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

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

3. Forest County Community Wellness Court Project History:
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.

4. 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.

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. The United States Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ)
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)

9. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
announcements-2018
Recorded webinars on the new application process
How recipients are chosen
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Document

10. Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts Organization
announcements/
Up to date funding announcements for Tribes
Summaries of funding opportunities
Full documents

11. 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

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

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