The crow nation of indians is seeking federal grant funding from the department of justice (DOJ) to develop a comprehensive tribal justice system-wide strategic plan to build internal capacity and…

The Crow Tribe of Indians was awarded a $129,552 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Tribal Youth Program (CFDA 16.731) to develop a comprehensive strategic plan and community assessment for the Crow Nation tribal justice system from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. Key deliverables include establishing tribal justice leadership teams, conducting a community needs assessment, and creating a written strategic plan focused on community engagement, trust, and communication across the Crow Reservation's six population centers and surrounding areas in Montana. The strategic planning process will recruit staff, complete DOJ training, engage tribal task forces, and gather community input to establish a sustainable, victim-centered approach to juvenile justice and public safety programs serving the Crow Nation.

The crow nation of indians is seeking federal grant funding from the department of justice (DOJ) to develop a comprehensive tribal justice system-wide strategic plan to build internal capacity and capability for an effective and sustainable community-driven public safety program. The primary activities of this proposed process designed to support the development of the foundational strategic plans, processes and procedures required to ensure an effective tribal justice system: recruitment of a project coordinator and project assistant completion of DOJ training and technical assistance (TTA) workshops recurring meetings of the crow nation public safety task force development of a shared project timeline of events and milestones to support strategic plan development development of a community engagement strategy including a data collection and management strategy development of community assessment tools finalization of a strategic plan and roadmap for initiating positive change in the public safety environment the following specific products and/or deliverables will be achieved as a result of the project activities: establishment of locally developed justice system leadership and support teams a complete and comprehensive community assessment a complete and comprehensive written strategic plan the service areas included in the tribal justice systems strategic plan includes six primary population centers that are contained within the approximately 2.2-million-acre footprint and boundaries of the crow reservation, as well as portions of the populations residing in rural locations outside of the identified population centers. Services areas may also include cross-jurisdictional locations that geographically interact with the boundaries of the crow reservation, such as big horn county population centers. All segments of the crow reservation and surrounding communities will benefit from the development and implementation of a comprehensive tribal justice system-wide strategic plan. The strategic plan will focus on a victim-centered approach and include programs that are heavily focused on the development and activation of resources that enable community engagement, trust, and communication.