Alcohol and Substance Abuse Related Crime TTA

The BJA Tribal Justice CTAS Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation supports BJA’s comprehensive approach to deliver training and technical assistance (TTA) to federally recognized Indian Tribes. The TTA will provide tribal jurisdictions with assistance to: (1) develop strategies to address crimes relating to substance abuse and other controlled substances; and (2) implement and enhance tribal justice systems including tribal law enforcement, courts, prosecution, and pretrial; (3) conduct comprehensive justice system-wide strategic planning and develop written justice system-wide strategic plans; (4) address violent crime in tribal communities; (5) address the tribal justice needs of Alaska Native Villages; and (6) develop and foster intergovernmental collaboration among tribal-federal-state-local governments in order to improve public safety and victims’ services. The main focus of the TTA will be with tribes who receive funding under CTAS Purpose Areas 2 (Strategic Planning), 3 (Tribal Justice Systems), and 10 (Violent Crime) The National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College, with partner the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children, will provide CTAS PA3 grantees with culturally appropriate, comprehensive, and field driven response to the needs of tribal justice systems to address alcohol and substance abuse issues in their communities. This will be accomplished through the provision of proactive, comprehensive, culturally relevant, and user-friendly TTA on topics including: risk/need assessment tools and processes, medically assisted treatment options, overdose response, drug endangered children, identification and management of controlled substances by criminal justice professionals, community drug awareness, the nexus between mental health and the justice system, and the intersection of domestic violence and substance abuse. CA/NCF

The Bureau of Justice Assistance 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.

The National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College (NCJTC) will offer the Responses to Alcohol and Substance Abuse TTA program to help American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities funded through the CTAS PA3 to plan and implement system wide approaches to reduce crime associated with alcohol and substance abuse. Through proactive, comprehensive, culturally relevant, user-friendly TTA, NCJTC and its partner, the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (NDEC), will provide culturally appropriate, comprehensive, and field-driven responses to needs of Tribal justice systems to address alcohol and substance abuse issues in their communities.

NCA/NCF

The BJA Tribal Justice CTAS Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation supports BJA’s comprehensive approach to deliver training and technical assistance (TTA) to federally recognized Indian Tribes. The TTA will provide tribal jurisdictions with assistance to: (1) develop strategies to address crimes relating to substance abuse and other controlled substances; and (2) implement and enhance tribal justice systems including tribal law enforcement, courts, prosecution, and pretrial; (3) conduct comprehensive justice system-wide strategic planning and develop written justice system-wide strategic plans; (4) address violent crime in tribal communities; (5) address the tribal justice needs of Alaska Native Villages; and (6) develop and foster intergovernmental collaboration among tribal-federal-state-local governments in order to improve public safety and victims’ services. The main focus of the TTA will be with tribes who receive funding under CTAS Purpose Areas 2 (Strategic Planning), 3 (Tribal Justice Systems), and 10 (Violent Crime)

The National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College, with partner the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children, will provide CTAS PA3 grantees with culturally appropriate, comprehensive, and field driven response to the needs of tribal justice systems to address alcohol and substance abuse issues in their communities. This will be accomplished through the provision of proactive, comprehensive, culturally relevant, and user-friendly TTA on topics including: risk/need assessment tools and processes, medically assisted treatment options, overdose response, drug endangered children, identification and management of controlled substances by criminal justice professionals, community drug awareness, the nexus between mental health and the justice system, and the intersection of domestic violence and substance abuse.
CA/NCF

The National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College, with partner the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (the Partners), present this application for funding in response to the invitation from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to apply for continuation funds for FY2021Tribal Justice CTAS Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program, (Purpose Area #3: Responses to Alcohol and Substance Abuse).  
 
The overall project goal is to provide intensive, culturally appropriate, and comprehensive TTA to existing and new Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation Purpose Area 3 (CTAS PA3), tribal Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) grantees, Tribal Demonstration sites, and other tribes to address alcohol and substance abuse-related crime and how to identify, respond to, treat, and support those affected by the opioid epidemic. The deliverables include:  
 
Objective 1: Provide intensive TTA, distance learning, and resources to increase grantees’ and tribes’ knowledge and ability to prevent, respond to and treat substance abuse and related crimes. 
 
Deliverable: Maintain a TA website to include information, resources, tools, TTA request form and events calendar for grantees. 
Deliverable: Use uniform TA request and response protocols  
Deliverable: Plan and deliver customized onsite and virtual TTA to existing and new grantees/sites 
Deliverable: Plan and host distance learning events (up to 8 webinars and 4 Ask the Expert Sessions) 
Deliverable: Design, formalize and foster a community of practice  
Deliverable: Coordinate with Category 2 TTA providers to deliver one American Indian Justice Conference. 
Deliverable: Provide faculty for the National COSSAP Conference and assist in conference planning. 
Deliverable: Participate and host workshops at one national COSSAP meeting. 
Deliverable: Provide faculty at other relevant national TTA events. 
Deliverable: Develop publications including newsletters and up to 10 articles. 
Deliverable: Collaborate with BJA and other TTA providers to ensure TTA is provided to tribes in a coordinated manner. 
 
Objective 2: Assist BJA, tribal justice systems and communities by measuring and increasing the effectiveness of grantee management and project delivery. 
Deliverable: Maintain and provide tools for grantees to assess their progress and to inform TTA delivery.  
Deliverable: Assist grantees in identifying meaningful data and reporting on performance measures.  
Deliverable: Participate with BJA in analyzing progress and performance data to inform TTA strategy. 
Deliverable: Participate in annual CTAS New Grantee Orientations. 
Deliverable: Deploy existing TTA customer evaluation instrument and report results to BJA.  
 
The Partners are experienced in meeting all deliverables, and we look forward to continued efforts with BJA.