Fiscal Year 2024 Competitive Cooperative Agreement Solicitation - Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance | DCT DCT 24 001

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The Fiscal Year 2024 Competitive Cooperative Agreement Solicitation - Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance (Funding Opportunity Number: DCT DCT 24 001) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) focused on strengthening drug courts and drug court-like alternatives to incarceration. The core purpose is to fund a single national provider to deliver training and technical assistance (TTA) that helps jurisdictions build, sustain, and improve programs that divert or supervise justice-involved individuals with substance use disorders through structured, evidence-based rehabilitation rather than relying primarily on incarceration. The work is meant to support both established drug courts and states or localities that are still considering launching them.

The opportunity is framed around the Administration's public safety priority of helping people who have engaged in criminal activity move toward stable, productive lives by addressing the underlying drivers of offending. In practice, that means supporting approaches that connect participants to treatment and recovery supports while also addressing related needs that often affect outcomes, such as mental health services, vocational training and employment supports, job creation pathways, mentoring, and other evidence-based rehabilitation components. ONDCP emphasizes reducing drug use and its consequences through evidence-based practices, and this cooperative agreement is designed to bring those principles directly into the criminal justice context by improving how drug courts and similar programs are designed and operated.

Funding is provided as a cooperative agreement, which typically signals that ONDCP expects substantial involvement in the project beyond a standard grant relationship, such as collaboration on priorities, deliverables, performance expectations, or implementation decisions. The maximum award amount (award ceiling) is $6,000,000, and ONDCP expects to make one award, indicating this will likely be a centralized effort with broad reach rather than multiple smaller regional awards. The assistance is categorized under Law, Justice and Legal Services and is associated with CFDA/Assistance Listing number 95.005.

Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations with IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education. In other words, the applicant must be a qualifying nonprofit entity rather than a university or college, and the selected organization would be expected to function as a national or wide-reaching TTA provider capable of supporting courts and governmental units across multiple jurisdictions.

Key dates included in the listing show the opportunity was created on May 31, 2024, with an original application closing deadline of July 31, 2024. Overall, the solicitation is aimed at improving the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of drug courts and related diversion models by expanding access to proven practices and practical implementation support, ultimately seeking better participant outcomes and stronger public safety results.

• The Office of National Drug Control Policy in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Fiscal Year 2024 Competitive Cooperative Agreement Solicitation - Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 95.005.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-31.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-07-31. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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