Grant opportunities Valerie Loduha, Wellness Court Coordinator Forest County Community Wellness Court

Agenda Forest County Community Wellness Court Project History Grant Basics Searching for Grants

Forest County Community Wellness Court Project History 2013-2014: Judge Eugene Whitefish recognized and made the decision that Forest County Community as a whole needed a wellness court program. Approached the Forest County Circuit Court Judge, as well as other agencies, to see if they would be willing to work together on this project.

FCCWC Project History, Cont. Forest County Potawatomi Tribal Court staff and Forest County Circuit Court staff shadowed the Leech Lake Wellness Court. FCP Grants Department looked for grant options that would best fit the vision on the team. The team met frequently to collaborate and gather all information that was needed to collaboratively apply for a CTAS planning/implementation grant.

FCCWC Project History, Cont. October 2014: 3 Year Planning/Implementation Grant was awarded to the team July 2015: Team attended NADCP Annual Conference in Washington D.C. June 2016: NADCP Individualized Training Present: Team has enrolled 8 participants into the program

Grant Basics Competitive Hard to get Some require a $ match Reporting requirements Application deadlines Spending deadlines Spending restrictions Every grant is different

Searching for Grants The United States Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts Organization Grants.gov

The United States Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) https://www.justice.gov/tribal/grants Encourage tribes to look at the CTAS funding programs Agencies with in the DOJ: BJA, EOUSA, COPS, OLA, OJP, OJJDP, OTJ, OVC, OVW Main Wellness Court/Drug Court Grantors are: Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) https://www.samhsa.gov/grants/grant- announcements-2018 Recorded webinars on the new application process How recipients are chosen Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Document

Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts Organization http://www.wellnesscourts.org/funding- announcements/ Up to date funding announcements for Tribes Summaries of funding opportunities Full documents

Grants.gov https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search- grants.html Mother of all grant search engines Can look for any grant that is open out there

eCivis https://www.ecivis.com/grant-management-system Helpful tool to help be made aware of what grants are out there Pay to subscribe

Questions?? Thank you for Your time! Contact Information: Email: Valeriec.Loduha@fcpotawatomi-nsn.gov Office Phone: (715) 478-7405