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Public Safety and Community Policing Tribal Resources Grant Program – Hiring and Equipment/Training: Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area #1

Link

https://www.justice.gov/tribal/open-solicitations

Additional Links

Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Purpose Area Fact Sheet Booklet

Deadline

Application Deadline: Mar 18, 2025

Sponsor

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office)

Purpose

Provides funding to law enforcement agencies to address the crucial needs of the tribes they serve by developing or enhancing community policing strategies. Focuses on building the capacity of tribal law enforcement agencies through prevention strategies and crime control including reducing illegal drug use such as opioids and methamphetamine. Also seeks to improve criminal investigations into areas such as human trafficking and missing or murdered Indigenous persons (MMIP). Part of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS).

Program funds may be used for:

  • Strategic planning for community policing
  • Hiring costs for newly hired or rehired employees, including entry-level salaries and fringe benefits for full-time sworn career law enforcement officers, tribal/village police officers, village public safety officers, and school resource officers
  • Salaries and fringe benefits for full-time methamphetamine and/or anti-opioid coordinators
  • Equipment expenses, including uniforms, safety vests, body cameras, standard issue law enforcement equipment, appropriate police vehicles as needed for anti-methamphetamine and/or anti-opioid activities, and technology such as computer hardware and software, mobile data terminals, radios, and communication systems
  • Training for law enforcement, including basic training and comprehensive or specialized police training, such as anti-methamphetamine, anti-opioid, and human trafficking training
  • Travel expenses for costs related to relevant purpose area activities and training
  • Overtime costs for sworn officers

Amount of Funding

Award ceiling:

  • For a sworn force of 20 or fewer officers: $700,000
  • For a sworn force of 20 or more officers: $900,000

Project period:

  • Awards for hiring: 5 years
  • Awards for equipment and training: 3 years

Estimated number of awards: 50
Estimated total program funding: $29,000,000

Who Can Apply

Eligible applicants include:

  • Federally recognized Indian tribes, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation
  • Consortia consisting of 2 or more federally recognized Indian tribes

Additional consideration will be given to applications that propose strategies to address human trafficking and missing or murdered Indigenous persons (MMIP). This includes funding for human trafficking and MMIP prevention and investigation such as training and officer salaries, especially officers needed as part of cold case MMIP task forces or teams.

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Capacity Building • Equipment • Operating Costs and Staffing • Training Providers

Application Process

Application requirements, instructions, and other relevant information can be found in the funding announcement.

Applications must be submitted electronically through a 2-step process:

  • Step 1: Applicants will submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by the March 18, 2025 deadline.
  • Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by the March 25, 2025 deadline.

CTAS Pre-application webinar schedule
Narrative template

Contact

For questions on submitting in grants.gov:
800-518-4726
support@grants.gov

For questions on submitting in JustGrants:
833-872-5175
JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov

For program questions or general assistance:
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Response Center
800-421-6770
tribalgrants@usdoj.gov

Rural Awards

Past awards communities have received are described on the program website.

Rural communities who received funding in fiscal year 2024 include:

  • Native Village of Chitina in Alaska
  • Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Michigan
  • Lower Sioux Community Council in Minnesota
  • Lovelock Paiute Tribe in Nevada
  • Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate in South Dakota

Topics This Program Addresses

Law Enforcement • Prevention • Substance Use Disorder • Violence, Trauma, and Abuse