The Department of Justice today announced the opening of the
grant solicitation period for comprehensive funding to American Indian and
Alaska Native tribal governments and tribal consortia to support public safety,
victim services and crime prevention. The
department’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation
(CTAS) posts today at https://www.justice.gov/tribal/open-solicitations.
“The CTAS program is a cornerstone of the Justice
Department’s partnership with sovereign tribal nations,” said Attorney General
Loretta E. Lynch. “By providing tribes
and villages with critical funding for everything from law enforcement
equipment to programs for native youth and victims of crime, the CTAS program
gives tribes the resources they need to address the particular challenges they
face. I encourage tribes and villages to
take advantage of this program, and I look forward to continuing our work with
our tribal partners to build stronger and safer communities for all.”
The Department of Justice launched CTAS in FY 2010 in direct
response to concerns raised by tribal leaders about the department’s grant
process that did not provide the flexibility tribes needed to address their
criminal justice and public safety needs.
The department designed this comprehensive approach to save time and
resources and allow tribes and the department to gain a better understanding of
the tribes’ overall public safety needs.
The department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing
Services (COPS), Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and the Office of
Justice Programs (OJP), specifically OJP’s Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA),
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and Office for
Victims of Crime (OVC) all award funding under CTAS. The funding can be used to
enhance law enforcement, bolster adult and juvenile justice systems, prevent
and control juvenile delinquency, serve native victims of crime and support
other efforts to combat crime.
Grantees submit applications for CTAS online through DOJ’s
Grants Management System (GMS).
Applicants must register with GMS at
https://grants.ojp.usdoj.gov/gmsexternal/
prior to submitting an application. The application deadline is 9:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time (EST), Feb. 28, 2017.
Applicants are strongly urged to apply in advance of the deadline.
For the FY 2017 CTAS, a tribe or tribal consortium will
submit a single application and select from any or all of the nine competitive
grant programs referred to as “purpose areas.”
This approach allows the department’s grant-making components to
consider the totality of a tribal nation’s overall public safety needs.
The nine purpose areas (PA) are:
PA1 - Public
Safety and Community Policing (COPS)
PA2 -
Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning (BJA)
PA3 - Justice
Systems and Alcohol and Substance Abuse (BJA)
PA4 - Corrections
and Correctional Alternatives (BJA)
PA5 - Violence
Against Women Tribal Governments Program (OVW)
PA6 - Victims of
Crime: Children’s Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities (OVC)
PA7 - Victims of
Crime: Comprehensive Victim Assistance (OVC)
PA8 - Juvenile
Healing to Wellness Courts (OJJDP)
PA9 - Tribal Youth
Program (OJJDP)
Tribes or tribal consortia may also be eligible for
non-tribal specific federal grant programs and are encouraged to explore these
other funding opportunities. Additional
funding information may be found at the department’s Tribal Justice and Safety
website at www.justice.gov/tribal or the www.grants.gov.
Today’s announcement is part of the department’s ongoing
initiative to increase engagement, coordination and action on public safety in
tribal communities.
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