The purpose of this agreement is twofold. The first is to determine and understand roadblocks to state implementation of DWI courts (e.g., resources, lack of state stakeholder interest/politics,…

All Rise For Justice (doing business as the National Association of Drug Court Professionals) received a $7.09M Cooperative Agreement from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the NHTSA Discretionary Safety Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.614), awarded September 30, 2025, with completion targeted for September 29, 2030. The award supports two primary deliverables: (1) identification of barriers to state implementation of DWI (Driving While Impaired) courts through research and stakeholder engagement, followed by development of a comprehensive toolkit and training program to assist jurisdictions in establishing new DWI courts or improving outcomes in existing programs; and (2) evaluation of evidence-based tools and practices used by non-DWI courts in adjudicating impaired driving cases to reduce recidivism, culminating in a second toolkit containing best practices and training resources for non-DWI courts.

The cooperative agreement represents a strategic investment in judicial training and specialized court programming to address impaired driving through both treatment court models and mainstream court interventions. The products—toolkits, training curricula, and research findings—are designed to support multi-jurisdictional implementation of evidence-based practices across the nation's court systems to reduce recidivism and improve public safety outcomes in impaired driving cases.

The purpose of this agreement is twofold. The first is to determine and understand roadblocks to state implementation of DWI courts (e.g., resources, lack of state stakeholder interest/politics, legislation, judges¿ perceptions, lack of client interest, etc.). Based on the findings, the recipient will develop a toolkit and training that will assist jurisdictions to start a DWI court or improve outcomes in an existing DWI court. The second purpose of this agreement is to conduct a study that evaluates non-DWI courts in the use of evidence-based tools and practices during the adjudication of impaired driving cases to reduce recidivism. Based on the findings of the study, the recipient will produce a second toolkit that contains best practices for non-DWI courts and training on how to use these tools to reduce recidivism.