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Tribal Justice Technical Assistance Program

Award Information

Award #
2016-AC-BX-K004
Funding Category
Competitive Discretionary
Location
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
Total funding (to date)
$1,100,000

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2016, $800,000)

The Tribal Justice System Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program provides a comprehensive array of training and technical assistance (TTA) to assist federally recognized Indian tribes' ability to implement and enhance programs to reduce alcohol, substance abuse, and related crimes; and strengthens tribes' ability to implement and enhance tribal justice systems through training and technical assistance to increase their knowledge of emerging technology, evidence-based practices, and new models of service. The TTA offered will increase the knowledge of criminal and tribal justice practitioners through in-person training, web-based learning, distance learning using webinars, teleconferences, and developing or revising training curricula; increase a tribal justice agency's ability to solve problems and/or modify policies or practices; and increase the information provided to BJA and the criminal and tribal justice communities.

With this award, the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) will provide personalized TTA to CTAS Purpose Area 3 grantees in order to strengthen and enhance their tribal justice system capacity and to provide training and technical assistance to implement and enhance programs aimed to address alcohol and substance abuse related crimes. NAICJA and its partners will provide an array of TTA to: increase the knowledge of criminal and tribal justice practitioners by providing in-person training, web based learning, distance learning including webinars and podcasts, and developing or revising training curricula; increase all serviced tribal justice agencies' ability to solve problems and/or modify policies and practices; and increase information provided to BJA and the criminal and tribal justice communities. The TTA will preserve each tribe's own individual concepts of native law and support the underpinning of tribal sovereignty by strengthening the justice system and the intervention programs designed to address alcohol and substance abuse.

CA/NCF

Date Created: September 19, 2016