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This awardee has received supplemental funding. This award detail page includes information about both the original award and supplemental awards.
Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2012, $500,000)
The goal of the Tribal Justice System Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance (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 (TLPI) will strengthen tribal governments' ability to plan, implement, and enhance tribal justice systems by fostering 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. TLPI will provide TTA to tribes and states interested in collaborating, specifically in the area of tribal-state court forums; maintain, update, and enhance the Walking On Common Ground website; provide TTA resources to tribes interested in exercising enhanced jurisdiction under the Tribal Law and Order Act; and continue to update, disseminate and possibily add titles to the Tribal Legal Studies series.
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