Unified Court System Of New York State

Unified Court System Of New York State Grants And Contracts Office Division, doing business as Office Of Court Administration, is a U.S. state government entity and recipient of federal grants across the criminal and civil justice system, headquartered in New York, NY. The organization operates as a prime grant recipient in 94% of its recent awards, with no federal contract prime work; all activity is grant-based, flowing from the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, and related federal partners. The recipient is a child entity under the State Of New York and operates the Division of Technology and Court Research with more than 400 staff managing statewide court technology and infrastructure.

OCA's grant portfolio concentrates on justice-system modernization and problem-solving courts. The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance dominates the customer base — 53 awards across adult drug treatment courts, veterans treatment courts, family treatment courts, and related discretionary grant programs — followed by the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (32 awards for treatment-court enhancement and substance use disorder services) and the Office on Violence Against Women (27 awards for domestic violence intervention and protection-order initiatives). These three customer clusters account for 80% of recent awards. Recent representative work includes a $2.22 million Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 16.554, National Criminal History Improvement Program) from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics to modernize case management and disposition reporting for New York's 1,174 town and village justice courts (July 2026 through June 2029); a $3.146920 million formula grant (CFDA 93.586, State Court Improvement Program) from HHS Administration for Children and Families through September 2027; a $1.5 million project grant (CFDA 16.062) from the Office on Violence Against Women for the Kings County Integrated Domestic Violence Court electronic protection-order pilot (through September 2030); and multiple smaller project grants (typically $550 thousand to $1.2 million) supporting treatment-court expansion across Suffolk County, Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Westchester, and other jurisdictions.

Activity has been episodic — eight awards in 2022 and 2023, spiking to 19 in 2024, then declining to eight in 2025 and three so far in 2026. Nineteen awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing significant recompete exposure across treatment-court and case-management modernization vehicles. OCA also receives sub-awards as a pass-through entity; the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services serves as prime grantee for VAWA STOP, NCHIP Supplemental, and related awards flowing to OCA for implementation. OCA's sub-award work includes e-plea system development in partnership with the Department of Motor Vehicles and training delivery to judges and court staff on traffic and DWI matters. The grant footprint reflects OCA's role in implementing evidence-based court models (drug courts, family treatment courts, veterans treatment courts, mental health courts, diversion courts) and modernizing criminal history data systems to serve state and federal law enforcement and background-check partners, including the National Crime Information Center, Interstate Identification Index, and National Instant Criminal Background Check System.