Drug Courts
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Drug Courts - Grants and Funding

This section contains links to Federal funding opportunities.

Community Capacity Development Office
Operation Weed and Seed aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity in targeted high-crime neighborhoods across the country. Weed and Seed sites range in size from several neighborhood blocks to 15 square miles.

The program involves a two-pronged approach: law enforcement agencies and prosecutors cooperate in "weeding out" criminals who participate in violent crime and drug abuse, attempting to prevent their return to the targeted area; and "seeding" brings human services to the area, encompassing prevention, intervention, treatment, and neighborhood revitalization.

A community-orientated policing component bridges weeding and seeding strategies. Officers obtain helpful information from area residents for weeding efforts while they aid residents in obtaining information about community revitalization and seeding resources.

Drug Court Discretionary Grant (DCDG) Program
The DCDG Program provides financial and technical assistance to states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and American Indian tribal governments to develop and implement treatment drug courts that effectively integrate substance abuse treatment, mandatory drug testing, sanctions and incentives, and transitional services in a judicially supervised court setting with jurisdiction over nonviolent, substance-abusing offenders. Programs funded by DCDG are required by law to target nonviolent offenders and must implement a drug court based on 10 key components. This program supports the following drug court activity:

• Adult drug court implementation.
• Juvenile drug court implementation.
• Family drug court implementation.
• Single jurisdiction drug court enhancement.
• Statewide drug court enhancement.

Federal Register at the National Archives and Records Administration
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Justice Assistance Grant Program
This program allows States and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and to improve the criminal justice system.

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) Program
The JABG program was created by Congress to promote greater accountability in the juvenile justice system. The law authorizes the Attorney General to provide grants to the States to strengthen policies, programs, and administrative systems that foster the creation of safe communities. The underlying supposition is that young people, their families, and the juvenile justice system must be accountable for improving the quality of life in every community.

Grants are made to eligible States on a formula basis (based on the State's population under age 18), with at least 75 percent of the funds - absent a waiver - to be passed through to or used by the States to benefit units of local government. JABG funds may be used to develop programs in 12 program purpose areas established by Congress, including juvenile gun and drug courts; controlled substance testing; interagency information-sharing; and the hiring of additional court personnel (judges, probation officers, public defenders, or prosecutors).

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