Assistance program
Veterans Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program
$69.4 Million committed in FY2022–FY2026
- Agency
- Ojp Bureau of Justice Assistance, Justice, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 16.043
- What it does
- Goal: To provide veterans treatment courts and criminal justice professionals with the resources needed to implement, enhance, and sustain evidence-based treatment and recovery support programs and systems for eligible veterans in the criminal justice system who have substance use disorders. Objective: The Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) Discretionary Grant Program provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments to implement or enhance the operations of veterans treatment courts. These courts effectively integrate evidence- based substance use disorder treatment, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services in judicially supervised court settings that have jurisdiction over veterans in the criminal justice system who have substance use disorders, including those with a history of violence and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a result of their military service. Performance Measure 1: Number of participants who graduated from the VTC program; Performance Measure 2: Percent of participants who graduate from the VTC program; and, Performance Measure 3: Percentage of treatment court graduates who committed a new criminal offense within 24 months of completing the program.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- For Category 1: Planning and Implementation and Category 2: Enhancement, eligible applicants are limited to: • State governments • Special district governments • City or township governments • County governments • Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities • Native American tribal governments (federally recognized) • Other: • Public or private entities acting on behalf of a single treatment court through agreement with state, city, township, county, or tribal governments O-BJA-2024-172098 Page 3 • Units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a state. For Category 3: Statewide, eligible applicants are limited to: • State agencies such as the State Administering Agency, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the State Substance Abuse Agency • State criminal justice agencies and other state agencies involved with the provision of substance use and/or mental health services, or related services for court and related criminal justice programming.
- Authorized by
- 34 U.S.C. § 10651
- Public Law 118-42; Statute 138, p. 25, 148
- Public Law 116-153; Statute 134, p. 688
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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