The New York Statewide System Reform Program

OJJDP's Juvenile Justice System Improvement Grants program was established to provide grants and cooperative agreements to organizations that provide programs and services critical to the mission of OJJDP, and organizations that OJJDP has selected for funds in prior years. This program will be authorized by an Act appropriating funds for the Department of Justice.

The purpose of the New York State Unified Court System project is to reform the way family drug courts handle child welfare matters when the families involved are affected by substance use disorder. This additional funding will be used to strengthen the existing planning process and move to the introduction of protocols and strategies designed to effectuate eventual statewide reform.

The New York Statewide System Reform Program, Better for Families, has two overarching goals that guide every aspect of the project. First, the current resources allocated to family treatment courts (FTCs) should be used to capacity and strengthened. Second, all families affected by substance use disorder who are in court due to a child welfare matter should also receive some of the best practices of the FTC model.

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