Tribal Youth Program (TYP) - Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area #9

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 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Purpose

Provides funding to support and improve tribal justice system efforts to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency and strengthen a fair and beneficial juvenile justice system response for American Indian and Alaska Native youth under the age of 21. Supports efforts to develop, expand, or strengthen the juvenile justice continuum that include a range activities related to prevention, intervention, and treatment, including development and implementation of tribal best practices and traditional healing methods to support tribal youth. Part of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS).

Program consists of 3 funding categories:

Category 1- Seeding Change Planning Grants: Supports a dedicated planning period for tribes to develop strategies to improve and/or enhance tribal juvenile justice systems that include prevention, intervention, and treatment programs and services for youth
Category 2 - Cultivating Change Implementation Grants: Supports the implementation of a new tribal youth program for tribes seeking funding to support programs, services, and/or system improvements.
Category 3 - Harvesting Change Enhancement/Expansion Grants: Supports the enhancement or expansion of current Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)-funded tribal youth programs.

Funds can be used to support:

Prevention
- Prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency and promote protective factors
- Prevention, intervention, and treatment for children exposed to violence
Intervention
- Interventions for court-involved tribal youth
- Intervention and treatment services for children exposed to sex trafficking
Treatment
- Treatment services for youth
- Services for youth in detention or out-of-home placement
Effective use of data
- Improving or establishing data collection systems

Program funds may be used for:

Staffing expenses, including salaries and fringed benefits for program personnel
Equipment or supplies
Travel expenses related to training
Prevention and intervention programs, services, and strategies that support youth, families, and the tribal juvenile justice system
Other costs to support the development of the program and to support staff professional development and training

Amount of Funding

Award ceiling:

Category 1: $100,000 for a 2 year project period
Category 2 and 3: $500,000 for a 5 year project period

Estimated number of awards: 20
Estimated total program funding: $12,000,000

Who Can Apply

Eligible applicants include:

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

Eligible Category 3 applicants must have a current funded Purpose Area 9 award with an end date in 2025 or have a Purpose Area 9 award that ended in 2024 but did not apply for or receive a TYP award in FY 2024.

Tribes with a current CTAS Purpose Area 9 award are not eligible to receive funding under Category 1 or 2.

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Equipment • New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing

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 in fiscal year 2024 can be found on the program website.

Rural communities who received funding include:

Copper River Native Association in Alaska
Shoshone Bannock in Idaho
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan
Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana
Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota

Topics This Program Addresses

Attorneys and Courts • Juvenile Justice • Mental Health • Prevention • Substance Use Disorder • Treatment • Violence, Trauma, and Abuse