Project Grant 2015DCBX0067

The County of Madison, Tennessee received a $1.3 million project grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (COSSUP). The grant will fund the Madison County COSSAP Initiative to address substance abuse disorders, particularly opioid abuse, in Madison County through FY2025. Key services to be delivered include real-time data collection, distributing naloxone to first...

The Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts received a $550,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.745 Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program) to expand and institutionalize mental health pretrial treatment services and mental health courts. The 36-month project will establish a Mental Health Diversion Initiative to design and implement mental health pretrial diversion programs and mental health court...

The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to the County of Benton, Comptroller's Office Division (doing business as Benton County) to implement the first Mental Health Court in the second most populated area of the state. The 3-year Mental Health Court Implementation Initiative (MHCII) will promote effective strategies to expand the use of mental health courts and related services, utilize validated assessment tools to identify and prioritize justice-involved...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts (AOC) a $1,868,756 Project Grant over 4 years to implement the MIDAS Treatment Court Data Project. The project will upgrade and enhance the MIDAS (Model Integrated Defendant Access System) by providing the AlaCourtPlus system to 10 pilot municipalities. This will ensure that the criminal history records of persons arrested for misdemeanor drug or alcohol offenses are available to...

The Judiciary Courts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, through its Administrative Office of the Courts, received a $796,608 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substance Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The funding will support the implementation of a Family Recovery Court (FRC) program in Madison County, Kentucky, to provide comprehensive, trauma-informed, and family-focused...

The Unified Court System of New York State was awarded a $1,111,995 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to support the NYS UCS Treatment Court Engagement and Retention Initiative. The 4-year project aims to increase participation in adult drug courts and reduce disparities by training 100 judges and 120 community-based peers in the evidence-based practice of Motivational Interviewing...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585), provides $1,000,000 to the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), in partnership with Kenosha County, Wisconsin, to implement the "Every Court is a Treatment Court" initiative. The project aims to enable every criminal court in Kenosha County to leverage evidence-based practices from the Adult Drug Court Best Practice Standards,...

The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court was awarded a $700,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to pilot an adult drug court model incorporating mental health services. The Court will pilot a post-adjudication Mental Health-Adult Drug Court Docket Pilot Program (MH-ADC Docket) serving 40-50 unduplicated clients annually over a 12-24 month period starting...

The Delaware Criminal Justice Council will receive $600,000 under a four-year Project Grant award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The funding will support enhancements to the Wilmington Community Court (WCC) through September 30, 2026. Key activities include narrowing the WCC's geographic focus to better serve the historically underserved community in Wilmington, Delaware;...

The Rice County Treatment Court (RCTC) Enhancement is a Project Grant awarded by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The $799,671 grant will enhance the existing RCTC program in Rice County, Minnesota by: 1) increasing direct, reliable, and timely access to community resources for participants, 2) increasing participant accountability, and 3) expanding the court team's capacity to meet participant...