On Tuesday, November 29, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the opening of the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS). This solicitation will provide 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 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), and 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) – 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 victims of crime, and support other efforts to combat crime.
For the FY 2017 CTAS, a tribe or tribal consortium should submit a single application and select from any or all of the nine competitive grant programs, also known as purpose areas (PA). The nine PAs 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)
Grantees should 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. ET on February 28, 2017. Applicants are strongly urged to apply in advance of the deadline.