BJA FY25 Veterans Treatment Court Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- O-BJA-2025-172484
- 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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- Other
- City/Township Governments
- State Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- County 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 (BJA), operating under the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, is soliciting applications to implement and enhance veterans treatment court (VTC) operations that serve justice-involved veterans with substance use disorders, mental health disorders, co-occurring disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury. Eligible applicants include state and local governments, city and township governments, county governments, and federally recognized and non-federally recognized tribal governments and organizations. The program requires applicants to integrate evidence-based treatment services, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services within judicially supervised criminal court settings, with the primary objectives of reducing recidivism and overdose fatalities while increasing access to treatment and recovery support. Evaluation will assess applicant eligibility and responsiveness, merit, programmatic capacity, budget justification, and organizational risk factors. The application deadline is April 27, 2026.
Award amounts historically range from approximately $200,000 to $2,500,000, structured over performance periods typically spanning 48 months, though three-year and five-year periods have been utilized in some cases. Funding supports service coordination and recovery support services that enable VTCs to provide comprehensive behavioral health interventions to eligible veterans. Places of performance are distributed across the United States, with concentrations in rural and suburban jurisdictions, with activities performed primarily within the applicant jurisdiction's court system and local communities. Successful applicants will receive notification through JustGrants, and the Authorized Representative must accept or decline the award within 45 days of notification.
Synopsis
This NOFO will support the implementation and enhancement of veterans treatment court (VTC) operations. VTCs connect justice-involved veterans to treatment for substance use disorders (SUD), mental health disorders (MHD), co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (MHSUD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Funding supports service coordination, and recovery support services. VTCs integrate mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services in judicially supervised criminal court settings that have jurisdiction over veterans with behavioral health treatment needs. These courts aim to reduce recidivism and overdose fatalities, while increasing access to treatment and recovery support that leads to long-term recovery.
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