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Tribal Healing to Wellness Court T/TA Program

Award Information

Award #
2012-AC-BX-K001
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2012
Total funding (to date)
$1,900,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2012, $500,000)

The goal of the Tribal Justice System Capacity Building TTA Program is to strengthen tribal governments' ability to plan, implement, and enhance tribal justice systems to be able to prevent, control, and investigate crime; to effectively administer justice; and to meet the needs of the community. The FY 2012 Tribal Justice System Capacity Building TTA Program will focus on funding national TTA efforts within five categories: enhancing tribal and state collaborations; comprehensive strategic planning; building tribal capacity to plan, develop, or enhance diversion and community corrections capacity; enhancing tribal justice information sharing efforts; and other tribal justice system capacity building TTA efforts. The programs funded will provide TTA to: assist tribes in using data to inform justice system strategic planning, implementation and enhancement; integrate the rich community values of tribal cultures in tribal justice systems and programs; foster tribal and state collaboration to address jurisdictional and legal issues with regard to law enforcement, courts, corrections and reentry within Indian Country, including tribal justice based relationships with service providers; build capacity for community-based alternatives to incarceration; enhance tribal justice information sharing; and meet other tribal justice system capacity building needs.

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute, in collaboration with several key partners and a core consulting team will use these funds to continue the Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Program. This project will address the needs of tribal justice systems concerning the challenging problem of alcohol and drug abuse through tribal specific T/TA designed to assist tribal justice systems in effectively utilizing drug courts. The project will strengthen tribal governments' ability to plan, implement, and enhance tribal justice systems to be able to prevent, control, and investigate crime; to effectively administer justice; and to meet the needs of the community. CA/NCF

Date Created: August 21, 2012