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Tribal Courts Assistance Program (TCAP)
October 4, 2005
FY 2005 Update: On October 3, 2005, the Office of Justice Programs issued a press release announcing awards of more than $28 million to assist tribal communities with law enforcement and justice system improvements. TCAP projects recommended included: (Category I) Alleutian Pribolf Islands Assoc., Inc., AK. (Category II) Native Village of Kwigillingok, AK. (Category III) Tier I: Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, OK; Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, WA; Southern Ute Indian Tribe, CO; Confederated Tribes of Coos Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, OR; Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, NV; Makah Tribe, WA; Kwethiuk IRA Council, AK; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., MI; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, MI; Nooksack Indian Tribe, WA; Forest County Potawatomi Community, WI. Tier II: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, SD; The Hopi Tribe, AZ; Village of Alakanuk, AK; Three Affiliated Tribes, ND; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe, MI; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, NE; Pueblo of Jemez, NM; TeMoak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, NV; Suquamish Tribe, WA; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, MT; Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, SD. Tier III: Eastern Band of Cherokee, NC; and the Pasqua Yaqui Tribe, AZ.
FY 2006 Competitive Grant Announcement
Overview:
BJA, as part of the U.S. Department of Justice's Indian Country Law Enforcement Initiative, administers grants to support the development, implementation, enhancement, and continuing operation of tribal judicial systems.
For FY 2006, there are three separate categories under which tribes may apply:
- Category I: Planning and Implementing an Intertribal Court System for Smaller Service Populations
Applications are sought from consortia of tribal governments (at least two), each of whom serves a population of less than 1,000 people, to plan, develop, and implement a tribal court system where none currently exists. This category focuses on smaller tribes located contiguous to or near other tribal governments where it is economically and administratively feasible for the creation of an intertribal court. Grant funds may be used to facilitate the development and initial implementation of an intertribal court system that will be designed to meet the needs of more than one tribe in the same geographic region.
Category II: Planning and Implementing a Single-Tribe Court System
Applications are sought from tribal governments for the development and initial implementation of a tribal court that will be designed to meet the needs of their tribal government. Tribal governments, each with a service population equal to or exceeding 1,000 people, may apply for grant funds to facilitate the development and initial implementation of a tribal court system where none currently exists.
Category III: Enhancing and Continuing the Operation of Tribal Courts
Applications are sought from tribal communities, regardless of the size of their service populations, to enhance and/or continue the operation of existing tribal courts. Initiatives may include, but are not limited to: establishing a core structure for a tribal court, improving case management, training court personnel, acquiring additional equipment and/or software, enhancing prosecution and indigent defense, supporting probation diversion and alternative sentencing programs, accessing services, focusing on juvenile services and multidisciplinary protocols for child physical and sexual abuse, and for structuring intertribal or tribal appellate systems.
Legislation: Beginning in FY 2001, the Tribal Courts Assistance Program received separate authorizing legislation pursuant to Public Law 106-559 (25 USC 3689(a)).
Funding: FY 2006 funding has not yet been determined.
Eligibility: Applicants are limited to federally recognized tribal governments-including Alaska Native villages and corporations-and authorized intertribal consortia. Intertribal consortia must have and retain written authorization from each member tribe-prior to this solicitation's submission deadline-and certify the same in the application. Tribes that received FY 2005 grants through this program ARE NOT ELIGIBLE to apply in FY 2006.
How/When To Apply: BJA tentatively plans to release the solicitation in October 2005 with an application deadline to occur in December 2005. Applications must be submitted via the www.grants.gov/. The CFDA number is 16.608.
Related Information:
Tribal Courts Assistance Program (FY 2005 Competitive Grant Announcement)
Awards for Developing, Enhancing, and Continuing the Operation of Tribal Courts (FY 2004 Competitive Grant Announcement)
Related Link:
National Tribal Justice Resource Center
Contact Information:
Bob Brown, Senior Policy Advisor for Tribal Justice
Bureau of Justice Assistance
810 Seventh Street NW.
Washington, DC 20531
202-616-3297
Fax: 202-307-0036
E-mail: robert.brown@usdoj.gov
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