The fort peck tribes plan to use funding from the FY 2025 consolidated national criminal history improvement program to modernize their automated fingerprint information system (afis) and computerized…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes a $1.544 million Cooperative Agreement on July 1, 2026, under the NICS Act Record Improvement Program (CFDA 16.813) to modernize the tribe's automated fingerprint information system (AFIS) and computerized criminal history (CCH) system.

The tribe will use funding to transition both systems from largely manual, paper-based record structures to electronic systems. The award will support hiring five full-time staff members to manage the transition and will fund the purchase of updated equipment and software needed to automate recordkeeping and improve access to criminal history information.

Performance occurs in Poplar, Montana. The period of performance runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029.

The fort peck tribes plan to use funding from the FY 2025 consolidated national criminal history improvement program to modernize their automated fingerprint information system (afis) and computerized criminal history (CCH) system. Currently, both systems are largely manual record structures. This project will use funds to hire five full-time staff members who will support the transition from paper-based records to electronic systems. Funding will also be used to purchase updated equipment and software needed to automate recordkeeping and improve access to criminal history information.