Tribal Justice Systems Program: Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area #3

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

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)

Purpose

Provides funding to tribes to develop, support, and improve adult tribal justice systems. Seeks to support tribal efforts to prevent and reduce violent crime, including crime related to opioid, alcohol, stimulant, and other substance use disorders (SUD). Promotes collaboration to address enforcement gaps and meet the needs of frontier communities, including rural Alaska. Part of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS).

Program funds may be used for:

Plan new or improve existing tribal courts by supporting:
- Staffing, including prosecutors, attorneys, advocates, probation and pretrial service officers, tribal court judges and other court staff, and clerical support staff, including indigent defense services
- Effective responses to jurisdictional changes resulting from the Supreme Court and other court-related decisions
- Other activities relating to improving prosecution of violent crimes
- Intergovernmental collaboration, including activities to implement the enhanced sentencing authority provisions of the Tribal Law and Order Act and the special criminal jurisdiction under the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022, including the Alaska Pilot project-related activities, and/or address crimes related to missing or murdered Indigenous persons (MMIP)
Supporting new or enhance existing alternative justice courts, including peacemaking courts, healing to wellness courts, veterans treatment courts, sentencing circles, community courts, and other traditional or alternative justice courts
Decision making models and programs for diversion and alternatives to incarceration, including community supervision, mental health and substance use treatment, job and housing assistance, education, and support for families and communities
Crime prevention efforts to protect communities from overdose and crime related to alcohol, SUD, and the production of substances such as opioids, methamphetamine, and prescription drugs
Treatment and recovery support services for individuals involved with the tribal justice system
Develop, implement, and enhance programming for tribal members incarcerated in tribal, federal, state, or local correctional facilities or under community supervision to reduce their risks for re-offending and support successful rehabilitation
Develop, implement, and enhance culturally appropriate reentry programs
Supports law enforce identifying, apprehending, and prosecuting individuals who illegally transport, distribute, and misuse illegal substances in tribal communities; programming to promote officer safety and the delivery of law enforcement services concerning opioid, stimulant, and other SUD-related overdose and crimes in tribal communities; improving the ability to collect and analyze data; promoting intergovernmental collaboration to enhance public safety; and improving investigations of violent crimes
Equipment or supplies
Strategic planning to develop tribal action plans to focused on addressing alcohol and SUD; increase coordination with nontribal agencies and organizations; to comprehensively address alcohol and SUD-related crime; and to engage in strategic planning to address a specific part of the tribal justice system such as courts or law enforcement
Training costs, such as registration fees and lodging for training events

In the fiscal year 2025 funding cycle, proposals to fund healing to wellness courts to enhance access to treatment and recovery support, including for veterans, should apply under BJA's new Purpose Area 5.

Amount of Funding

Award ceiling: $900,000
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 45
Estimated total program funding: $39,000,000

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

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Capacity Building • Equipment • New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing

Application Process

Application requirements, instructions, and other relevant information can be found in the funding announcement. Applicants are encouraged to make strategic requests for funding focused on a limited number of key areas that will make the greatest impact, rather than seek to expand many new areas of service.

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:

Confederated Tribes of The Colville Reservation in Washington
Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin
Pueblo of Acoma in New Mexico
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska in Nebraska
Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana

Topics This Program Addresses

Attorneys and Courts • Housing and Homelessness • Jails and Prisons • Law Enforcement • Mental Health • Overdose Prevention • Prevention • Re-entry and Community Supervision • Substance Use Disorder • Treatment • Vocational Training, Education, and Employment