The fort peck assiniboine & sioux tribes is a federally recognized tribe located in northeastern montana

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $812,145 Project Grant under the Tribal Justice Assistance Program (CFDA 16.596) to the Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes located in Poplar, Montana. The grant will enable the tribe to hire two full-time employees to enhance the capacity of their Tribal Access Program and improve public safety on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. The Tribal Access Program provides critical infrastructure for the tribe's justice system, and these funds will allow them to effectively operate and manage the program to maximize its impact. The five-year grant period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029.

With this funding, the fort peck tribe will hire two full-time employees to increase the capacity of the fort peck tribes to implement and manage an effective full-time department of justice tribal access program on the fort peck indian reservation to improve public safety. The tribe currently has tribal access program kiosks but does not have the necessary personnel to run the program effectively to maximize the impact. These funds will fill that GAP.