19Th Judicial District Court

The 19th Judicial District Court, doing business as Baton Rouge Parish District Court, is a U.S. local government entity in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, that receives federal grant funding to operate specialty criminal courts and victim services programs as a prime grant recipient, with concurrent participation as a sub-recipient on related Department of Justice initiatives. The court does not hold prime federal contracts and does not sit on federal contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant awards from the Department of Justice.

The 19th Judicial District Court operates three specialty court programs funded by federal grants: an Adult Recovery Court for substance abuse intervention, a Veterans Treatment Court for justice-involved veterans requiring mental health and substance abuse treatment, and a domestic violence intervention court. The court's primary grant awards from the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Office on Violence Against Women total $3.5 million obligated across seven awards (three as prime recipient, four as sub-recipient). The Bureau of Justice Assistance funded the $1 million Treatment Court Discretionary Grant (CFDA 16.585) running through September 2027 to enhance the Adult Recovery Court through hiring a judicial liaison and compliance officer and contracting for workflow improvement and media campaigns; the same agency funded a $700,000 Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant (CFDA 16.043) awarded in October 2022 to establish the post-adjudication veterans court, with an estimated enrollment of 326 participants over the grant term. The Office on Violence Against Women awarded $750,000 under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590) effective April 1, 2026, for a three-year domestic violence intervention program in partnership with YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge, delivering risk assessments using the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment Tool, victim legal services, and offender accountability programming using the Duluth Model curriculum.

Customer concentration sits entirely within the Department of Justice, with the Bureau of Justice Assistance accounting for five of seven awards. Sub-recipient work places the court within larger DOJ grant ecosystems managed by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office (fentanyl enforcement and violent crime reduction support) and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice (protective order response time improvement). Award frequency has grown from one per year in 2022 and 2023 to three awards in 2026, though the overall footprint remains limited to grant funding for judicial operations rather than contracted services.