Opportunity Information: Apply for OJJDP 2015 4132
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- The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 2015 Juvenile Drug Courts Addressing Systematic Barriers Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.585 Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 17, 2015 and posted on Apr 17, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 2, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $6,400,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $360,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: County governments City or township governments Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) State governments.
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Opportunity Summary:
The OJJDP FY 2015 Juvenile Drug Courts Addressing Systematic Barriers Program was a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention designed to strengthen already operating juvenile drug courts by helping them identify and remove local, real-world barriers that get in the way of effective services for youth. The program is grounded in OJJDP's broader vision that young people should be healthy, educated, and safe, and that any involvement with the juvenile justice system should be uncommon, equitable, and ultimately helpful rather than harmful. Instead of funding brand-new courts, the emphasis is on improving the performance, fairness, and outcomes of existing juvenile drug court operations through targeted enhancements.
A central goal of the solicitation is to make juvenile drug courts more effective by promoting approaches that treat families as essential partners rather than peripheral participants. Funding is intended to support strategies that actively engage parents and caregivers across all phases of the drug court process, from assessment and treatment planning through ongoing supervision and completion. This reflects the idea that adolescent recovery and behavior change are strongly influenced by the home environment, and that courts can be more successful when they intentionally incorporate family engagement into program design, expectations, and supports.
The opportunity also prioritizes building the knowledge and skills of local practitioners through training and team development. Supported training topics include adolescent brain development, integrated treatment approaches, trauma-informed care, cultural competency, and strong, developmentally appropriate judicial interaction. In practice, this focus encourages drug court teams to align their interventions with what is known about how adolescents respond to incentives, sanctions, relationships, and stress, and to ensure that court processes and treatment services do not unintentionally retraumatize youth or overlook cultural and community context. The inclusion of strong judicial interaction signals the importance of consistent, meaningful judge-youth engagement as part of the therapeutic and accountability model common to drug courts.
Another major emphasis is strengthening multidisciplinary collaboration at the local level. The solicitation encourages applicants to build or enhance partnerships among a wide range of stakeholders, including judges, behavioral health treatment providers, juvenile justice agencies, social services, schools and vocational training programs, law enforcement, probation, prosecutors, defense counsel, and community organizations. The intent is to move beyond a single-agency response and instead create a coordinated system where youth can access treatment, supervision, educational supports, and family services in a unified way, reducing gaps, duplication, and conflicting expectations that often undermine outcomes.
OJJDP also highlights the need for participating juvenile drug courts to take a hard look at their own current practices through monitoring and evaluation, then use what they learn to develop concrete strategies, policies, and procedures that address identified local barriers. This can include examining referral practices, eligibility criteria, engagement and retention challenges, service access problems, inconsistencies in incentives and sanctions, or process issues that slow down treatment linkage. The overall direction is quality improvement: measuring what is happening, identifying what is not working well, and implementing changes that improve fairness, efficiency, and effectiveness.
A further requirement is improving data capacity through the development and implementation of data management systems, including the ability to report disaggregated participant data by race and ethnicity. This piece is significant because it supports closer examination of equity and potential disparities in access, decision-making, participation, and outcomes. Better data systems can also help drug courts track key performance measures such as timeliness of assessment and treatment, compliance, graduation rates, recidivism, and service utilization, which in turn supports ongoing program management and accountability.
In terms of basic grant facts, the opportunity was posted on April 17, 2015, with an application deadline of June 2, 2015, and it was later archived on July 2, 2015. OJJDP expected to make around 20 awards, with estimated total funding of $6.4 million. Individual awards were anticipated to range from $200,000 to $360,000, and there was no cost-sharing or matching requirement. Eligible applicants included state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The program falls under CFDA 16.585, the Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program, and uses the grant funding instrument within the law, justice, and legal services category.
For applicant support, the solicitation pointed to standard federal assistance channels, including Grants.gov technical help and OJJDP/NCJRS response center support for solicitation requirements, along with an FAQ document specific to the drug courts solicitation. Overall, the opportunity can be summarized as a focused investment in improving the capacity of existing juvenile drug courts to work more effectively with youth by strengthening family engagement, upgrading training and team practices, deepening cross-system partnerships, using evaluation to remove local systemic obstacles, and modernizing data systems to support performance tracking and equity.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the OJJDP FY 2015 Juvenile Drug Courts Addressing Systematic Barriers Program?
It is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) intended to strengthen juvenile drug courts that are already operating. The funding focuses on helping courts identify and remove local, real-world barriers that interfere with effective services and positive outcomes for youth.
What is the main purpose of this grant?
The purpose is to improve the performance, fairness, and outcomes of existing juvenile drug court operations through targeted enhancements. The solicitation emphasizes quality improvement: monitoring what is happening, identifying what is not working well, and implementing concrete changes to address systemic and practical obstacles.
Does this program fund new juvenile drug courts?
No. The emphasis is not on launching brand-new juvenile drug courts. The grant is designed to improve and strengthen juvenile drug courts that are already operating.
What kinds of “systematic barriers†is the program meant to address?
Examples described in the solicitation include barriers related to referral practices, eligibility criteria, engagement and retention challenges, difficulty accessing services, inconsistencies in incentives and sanctions, and process issues that slow down linkage to assessment and treatment.
How does the program define the overall vision for youth and juvenile justice involvement?
The solicitation is grounded in OJJDP’s broader vision that young people should be healthy, educated, and safe, and that involvement with the juvenile justice system should be uncommon, equitable, and ultimately helpful rather than harmful.
What role does family engagement play in this grant?
Family engagement is a central priority. The grant is intended to support approaches that treat families as essential partners rather than peripheral participants, including strategies that actively engage parents and caregivers across phases of the drug court process (from assessment and treatment planning through supervision and completion).
What types of training and team development does the program support?
The solicitation highlights training and development topics such as adolescent brain development, integrated treatment approaches, trauma-informed care, cultural competency, and strong, developmentally appropriate judicial interaction.
Why does the solicitation emphasize adolescent brain development and developmentally appropriate practices?
The program encourages teams to align interventions with what is known about how adolescents respond to incentives, sanctions, relationships, and stress, so that court and service practices better fit youth developmental needs.
What does “trauma-informed care†mean in the context of this solicitation?
Within the solicitation’s framing, trauma-informed care is emphasized to help ensure court processes and treatment services do not unintentionally retraumatize youth while delivering effective accountability and support.
What is meant by “strong judicial interaction†in juvenile drug courts?
The solicitation signals the importance of consistent, meaningful judge-youth engagement as part of the therapeutic and accountability model common to drug courts.
Does the program require or encourage multidisciplinary collaboration?
Yes. Strengthening multidisciplinary collaboration is a major emphasis. The solicitation encourages building or enhancing partnerships across systems so youth can access treatment, supervision, educational supports, and family services in a coordinated way.
Which stakeholders are specifically mentioned as potential partners?
The solicitation mentions partnerships among judges, behavioral health treatment providers, juvenile justice agencies, social services, schools and vocational training programs, law enforcement, probation, prosecutors, defense counsel, and community organizations.
What is the expected benefit of stronger cross-system partnerships?
The intent is to move beyond a single-agency response and create a coordinated system that reduces gaps, duplication, and conflicting expectations that can undermine youth outcomes.
What does the solicitation say about monitoring and evaluation?
OJJDP highlights the need for participating juvenile drug courts to examine current practices through monitoring and evaluation, then use findings to develop concrete strategies, policies, and procedures that address identified local barriers.
What kinds of program issues might be examined through monitoring and evaluation?
The solicitation points to issues such as referral and eligibility decisions, engagement and retention, service access, consistency of incentives and sanctions, and delays or inefficiencies in linking youth to assessment and treatment.
What are the data management and reporting expectations mentioned in the opportunity?
A specific requirement is improving data capacity through developing and implementing data management systems, including the ability to report disaggregated participant data by race and ethnicity.
Why does the program emphasize disaggregated data by race and ethnicity?
The solicitation describes this as significant for examining equity and potential disparities in access, decision-making, participation, and outcomes.
What types of performance measures can improved data systems help track?
The solicitation notes that better data systems can help track measures such as timeliness of assessment and treatment, compliance, graduation rates, recidivism, and service utilization, supporting program management and accountability.
When was this grant opportunity posted, and what was the application deadline?
The opportunity was posted on April 17, 2015, and the application deadline was June 2, 2015.
When was the opportunity archived?
It was archived on July 2, 2015.
How many awards did OJJDP expect to make under this solicitation?
OJJDP expected to make approximately 20 awards.
What was the estimated total funding amount for this program?
The estimated total program funding was $6.4 million.
What was the anticipated funding range for individual awards?
Individual awards were anticipated to range from $200,000 to $360,000.
Was there a cost-sharing or matching requirement?
No. The solicitation states there was no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
Who was eligible to apply for this grant?
Eligible applicants included state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments.
What is the CFDA number associated with this program?
The program falls under CFDA 16.585, the Drug Court Discretionary Grant Program.
What type of funding instrument and category was associated with this grant?
The solicitation uses a grant funding instrument and is categorized under law, justice, and legal services.
Where were applicants directed for technical help and solicitation support?
The solicitation pointed to Grants.gov for technical help and OJJDP/NCJRS response center support for solicitation requirements, and it also referenced an FAQ document specific to the drug courts solicitation.
In one sentence, how can this opportunity be summarized?
It is a focused investment to help existing juvenile drug courts improve outcomes for youth by strengthening family engagement, upgrading training and team practices, deepening cross-system partnerships, using evaluation to remove local systemic obstacles, and modernizing data systems to support performance tracking and equity.
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