22Nd Judicial District Court

The 22Nd Judicial District Court, doing business as ST Tammany Parish District Court, is a Louisiana local government entity that serves as a prime recipient of federal grants addressing substance-use disorder, mental-health treatment, and victim services for justice-involved populations across St. Tammany and Washington parishes. The court operates as a child entity of the State of Louisiana and has received 13 prime federal grant awards totaling $12.7 million obligated since 2013, with an additional two sub-grant awards from the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice since 2025.

The court's capability portfolio centers on specialty court operations, behavioral-health intervention, and victim advocacy. Its largest prime award is the 22ND JDC Washington Parish Interventional Services Hub (WISH), a formula grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) running from October 2021 through September 2026, which funds coordinated community services for adults with substance-use disorder, serious mental illness, or co-occurring disorder through a suite of specialty courts including drug court, sobriety court, family preservation court, veterans treatment court, behavioral health court, and reentry court. The court also holds grants from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs for broader justice programs and a Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women grant. Recent sub-grant activity includes victim assistance awards from the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement in June 2025 — one supporting general crime victims' advocacy and counseling in St. Tammany Parish and another providing a dedicated victim assistance coordinator for domestic-violence cases against women.

Funding concentration sits primarily with the Department of Health and Human Services SAMHSA (four of fifteen total awards, 87% coverage threshold), followed by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (three awards). One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure in the immediate window. Activity has been sporadic — two awards in 2017, gaps through 2020, and a return to two awards in 2025 — reflecting the grant-cycle funding pattern typical of local judiciary entities.