Grants / Department of Justice / Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention

O-OJJDP-2022-171249: OJJDP FY 2022 Family Treatment Court Program

Closed Closed May 25, 2022 Opportunity O-OJJDP-2022-171249 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: OJJDP FY 2026 Family Treatment Court Program (O-OJJDP-2026-172738). Status: Closes November 16, 2026 (9 days left). It is in our archive of Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$820,000
• Total funding$11.0 million
• Expected awards14
• Cost sharingRequired
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments
• County governments
• City or township governments
• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This solicitation is composed of two grant categories. Applicants must clearly designate the category for which they are applying. Category 1: Establishing New Family Treatment Courts Category 2: Enhancing Family Treatment Courts The following entities are eligible to apply: State and local courts Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized) acting on behalf of a single jurisdiction drug court Category 1: Establishing New Family Treatment Courts grants are available to jurisdictions that are ready to implement a new family treatment court. These grants are for jurisdictions where either no family treatment court currently exists or a family treatment court has been operational for less than 1 year. Jurisdictions may already have other types of drug or treatment courts (such as adult drug or mental health courts). Category 2: Enhancing Family Treatment Courts grants are available to jurisdictions with a fully operational family treatment court. Courts applying for funding under Category 2 must be fully operational for at least 1 year, as funding is intended to enhance services of existing family treatment courts. For purposes of this solicitation, "state" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. All recipients and subrecipients (including any for-profit organization) must forgo any profit or management fee.

More grants for state and local governments.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program awards averaged $715,443; this notice allows up to $820,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (72% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• The notice requires cost sharing or matching funds, so you must contribute part of the project cost.

What the grant funds

OJP is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights and racial equity, increases access to justice, supports crime victims and individuals impacted by the justice system, strengthens community safety and protects the public from crime and evolving threats and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. The OJJDP Family Treatment Court Program seeks to build the capacity of local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized Tribal governments to establish new family treatment courts or enhance existing family treatment courts. These courts increase collaboration with substance use treatment and child welfare systems to ensure the provision of treatment and other services for families, and improve child, parent, and family outcomes.

Category: Law, Justice and Legal Services.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, O-OJJDP-2026-172738, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.