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Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (16.585)

Also known as Drug Court Program (DCP)

Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (Assistance Listing 16.585) is run by the Office of Justice Programs, part of the Department of Justice. It awarded $388 million in 542 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $715,443 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $600,000. Half of the 542 awards fell between $456,102 and $827,843, and they ranged from $1,203 to $6.7 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

Program goal(s) name: Provide treatment alternatives to incarceration to improve outcomes. Program goal(s) description: Reduce recidivism, overdose fatalities, and involvement in the criminal and juvenile justice systems and/or child welfare system, while increasing access to treatment and recovery support that leads to long-term recovery and improved outcomes for adults, youth, and families. Program objective(s) name: Increase access to, completions of, and improve outcomes for participants in treatment courts. Program objective(s) description: Increase referrals and access to treatment courts and services; increase successful completions of treatment court programs; and collect data to track outcomes and improve programs.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Varies based upon appropriation. Consult the solicitation available at the Office of Justice Programs funding opportunities https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (16.585) awarded$388 million across 542 grant awards, an average of $715,443 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
All Rise for JusticeVirginia9$18.2 million
Unified Court System of New York StateNew York19$15.6 million
Justice Innovation Inc.New York3$10.4 million
Tribal Law and Policy InstituteCalifornia4$8.0 million
Fund for the City of New York, Inc.New York1$5.9 million
Alabama Unified Judicial SystemAlabama5$5.2 million
Center for Children and Family Futures, Inc.California1$5.0 million
Judiciary Courts of the State of ColoradoColorado8$5.0 million
Judiciary Courts of State of MontanaMontana8$4.6 million
Judiciary Courts of State of VermontVermont3$4.4 million
Judiciary Courts of State of MinnesotaMinnesota7$4.2 million
Criminal Justice Coordinating CouncilGeorgia2$4.2 million
State of Arkansas Judiciary Administrative Office of the CourtsArkansas3$3.8 million
Van Buren County OfficesMichigan5$3.6 million
Judiciary Courts of the State of North CarolinaNorth Carolina3$3.6 million
National Center for State CourtsVirginia1$3.4 million
Judiciary Courts of Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky5$3.1 million
University of North Carolina at WilmingtonNorth Carolina2$2.8 million
Judiciary Courts of State of CaliforniaCalifornia4$2.6 million
Superior Courts of California, County of OrangeCalifornia3$2.5 million

Top states: New York ($34.8 million), California ($33.9 million), Virginia ($33.7 million), Ohio ($19.3 million), Michigan ($17.7 million), Georgia ($15.5 million), North Carolina ($15.1 million), Texas ($13.0 million), Florida ($10.7 million), Alabama ($10.5 million).

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 72% of the money, nonprofits 12% and tribes 10%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
State and local governments422$279 million72%
Nonprofits22$47.0 million12%
Tribal governments and organizations76$39.9 million10%
Other17$13.2 million3.4%
Small businesses2$5.3 million1.4%
Colleges and universities3$3.6 million0.9%

By state

47 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
New York28$34.8 million
California40$33.9 million
Virginia29$33.7 million
Ohio32$19.3 million
Michigan29$17.7 million
Georgia20$15.5 million
North Carolina20$15.1 million
Texas22$13.0 million
Florida17$10.7 million
Alabama13$10.5 million
Arkansas13$10.2 million
Montana19$9.9 million
Minnesota16$9.3 million
Oregon14$9.1 million
Washington14$8.8 million
Wisconsin15$8.0 million
Nevada13$7.8 million
Oklahoma14$7.8 million
Louisiana10$7.4 million
Arizona15$7.2 million
Illinois10$7.1 million
Alaska10$6.4 million
Mississippi10$6.2 million
Missouri11$5.6 million
Colorado9$5.4 million
Kansas7$5.2 million
South Carolina6$4.4 million
Vermont3$4.4 million
New Hampshire4$4.4 million
Kentucky6$4.1 million
Tennessee8$4.0 million
North Dakota3$3.6 million
New Mexico7$3.2 million
Nebraska6$3.2 million
Pennsylvania6$3.1 million
Indiana7$3.0 million
Maryland3$2.9 million
Massachusetts3$2.9 million
Maine4$2.4 million
New Jersey4$2.3 million
West Virginia3$2.1 million
Wyoming3$2.1 million
Iowa2$1.9 million
District of Columbia2$1.6 million
Utah3$1.5 million
Guam2$1.3 million
Delaware2$1.3 million
Connecticut1$851,547
South Dakota2$783,917
Idaho1$331,527
Hawaii1$209,196

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.