CLOSED CFDA 16.585 ↗ Cooperative Agreement ⚖️ Match Required Competitive ~100h typical effort
BJA

FY 25 Invited to Apply – Adult Treatment Court Planning, Training, Technical Assistance, and Resources Center Initiative

🏛 Bureau of Justice Assistance (USDOJ-OJP-BJA)

✓ Free, no account · Source: Grants.gov · Last verified Jul 15, 2026

⏰ Deadline
Jul 15, 2026 ⚠ passed
💰 Award amount
up to $1.6M
🎯 Expected awards
1 recipient
📍 Scope
National

Can you apply?

This grant is for organizations invited by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to strengthen adult treatment courts nationwide. Only applicants receiving an official invitation letter from BJA are eligible to apply. The program supports delivery of technical assistance to newly funded and existing adult treatment court grantees. Activities include planning, training, and resources to help courts integrate substance use treatment, drug testing, incentives, sanctions, and recovery support services.

Organizations must demonstrate capacity to provide intensive, customized technical assistance to multiple courts. Projects should focus on reducing recidivism and overdose fatalities while improving public safety outcomes.

Geographic scope is national, serving adult treatment court grantees across all states.

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Program description

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2025 Invited to Apply – Adult Treatment Court Planning, Training, Technical Assistance and Resources Center Initiative. This opportunity is to provide resources to support the delivery of intensive, customized technical assistance (TA) to all newly funded, existing adult treatment court grantees and mentor courts. This program ensures that ATC grantees effectively integrate substance use disorder treatment, mandatory drug testing, incentives and sanctions, and transitional services in a judicially supervised criminal court setting that has jurisdiction over individuals with substance use disorders with the goal of reducing recidivism and overdose fatalities, while increasing access to treatment and recovery support that leads to long-term recovery and improves public safety.

Who can apply

Eligible applicants

Demographic focus

How to apply

Application links

Key dates & requirements

Required documents

  • Official BJA invitation letter
  • SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
  • Project narrative describing TA model
  • Budget and budget narrative
  • Organizational capacity documentation
  • Letters of support from partner courts

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Funding track record

Recent awards under CFDA 16.585 from the last 3 years — real organizations that won funding through this same program.

100
awards (3 yrs)
$157M
total funded
79
unique recipients
$1.6M
average award

Top 10 Largest Recent Awards

  1. $8,500,000
  2. $7,517,121
  3. $4,999,988
  4. $4,000,000
  5. $3,500,000
  6. $3,500,000
  7. $3,478,520
  8. $3,400,000
  9. $2,900,000
  10. $2,750,000

Top States by Funding

  • VA 8 awards $20.9M
  • CA 8 awards $16.4M
  • NY 7 awards $16.3M
  • SC 4 awards $10.7M
  • GA 6 awards $9.0M

Source: USAspending.gov — federal spending transparency. Data covers last 3 years.

Funding history

Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 16.585). How funding has trended year over year.

2024 $71,184,069
2025 $6,810,600
2026 est. $5,200,000

FAQ

Who is eligible to apply for this grant?

Only organizations that receive an official invitation letter from the Bureau of Justice Assistance are eligible. Check your email and BJA communications for invitation status.

What activities are supported?

The grant funds technical assistance delivery to adult treatment courts, including planning, training, customized support, and resource development. Focus areas are substance use treatment integration, drug testing, incentives, sanctions, and recovery services.

Is this a competitive grant?

No, this is an invited application only. You must have received an official invitation letter from BJA to apply.

What is the funding level?

The grant provides approximately $1.6 million, though exact amounts may vary by project scope and agreement terms.

When is the deadline?

The application deadline is July 15, 2026. This is a fixed deadline; no extensions are typically granted.

💡 Tips for applicants

  • Confirm you received an official invitation letter from BJA before investing time in the application. Only invited applicants can apply.
  • Center your proposal on the specific courts and grantees you will serve. Demonstrate deep knowledge of their needs and challenges.
  • Detail your technical assistance model clearly. Show exactly how you'll deliver customized support to multiple courts simultaneously.
  • Include letters of support from current or past adult treatment court partners. Real relationships strengthen competitiveness.
  • Emphasize outcomes you'll track: recidivism reduction, treatment access, overdose prevention, and public safety improvements.

⚠️ Common mistakes

Applicants without invitation letters apply anyway and face automatic rejection. Double-check your eligibility status before starting. Proposals that lack clear technical assistance delivery models fail to convince reviewers of implementation feasibility. Weak outcome metrics and no connection to real courts make applications uncompetitive.

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