With this solicitation, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) seeks to support efforts by state, local, and federally recognized American Indian tribal governments to establish and enhance community courts in their jurisdictions.
Donor Name: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/24/2024
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 4 Years
Details:
The goal of the National Community Courts Initiative is to support efforts by state, tribal, and local governments to establish and enhance community courts in their jurisdictions to enhance public safety and build trust between law enforcement and the community.
Objectives
The objectives of the National Community Courts Initiative are:
- Establish or enhance court-based intervention programs that prioritize and expedite the provision of treatment and recovery services to individuals who are frequent users of justice, health, and other services and who commit misdemeanor offenses.
- Increase and enhance alternatives to incarceration by tailoring sentences to each defendant to improve community safety, enhance confidence in justice, and reduce recidivism.
- Build and maximize the capacity of jurisdictions to ensure all participants are identified, assessed, and referred to services.
- Enhance the use of community services by participants in the community court docket, including case management, housing assistance, and service coordination.
- Develop and maintain partnerships and collaborations with service providers to enhance the provision of treatment and recovery support services.
- Support the development, enhancement, and translation of research and knowledge of researcher-practitioner partnerships.
- Collect lessons learned and other examples of use to the field at large from grantees and disseminate the information via publications, media platforms, and conference presentations.
Funding Information
- Category 1: Planning and Implementation: $900,000
- Project Period: 48 months
- Category 2: Enhancement: $900,000
- Project Period: 48 months
Eligibility Criteria
For both Categories, the following entities are eligible to apply:
- State governments
- Special district governments
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
- Public or private entities acting on behalf of a single treatment court through agreement with State, city, township, county, or tribal governments
- Units of local government, such as towns, boroughs, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a State
For the purposes of this notice of funding opportunity, “state” means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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