The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), part of the U.S. Department of Justice, is awarding grants of up to $300,000 for services that support juvenile drug courts.

The FY 2010 Juvenile Drug Courts and Mentoring Initiative is intended to “build the capacity of states, state courts, local courts, units of local government, and tribal governments to enhance juvenile drug courts by developing and establishing a comprehensive support service initiative that would include mentoring and other appropriate support services (i.e., educational services, health services, employment services, community services, recreational activities, parenting programs, housing assistance) to serve substance-abusing youth who are assigned to the juvenile drug court program,” according to OJJDP.

States, state courts, and local courts, units of local government and tribal governments may apply. Only juvenile drug courts in existence for three years or more are eligible. 

Application deadline is May 19. For more information, see the full grant announcement online (PDF).