Opportunity Information: Apply for TI 13 005
Apply for TI 13 005
- 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 In Adult, Juvenile, and Family Drug Courts (Short Title SAMHSA 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 Mar 25, 2013 and posted on Feb 21, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 19, 2013. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $12,928,000.00 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 41 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligible applicants include state and local government entities, 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, federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and tribal organizations, individual adult treatment drug courts, juvenile treatment drug courts, and family dependency/drug courts. For the purposes of this RFA, eligible adult drug court models include Drug Courts serving adults, Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts, Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)/Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Courts, Co Occurring Drug and Mental Health Courts, and Veterans Treatment Courts. SAMHSA also encourages local municipal court systems that have a problem solving municipal court to apply for funding. When the state/local/tribal government (city/county) or eligible entity applies on behalf of a drug court(s), the applicant will be the award recipient and the entity responsible for satisfying the grant requirements. It is allowable for an eligible applicant to apply on behalf of one or more drug courts within a state/tribe. 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. When multiple jurisdictions or dockets are included within one application, letters of commitment from the drug court judge for each court must be included stating that they intend to meet the requirements of the grant, including the reporting requirements. NOTE If applicable, you must include these letters of commitment from each drug court judge in Attachment 5 of your application or it will not be reviewed and will not be considered for an award. 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. Eligible drug courts must be operational on or before October 1, 2013. Operational is defined as a having a set of cases and seeing clients in the drug court. By signing the cover page (SF 424) of the application, the authorized representative of the applicant organization is certifying that the drug court(s) applying for funds or receiving funds as part of this grant are currently or will be operational on or before October 1, 2013. Tribal organization means the recognized body of any AI/AN tribe any legally established organization of American Indians/Alaska Natives which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of American Indians/Alaska Natives in all phases of its activities. Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations are eligible to apply, but each participating entity must indicate its approval. The statutory authority for this program prohibits grants to for profit agencies.
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Opportunity Summary:
The FY 2013 SAMHSA Treatment Drug Courts grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number TI 13 005) was designed to help existing adult, juvenile, and family problem-solving courts expand or strengthen their substance use treatment capacity. The core idea is simple: many treatment drug courts were already operating (nearly 2,500 nationwide as of 2011), but a large number did not have enough dedicated treatment funding to meet participants clinical needs. SAMHSA, through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), offered these grants to close that gap by paying for treatment and related recovery supports that are tightly integrated with the drug court model, with the broader public goal of reducing substance use, recidivism, and the costly cycle of repeated incarceration or other justice penalties.
The program focuses on courts that use the treatment drug court approach, meaning a specialized docket that combines close judicial supervision with early, continuous, and intensive treatment, mandatory and periodic drug testing, coordinated case management, and a structured system of incentives and sanctions. SAMHSA emphasized that these grants were not about traditional case processing; they were meant to support evidence-based clinical care delivered in a way that aligns with the disease model of addiction and the problem-solving court framework. Successful projects were expected to coordinate across systems that typically operate separately, including judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, probation, law enforcement, behavioral health providers, and social services. The long-term intent was to help communities build sustainable systems of care around treatment drug courts so that the treatment side can continue after federal funding ends.
Eligible court models were broad, especially on the adult side. In addition to standard adult drug courts, SAMHSA considered Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts, DWI/DUI courts, co-occurring drug and mental health courts, veterans treatment courts, and municipal courts using a problem-solving model to be within scope as long as they met the core elements required of drug courts. While the grant could support services addressing co-morbid conditions such as mental health needs, SAMHSA made clear that spending had to remain consistent with a drug court mission centered on substance dependence or addiction. A major priority was filling gaps in the local continuum of care for people in these courts who have substance use disorders or co-occurring disorders and who need timely access to treatment, not just supervision.
A key population requirement shaped how applicants had to design services: funds had to be used for high-risk, high-need participants diagnosed with substance dependence or addiction and identified as needing immediate treatment. In practice, that meant grantees needed a plan to identify and engage participants who are most likely to reoffend and most in need of intensive clinical intervention, rather than using limited funds for lower-need participants who might succeed with minimal services. SAMHSA also tied this work to its Trauma and Justice strategic focus, encouraging applicants to integrate trauma-informed approaches across health and justice partners to reduce the harmful health impacts of violence and trauma for justice-involved individuals.
On funding and scale, SAMHSA anticipated making about 41 awards with an estimated total funding pool of $12,928,000. The stated award ceiling was $325,000, with no cost-sharing or matching requirement. These were services grants, and SAMHSA signaled an expectation of rapid startup: service delivery was intended to begin as soon as possible after award and no later than the fourth month of the project. SAMHSA also reserved discretion to distribute awards across adult, juvenile, and family drug court models depending on the mix and volume of applications received, and it noted that geographic distribution could factor into final decisions.
Eligibility primarily centered on public entities and operating courts rather than treatment providers applying directly. Eligible applicants included state and local governmental entities with direct involvement in the drug court (for example, administrative offices of the courts, single state agencies for alcohol and drug abuse, designated state drug court coordinators, county or city agencies), federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations, and individual adult, juvenile, and family dependency/drug courts. A critical operational requirement was that the drug court had to be operating on or before October 1, 2013, defined as having a set of cases and actively seeing clients. By signing the SF-424, the applicant certified this operational status or commitment. Nonprofit treatment providers were described as essential partners and could participate as subrecipients or contractors, but they could not apply as the lead applicant because they do not control entry into drug court; for-profit agencies were prohibited by statute.
For jurisdictions applying on behalf of multiple drug courts, the opportunity allowed a single lead applicant (typically one county unit of government) to oversee and administer the grant across multiple dockets or jurisdictions. However, SAMHSA required clear commitments from each participating court: letters from each drug court judge had to be included (specified as Attachment 5) confirming intent to meet program requirements, including reporting, and applications missing these letters would not be reviewed. This detail underscores that SAMHSA viewed judicial leadership and accountability as non-negotiable parts of implementing a treatment drug court model with federal treatment dollars.
Finally, SAMHSA flagged coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Adult drug courts could also pursue a related joint initiative (TI 13 006) that allowed one comprehensive application to compete for two coordinated awards (one from SAMHSA and one from BJA). Applicants could apply to one or multiple solicitations, but SAMHSA and BJA would not fund the same proposed drug court project more than once in the same jurisdiction or court. Overall, the opportunity was positioned as a way to strengthen the treatment backbone of problem-solving courts so they can more reliably deliver screening, assessment, case management, program coordination, treatment, and recovery supports that reduce relapse and reoffending while improving long-term stability for participants and families.
FY 2013 SAMHSA Treatment Drug Courts (TI 13 005) - FAQs
1. What is the FY 2013 SAMHSA Treatment Drug Courts grant (TI 13 005)?
It is a SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) services grant designed to help existing adult, juvenile, and family problem-solving courts expand or strengthen their substance use treatment capacity. The funding is meant to pay for treatment and recovery supports that are integrated with the drug court model, with the broader goal of reducing substance use, recidivism, and repeated incarceration or other justice penalties.
2. What problem was this grant intended to solve?
Many treatment drug courts were already operating (nearly 2,500 nationwide as of 2011), but many did not have enough dedicated treatment funding to meet participants clinical needs. This opportunity was meant to close that gap by supporting clinical services and related supports that align with the drug court approach.
3. What types of courts could use this funding?
The opportunity was open to existing adult, juvenile, and family problem-solving courts using a treatment drug court approach. On the adult side, SAMHSA indicated that models within scope could include traditional adult drug courts as well as Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts, DWI/DUI courts, co-occurring drug and mental health courts, veterans treatment courts, and municipal courts using a problem-solving model, as long as they met the core elements required of drug courts.
4. What does SAMHSA mean by a "treatment drug court approach"?
SAMHSA described this as a specialized docket that combines close judicial supervision with early, continuous, and intensive treatment; mandatory and periodic drug testing; coordinated case management; and a structured system of incentives and sanctions. The grant was intended to support evidence-based clinical care delivered in a way that fits the disease model of addiction and the problem-solving court framework.
5. Who was eligible to apply as the lead applicant?
Eligible applicants included state and local governmental entities with direct involvement in the drug court (such as administrative offices of the courts, single state agencies for alcohol and drug abuse, designated state drug court coordinators, and county or city agencies), federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and tribal organizations, and individual adult, juvenile, and family dependency/drug courts.
6. Could a nonprofit treatment provider apply directly?
No. Nonprofit treatment providers were described as essential partners and could participate as subrecipients or contractors, but they could not apply as the lead applicant because they do not control entry into drug court.
7. Are for-profit agencies allowed to apply or participate as the lead?
For-profit agencies were prohibited by statute from being funded under this opportunity.
8. Did the drug court have to already be operating?
Yes. A key requirement was that the drug court had to be operating on or before October 1, 2013. "Operating" was defined as having a set of cases and actively seeing clients. By signing the SF-424, the applicant certified this operational status or commitment.
9. What population was the funding required to serve?
Funds had to be used for high-risk, high-need participants diagnosed with substance dependence or addiction who were identified as needing immediate treatment. Applicants were expected to have a plan to identify and engage participants most likely to reoffend and most in need of intensive clinical intervention.
10. Could grant-funded services address co-occurring mental health needs?
Yes, the grant could support services addressing co-morbid conditions such as mental health needs, but SAMHSA emphasized that spending must remain consistent with a drug court mission centered on substance dependence or addiction.
11. What kinds of activities and services was the grant meant to support?
The opportunity emphasized strengthening the treatment backbone of drug courts, including screening, assessment, case management, program coordination, substance use treatment, and related recovery supports. The focus was on timely access to treatment within a coordinated drug court model, not traditional case processing.
12. Was cross-system collaboration required?
Yes. Successful projects were expected to coordinate across partners that often operate separately, including judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, probation, law enforcement, behavioral health providers, and social services.
13. Did SAMHSA encourage trauma-informed approaches?
Yes. SAMHSA linked this work to its Trauma and Justice strategic focus and encouraged applicants to integrate trauma-informed approaches across health and justice partners to reduce harmful health impacts of violence and trauma for justice-involved individuals.
14. How much funding was available and how many awards were expected?
SAMHSA anticipated making about 41 awards from an estimated total funding pool of $12,928,000.
15. What was the maximum award amount?
The stated award ceiling was $325,000.
16. Was a cost-sharing or matching contribution required?
No. The opportunity stated there was no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
17. How quickly did SAMHSA expect services to start after an award?
SAMHSA signaled an expectation of rapid startup. Service delivery was intended to begin as soon as possible after award and no later than the fourth month of the project.
18. Could one applicant apply on behalf of multiple drug courts?
Yes. For jurisdictions applying on behalf of multiple drug courts, a single lead applicant (typically one county unit of government) could oversee and administer the grant across multiple dockets or jurisdictions.
19. What documentation was required when applying for multiple drug courts?
SAMHSA required clear commitments from each participating court. Letters from each drug court judge had to be included as Attachment 5, confirming intent to meet program requirements (including reporting). Applications missing these letters would not be reviewed.
20. Could SAMHSA decide how to distribute awards across adult, juvenile, and family models?
Yes. SAMHSA reserved discretion to distribute awards across adult, juvenile, and family drug court models depending on the mix and volume of applications received.
21. Could geographic distribution affect which applications were funded?
Yes. SAMHSA noted that geographic distribution could factor into final decisions.
22. How did this opportunity relate to the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)?
SAMHSA flagged coordination with the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Adult drug courts could pursue a related joint initiative (TI 13 006) that allowed one comprehensive application to compete for two coordinated awards (one from SAMHSA and one from BJA).
23. Could an applicant apply to more than one solicitation?
Yes. Applicants could apply to one or multiple solicitations, but SAMHSA and BJA would not fund the same proposed drug court project more than once in the same jurisdiction or court.
24. What was the long-term intent beyond the grant period?
The long-term intent was to help communities build sustainable systems of care around treatment drug courts so the treatment side can continue after federal funding ends.
25. Is this grant mainly about supervision or about treatment?
The grant was positioned primarily as treatment support within a drug court framework. SAMHSA emphasized it was not about traditional case processing; it was meant to support evidence-based clinical care and related recovery supports integrated with judicial supervision and drug court operations.
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