OJJDP FY 20 Family Drug Court Program | OJJDP 2020 17090

Opportunity Information: Apply for OJJDP 2020 17090

The OJJDP FY 20 Family Drug Court (FDC) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), focused on strengthening family drug court responses for families affected by substance use disorders. The program is designed to expand and improve how family courts and their partners identify parental substance use issues, connect parents to effective treatment and recovery supports, and coordinate services in ways that promote child safety, family stability, and better long-term outcomes. Although the initiative is centered on family drug courts, the broader public purpose is tied to improving system accountability and helping youth and families move toward safer, more stable, law-abiding lives.

Funding under this opportunity is organized into three categories. Category 1, Enhancing Family Drug Courts, supports jurisdictions that already have a family drug court in place and want to deepen or broaden what they offer. The emphasis is on expanding parental substance use disorder treatment-related services and the practical infrastructure that makes those services work inside a court-driven model. That includes core elements like screening and assessment to identify treatment needs, case management to keep participants engaged and coordinated across providers, recovery support services that help sustain progress outside of clinical treatment, and program coordination to ensure the court team and service partners are operating as an integrated system rather than disconnected programs.

Category 2, Serving Veterans Through Family Drug Courts, targets the specific needs of veterans and their families within the family drug court model. This category recognizes that veterans may face distinct challenges that can intersect with substance use, family functioning, and court involvement, and it encourages applicants to build in appropriate, veteran-responsive services and referral pathways. The intent is not simply to place veterans into existing programming, but to adapt the family drug court approach so it fits the realities of veterans and improves engagement, retention, and outcomes for the entire family unit.

Category 3, State and County Family Drug Courts Expansion, is aimed at larger-scale enhancement or expansion at the state or county level. Instead of focusing only on a single court program, this track supports efforts that strengthen and spread effective family drug court treatment and recovery practices across broader systems. In practice, that can mean building capacity across multiple jurisdictions, improving consistency and quality of services, expanding access to evidence-informed treatment and recovery supports, and creating structures that help family drug courts serve more families affected by substance use disorders.

Administratively, the opportunity is listed as Funding Opportunity Number OJJDP 2020 17090 and falls under CFDA 16.585 in the Law, Justice and Legal Services activity area. Awards are issued as grants, with an award ceiling of $1,000,000 and an expected total of 23 awards. The solicitation was created on January 23, 2020, with an original application closing date of March 25, 2020. Eligibility is described broadly as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the solicitation text, indicating that prospective applicants would need to consult the full announcement for the precise eligible entity types and any conditions or documentation requirements.

Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as an investment in the family drug court model as a coordinated, multidisciplinary strategy to address parental substance use disorders in ways that support child welfare goals and strengthen family functioning. Across all three categories, the common thread is expanding access to appropriate treatment and recovery supports, improving coordination among courts and service systems, and enhancing the capacity of communities to respond effectively to substance use-related family court involvement.

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 20 Family Drug Court Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.585.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 23, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 25, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 23 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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