responding to a "treatment gap"?
The announcement cites national survey data indicating that tens of millions of people need treatment for alcohol or illicit drug problems, yet only a small fraction receive specialty services. It notes that the shortfall is similarly stark for people involved in the justice system, which is a key reason for expanding treatment capacity within juvenile drug court settings.
30) What outcomes is SAMHSA ultimately trying to influence through this funding?
Based on the announcement, SAMHSA aims to improve access to effective treatment and recovery supports for justice-involved youth, reduce public health and social costs tied to substance use disorders, and improve public safety by lowering substance-related crime and violence.
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