BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2026-172714
- Agency
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Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $2,500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Law, Justice and Legal Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Special District Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- State Governments
- County Governments
- Other
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- City/Township Governments
- Points of contact
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- OJP Response Center ojp.responsecenter@usdoj.gov (800) 851-3420
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Bureau of Justice Assistance seeks applicants for the FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program, a cooperative agreement opportunity offering approximately $20.7 million to support implementation, enhancement, and statewide expansion of judicially supervised veterans treatment courts, with SF-424 submission due October 29, 2026 and full application due November 5, 2026. No cost-sharing is required.
Eligible applicants for Categories 1 and 2 include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, special district governments, Native American Tribal governments (federally and non-federally recognized), and other units of local government. Category 3 (Statewide) is limited to state agencies, including state administering agencies, administrative offices of courts, and state criminal justice or substance abuse agencies.
The program offers three funding categories across 18 anticipated awards: Category 1 (Planning and Implementation) provides up to $950,000 for five awards to establish new VTCs following a six-month planning phase; Category 2 (Enhancement) provides up to $1,000,000 for eleven awards to strengthen existing VTC operations; and Category 3 (Statewide) provides up to $2,500,000 for two awards targeting sustainable improvements across multiple VTC services. All awards span 48 months beginning January 1, 2027.
Categories 1 and 2 applicants must demonstrate partnerships through memoranda of understanding or letters of intent with key organizations. The 10-page proposal narrative is scored on need description (5%), project goals and objectives (10%), project design and implementation (35%), organizational capabilities and competencies (30%), sustainability (5%), and budget (15%).
Programs must integrate substance use disorder and mental health treatment, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services to reduce opioid, stimulant, alcohol, and other substance use among high-risk/high-need veterans with SUD and/or co-occurring mental health disorders, including PTSD and traumatic brain injury. Assistance Listing 16.043.
Synopsis
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program. This opportunity supports the implementation and enhancement of veterans' treatment court (VTC) operations to reduce the use of opioids, stimulants, and other substances, including alcohol, by high-risk/high-need veterans in the criminal justice system. VTCs effectively integrate substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health disorder (MHD) treatment, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services in judicially supervised court settings that have jurisdiction over veterans in the criminal justice system who have SUD and/or co-occurring mental health disorders (MHSUD), including those with a history of violence and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Eligibility
For the purposes of this NOFO, "other units of local government" include towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state; "State agencies" include state administering agencies (SAA), administrative offices of the courts, state criminal justice agencies, state substance abuse agencies, and other state agencies involved with substance use, mental health, or related services.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| PKG00294187.pdf | ||
| PKG00294186.pdf | ||
| PKG00294185.pdf |
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