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Drug Court Program (DCP)
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Goal(s): To provide adult treatment courts and professionals in the criminal justice system with the resources needed to plan, implement, enhance, and sustain evidence-based treatment court programs for individuals with substance use disorders who are involved in the criminal justice system. Objective(s): The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) funds the Adult Treatment Court program. The Adult Treatment Court Program provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to plan and implement a new treatment court or enhance the operations of an existing treatment court. These courts effectively integrate evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services in judicially supervised criminal court settings that have jurisdiction over individuals with substance use disorder treatment needs in order to reduce recidivism and increase their access to treatment and recovery support, and to prevent overdoses. (BJA) Performance Measure 1: Number of participants who graduated from the drug court program; (BJA) Performance Measure 2: Percent of participants who graduate from the Treatment Court program; and, (BJA) Performance Measure 3: Percentage of treatment court graduates who committed a new criminal offense within 24 months of completing the program. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program supports treatment and services for youth with substance abuse problems. The courts work to strengthen family engagement, address the root problems that may cause substance use and addiction, and empower young people to lead drug-free and crime-free lives. The Family Drug Court Program serves parents and guardians who require treatment for a substance abuse disorder and who are involved with the child welfare system as a result of child abuse or neglect. Program goals are to strengthen parenting skills, to reduce incidents of child abuse and neglect resulting from addiction, and to provide services to the children affected. The Tribal Juvenile Healing to Wellness Courts enhances the capacity of tribal courts to respond to the substance use challenges of court-involved youth. The courts employ culturally informed approaches to promote accountability, healing, and tribal identity in youth younger than age 21. Objective: OJJDP’s Juvenile Drug Court, Family Drug Court and Juvenile Tribal Healing to Wellness Court programs implement new and innovative approaches to enhance existing or establish new courts. Performance Measure 1: Percentage of eligible individuals who abstained from or reduced substance misuse (OJJDP Overall); and, Performance Measure 2: Percentage of eligible individuals who completed their intended service requirements (OJJDP Overall)
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
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BJA received a total of 139 Adult Drug Court (ADC) and Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) applications and made 83 awards.
All 83 BJA ADC and VTC applicants were to demonstrate that their drug court would include treatment and services to address opioid abuse reduction, to the extent that substance abuse treatment and related services are funded by this award. All BJA training and technical assistance providers were required to expand and enhance training and technical assistance to address opioid abuse reduction.
All VTCs received additional funds ($50,000 Implementation/Enhancement and $100,000 Statewide) to support the creation of peer mentoring programs that leverage the support of other veterans in the community for VTCs.
BJA awarded more than $47.4 million in three categories: implementation of new drug courts (Category 1); enhancement of fully operational drug courts that incorporate the evidence-based principles included in the National Association of Drug Court Professionals’ Adult Drug Courts Best Practice Standards (Category 2); and improvement, enhancement, or expansion of drug court services statewide (Category 3).
Nearly $9 million was awarded to jurisdictions in support of Veterans Treatment Courts, which link veterans with services, benefits and program providers, including the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Service Organizations and volunteer veteran mentors. The three categories of funding included implementation of new Veterans Treatment Courts (Category 1); enhancement of fully operational Veterans Treatment Courts (Category 2); and improvement, enhancement, or expansion of Veterans Treatment Courts statewide (Category 3).
OJJDP awarded grants to 20 jurisdictions, totaling more than $12.9 million, under its Juvenile Drug Treatments Courts Program. Awards made under this program fall into one of three categories: service support delivery and programming enhancements aligned with OJJDP’s Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Guidelines (Category 1) and enhancement of existing Family Drug Court programs (Category 2) or implementation of new Family Drug Court programs (Category 3) that provide substance abusing parents with support, treatment, and access to services.
n FY 20, OJJDP awarded $33.5 million to drug treatment court programs nationwide. This funding allows the courts to provide services for youth and families with substance abuse challenges, specifically those related to opioid abuse or co-occurring mental health disorders.
Please see for details: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/media/document/in-focus-drug-courts.pdf
In 2021, BJA made 95 awards to 75 ATCs and 20 Veterans Treatment Courts (VTCs) in 30 states (see VTC Assistance Listing 16.043 for specifics). Overall, BJA supports approximately 398 active treatment court programs in 49 states and 4 territories with a new award in a state not recently funded (Maine). Of these FY 2021 recipients, 49 percent of awardees indicated a priority designation of rural (33%), poverty (29%), and/or qualified opportunity zone (33%).
OJJDP’s Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program is awarding nearly $7.9 million to jurisdictions to establish or enhance juvenile drug treatment courts and to improve court system operations and treatment services. OJJDP is awarding $13.8 million across 14 jurisdictions under its Family Drug Court Program to build the capacity of state and local courts, units of local government and federally recognized tribal governments to implement family drug court practices. The program aims to increase collaboration with substance use treatment and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other services that improve child, parent and family outcomes.
Please visithttps://www.ojp.gov/feature/drug-courts/publications;
https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/programs/drug-courts
Please see the following links for programmatic highlights and accomplishments:
| BJA Blog- Treatment Courts Continue to Help Communities | Bureau of Justice Assistance (https://bja.ojp.gov/news/blog/treatment-courts-continue-help-communities); |
Adult Treatment Court Flyer (https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/238527.pdf);
2022 Painting the Current Picture – Adult Drug Courts Brief by National Treatment Court Resource Center - (https://issuu.com/ndcrc/docs/pcp_adultdrugcourts_brief_2022_digitalrelease); and,
Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards - Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards - All Rise (https://allrise.org/publications/standards/).
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
