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Pretrial Grant Application
Purpose
The Indiana Office of Court Services is accepting grant applications to provide financial assistance to certified pretrial service agencies or those in the planning stages pursuant to IC 35-33-8.
Eligible Entities
The grant application is open to all Indiana pretrial service agencies certified by the Indiana Office of Court Services as of May 6, 2022. Agencies in the planning stages must have the following to seek financial assistance through this application:
• notification to the Indiana Office of Court Services of an intent to establish a pretrial services agency
• local pretrial policy team
• local pretrial point of contact for pretrial services
If your agency received previous pretrial funding, all required reports must be current for funding consideration.
Application Procedures
Applicants must provide a brief description of the proposed project and a detailed budget of how the funds will be used. Match funds are not required, but if receiving funding for pretrial from other sources, this should be included in the budget section. Priority consideration will be given to applicants demonstrating a commitment to allocate local resources to support pretrial service agency operations with a goal of becoming self-sustaining.
Award decisions will be made based upon the applicant’s ability to demonstrate need. Courts that receive a different award amount than requested in the application must submit a revised budget to the Indiana Office of Court Services prior to receiving funds.
Award Period and Reporting Requirements
Grant funds will be awarded for a 12-month budget cycle beginning on January 1, 2023 and ending December 31,2023. Grant recipients must submit quarterly narratives and budget reports to the Indiana Office of Court Services as required. Failure to comply with reporting requirements may impact future grant awards.
Allowable Costs
Courts may submit applications for costs related to:
• personnel (salary and benefits)
• public defender or prosecutor contractual services
• program evaluation expenses
• training for staff and local stakeholders ($5,000 maximum)
Other requests may be considered depending on fund availability.
Please direct application questions to:
iocsgrants@courts.in.gov
Applications must be submitted electronically and received by 6:00 pm EST on May 6, 2022. Applications received after the deadline may not be considered.
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Veterans Treatment Court Grant Application
Purpose and Availability of Funds
With funds provided by the Indiana General Assembly, the Indiana Supreme Court and the Indiana Office of Court Services are accepting grant applications to provide financial assistance to veterans courts established pursuant to IC 33-23-16.
Eligible Entities
The grant application is open to all certified veterans courts and veterans courts in the planning stage that have notified Indiana Office of Court Services of an intent to establish a veterans treatment court by May 6, 2022.
Application Procedures and Funding Considerations
Applicants must provide a description of the veterans court operations or proposed operations and a detailed budget of how the funds will be used. Match funds are not required but if receiving funding for veterans court from other sources, this should be included in the budget section. Applications must be submitted electronically to the Indiana Office of Court Services by by 6:00 pm EST on Friday, May 6th, 2022.
Priority consideration will be given to the following:
• Applicants proposing to establish a certified veterans court within a judicial district that does not currently operate a certified veterans court.
• Applicants proposing to increase the capacity and enrollment of an existing certified veterans court, which may include accepting referrals from other counties.
• Applicants demonstrating a commitment to allocate local resources to support veterans court operations with a goal of becoming self-sustaining.
Award decisions will be made based upon the above priorities and the applicant’s ability to demonstrate need. Courts that receive an award amount different than the requested amount in the application must submit a revised budget to the Indiana Office of Court Services prior to receiving funds.
Award Period and Reporting Requirements
Grant funds will be awarded for a 12-month budget cycle beginning on January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2023. Grant recipients must submit a quarterly narrative and budget report to the Indiana Office of Court Services. Recipients may be asked to submit additional information to the Indiana Office of Court Services in between reporting periods.
Allowable Costs
Courts may submit applications for costs related to:
• personnel (salary and benefits)
• incentives (capped based on capacity)
• peer support services (contractual)
• chemical testing ($7,500 maximum)
• program evaluation expenses
• training for team members ($5,000 maximum)
• participant services ($10,000 maximum) (Work Release, GPS/electronic monitoring or other program fees are excluded. Allowable expenses include treatment services not otherwise covered, emergency housing or transportation.)
Other requests may be considered depending on fund availability. There is no limit to the amount of funds an applicant may request, but the applicant must clearly justify the request to be considered for funding.
Please direct application questions to:
iocsgrants@courts.in.gov
Applications must be submitted electronically and received by 6:00 pm EST on May 6, 2022. Applications received after the deadline may not be considered.
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Additional Attachments
Please use the option below to submit any additional attachments pursuant to the grant application.
Note: Individual attachments may not exceed 10MB and the total number of attachments may not exceed 20MB.
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Budget Worksheet
Employee Personnel Expenditures
Please list each position separately that you are requesting be funded from this application, who is an employee of your court, program or agency. A detailed explanation of each expense should be described in the applicable budget narrative section of this application. Please include the amount of additional funding and the source used to support your court, program or agency in each budget section.
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Total of Grant Request
The total amount listed should equal the sum of the funds requested for this application from IOCS.
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