§10664 Authority to award competitive grants to address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders

Summary

The Attorney General can give competitive grants to States, territories, and Indian tribes to help pregnant and parenting women offenders who use methamphetamine. The grants must help public safety, public health, and family stability by getting criminal justice, child welfare, and substance abuse systems to work together on programs and services. The law names a few terms: child welfare agency (the agency in charge of child or family services), criminal justice agency (agencies that handle law enforcement, courts, jails, probation, or parole), and Indian tribe (as defined in section 10554). Applicants must apply and be approved under the Attorney General’s rules. Applications must show strong collaboration with the State criminal justice and child welfare agencies and include a plan that describes the problem, how agencies will work together, involvement of local governments or tribes when needed, a promise to add to—not replace—other funds, and clinical practices for screening, family treatment in the same place when appropriate, and steps to help reunite families when family treatment is not used. Grants last three years. Winners may apply for only one more three-year cycle. Recipients must send an annual report to the Attorney General. Within 12 months after a grant’s three-year period ends, the Attorney General must report to the appropriate congressional committees with evaluation results and recommendations. Funding is authorized as needed.