Superior Court Of Guam

Superior Court Of Guam, a territorial government judicial entity headquartered in Hagåtña, Guam, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient to operate criminal justice improvement programs, specialized treatment courts, and criminal history records infrastructure projects. The organization operates exclusively in a prime-recipient role (76% of awards) and as a sub-recipient on federal grant pass-throughs (24%), with no federal contracts; all funding is restricted to federal grants and cooperative agreements from the Department of Justice and related agencies.

Superior Court Of Guam's customer base is highly concentrated within the Department of Justice. The top five customer agencies account for 81% of recent awards, with the Bureau of Justice Assistance leading at 22 awards, followed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics with 12 awards, the Office on Violence Against Women with 8 awards, the broader Office of Justice Programs with 7 awards, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking with 5 awards. Total obligated dollars across all 67 awards (prime and sub combined) reach $34.8 million.

The organization's federal grant portfolio spans criminal justice reform, records management, and specialized court operations. Representative work includes a $1.377 million Cooperative Agreement under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554) from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, awarded July 1, 2026, extending through June 30, 2029, to digitize historical case files, implement a centralized data management warehouse, expand the eSupervision system, and enhance cybersecurity training for criminal justice information services compliance. A parallel $1.019 million Cooperative Agreement under the same NCHIP program, awarded January 1, 2025 and expiring December 31, 2026, supports digitizing arrest, firearms, warrant, and disposition records to improve access and FBI NCIC sharing. The Bureau of Justice Assistance funded a $1.124 million Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative Project Grant (CFDA 16.812) awarded October 1, 2023, running through September 30, 2027, to enhance the Guam Adult Reentry Court Program with pre- and post-release substance use disorder treatment, recovery support, transitional housing, and education services for up to 80 justice-involved individuals. A $749.980 million Project Grant from BJA under the Adult Drug Court Discretionary Grants Program, awarded October 1, 2022 and expiring September 30, 2027, expands the pre-adjudication DWI Treatment Court to serve 180 participants through evidence-based interventions including Driving with Care, Moral Reconation Therapy, and medication-assisted treatment partnerships. The Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $549.160 million Project Grant under the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program (CFDA 16.590), funded October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027, to improve criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking through a coordinated community response involving victim service providers VARO and MRCOSS.

Specialized treatment-court work also includes a $749.681 million BJA Project Grant to the Veterans Treatment Court (awarded October 1, 2022, expiring September 30, 2027) providing substance abuse and mental health treatment, peer mentoring, and social support for up to 80 veterans, and a $1.019 million SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment grant awarded September 30, 2023 (expiring September 29, 2028) operating the Guam Family Recovery Program serving parents in the child welfare system with substance use disorders. Infrastructure work includes a $312.829 million NCHIP Cooperative Agreement (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2026) for enterprise IT equipment procurement, network auditing software, and staff training to enhance CJIS security standards. Sex offender registration support is funded through a $487.017 million Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program award (CFDA 16.750) from OSSOMART, running October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, to retain personnel maintaining the Guam Sex Offender Registry website.

Recent sub-recipient work flows through the Government of Guam's Department of Administration and the Bureau of Women's Affairs as prime grantees. Sub-awards include a Byrne Court Navigator Project (November 17, 2025) to establish a case manager enhancing court access, criminal justice records improvements under FY23 funding (March 30, 2025), a Mental Health Court vehicle procurement award (November 5, 2025), and Veterans Treatment Court resource expansion (October 6, 2025). The Bureau of Women's Affairs channels sub-awards supporting victim services projects, training in domestic violence and sexual assault response, and resource coordination for DVDVSAS victims navigating court processes.

Activity has remained steady between seven and nine awards per year over the past five years (2022–2025), with eight awards carrying ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete exposure. The organization also operates the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) through a Project Grant awarded October 1, 2022 (expiring September 30, 2026), implementing community-based crisis services and mental health diversion strategies in partnership with Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center, and the Improving Guam's Guardianship System Project under a Cooperative Agreement from the Administration on Aging (awarded September 1, 2024, expiring August 31, 2027) to safeguard rights of adults subject to or at risk of guardianship.

Superior Court Of Guam's federal footprint is defined by criminal justice system modernization, records infrastructure, and therapeutic justice programs serving Guam's island jurisdiction, with no commercial contracting presence or set-aside certifications. All work is performance-based in Guam with DOJ as the primary federal partner.