OJJDP FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded Award (OJJDP FY 2020 Family Drug Court Program) | O OJJDP 2022 171098

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This grant opportunity is a discretionary funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), titled "OJJDP FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded Award (OJJDP FY 2020 Family Drug Court Program)." In practical terms, it is not a broad, open competition for new applicants. It is an invited-to-apply action intended to adjust administrative funding for a project that was already funded under the FY 2020 Family Drug Court Program. The listing indicates a single expected award, which strongly signals that OJJDP had a specific existing grantee in mind and was using this mechanism to amend or supplement that prior award rather than launch a new grant cycle.

The purpose of the underlying program, the OJJDP Family Drug Court Program, is to strengthen the ability of local courts, units of local government, and federally recognized tribal governments to either create new family drug courts or improve and expand existing ones. Family drug courts are specialized court-based programs that focus on cases where substance use disorders intersect with child welfare involvement, with the goal of improving outcomes for children and parents. The program emphasizes building coordination among the court system, substance use treatment providers, and child welfare agencies so families can access treatment and related supports in a structured, accountable setting. The larger policy framing included in the opportunity highlights DOJ priorities such as advancing civil rights, increasing access to justice, supporting crime victims, protecting the public from evolving threats, and strengthening trust between law enforcement and communities, with the family drug court work fitting into those priorities by addressing family stability, recovery, and child safety through collaboration and evidence-informed interventions.

Key administrative details in the source data show this opportunity was issued by OJJDP under DOJ, with an activity category of Law, Justice and Legal Services and a CFDA number of 16.585. The funding instrument is a grant, the opportunity category is discretionary, and eligibility is listed as "Others," with clarification referenced in an additional eligibility text field (not provided in the excerpt). Because it is explicitly labeled "Invited to Apply" and tied to an "Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded Award," the real eligibility is effectively limited to the prior recipient(s) selected by OJJDP for the FY 2020 Family Drug Court Program project being adjusted.

Timing and funding scale are narrowly defined. The opportunity was created on February 10, 2022, and had an original closing date of February 17, 2022, which is a very short application window consistent with invited or administrative actions rather than open solicitations. The award ceiling is listed as $670,000, and the expected number of awards is 1, reinforcing that this is a targeted adjustment rather than a multi-recipient program competition.

Finally, the statutory authority cited for making awards under this solicitation includes Pub. L. No. 90-351, Title I, Part EE (codified at 34 U.S.C. 10611-10619), along with the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. No. 116-93, 133 Stat. 2317, 2409). In summary, this opportunity is best understood as a DOJ/OJJDP administrative funding action connected to the FY 2020 Family Drug Court Program, intended to support or modify the scope, duration, or resources of an already-funded family drug court project that promotes coordinated court, treatment, and child welfare responses to family substance use challenges.

• The Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "OJJDP FY 2022 Invited to Apply - Administrative Funding Adjustment to Previously Funded Award (OJJDP FY 2020 Family Drug Court Program)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.585.
• This funding opportunity was created on Feb 10, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 17, 2022. (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 $670,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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