Assistance program
Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Grants, Training and Technical Assistance
$9.6 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Office of Justice Programs, Justice, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 16.815
- What it does
- Goal: The goal of this program is to build and enhance capacity and improve delivery of legal services to individuals and tribes as well as to develop policies that improve access to tribal justice systems. Objectives: To Identify needs and deliver customized services, including trial skills training to grantees, Indian tribes, working with TCCLA grantees/subgrantees, and if resources allow, other BJA grantees and Indian tribes; Build additional prosecution capacity to reflect current authorities (i.e., TLOA and VAWA). Build additional holistic defense capacity for defendants in tribal courts and in other justice systems and reduce collateral consequences, fees, and penalties; Review, identify and summarize gaps in knowledge, research, and data collection to inform tribal civil and criminal legal assistance needs. Performance Measure 1: Number of individuals who received civil legal assistance; and, Performance Measure 2: Number of individuals who received criminal legal assistance.
- Who benefits
- N/A
- Who applies
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; and, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
- Authorized by
- 25 U.S.C. § 3651, et seq.
- Public Law 105-559; 25 U.S.C. § 3661-3666
- Public Law 118-42; Statute 138, p. 25, 148
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
Top recipients
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- Committed through this program
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