Assistance program
Tribal Justice Assistance
$198.8 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Office of Justice Programs, Justice, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 16.596
- What it does
- Goal: The overall goal of BJA’s Tribal Justice Assistance Program is to strengthen tribal justice system capacity by addressing physical infrastructure needs. Objective(s): To support the critical and priority needs of tribal justice systems, to prevent crime, and to ensure tribal safety through the development, implementation, and enhancement of strategies, including the following: • To engage in comprehensive, justice system-wide strategic planning to improve tribal justice and safety, including improving services for victims of crime, improving community wellness, and increasing the ability to prevent crime and respond to violent crime. • To prevent and respond to violent crime in tribal communities, including investigations, forensics, prosecutions, information sharing, and supervision and re-entry in coordination with other key federal and state partners. • To enhance the tools and resources for tribal prosecutors, courts, and corrections agencies, including tribal probation and tribal jails, and to effectively respond to crime and related tribal safety. • To implement enhanced authorities and provisions under the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022 • To prevent future crime by addressing the risks and needs of young adults (ages 18–25) who are involved with or at risk of involvement with the justice system. • To ensure safety through coordinated support for the re-entry of returning tribal members from federal or state prison sentences. • To develop, enhance, and continue programs to improve the safety and effectiveness of tribal law enforcement officers such as planning for and developing their own law enforcement agency, law enforcement support as part of a larger strategy, or court security issues such as adding an officer at the courthouse to improve court security. • To develop, implement, and enhance substance misuse and crime prevention, interventions, and alternatives to incarceration to address crime related to the opioid epidemic. This can include opioid, alcohol, and other substance use disorder and related crime prevention; healing to wellness courts; intervention; or treatment, including those that prevent and address the needs of drug-endangered children. • To support the development of joint jurisdiction courts with state and local courts. • To address physical tribal justice system infrastructure needs through the renovation, expansion or construction of single jurisdiction or regional tribal justice-related facilities. Performance Measure 1: Number of Grantees that developed a final written strategic/action plan; Performance Measure 2: Number of renovation, expansion, or new permanent facility projects completed with grant funds.