The spirit lake tribe will use grant funds for the continued implementation of sorna and enhance its current registration/notification

The Spirit Lake Tribe will use a $375,142 Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Sex Offender Sentencing Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program award to continue implementing the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) and enhance its current registration and notification efforts from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Funding will support technology and equipment enhancements to digitize paper files, increase community notification and education efforts through new programs on sex offender topics, and develop new compliance check strategies. The Tribe will also collaborate with intratribal organizations and continue coordinating offender employment, education, and residence information sharing with tribal, federal, and state officials.

Funding will support technology and equipment enhancements, increase community notification and education efforts, and develop new strategies to support compliance checks. Activities will include digitizing paper files, developing community education programs on SEX offender topics and/or collaboration with intratribal organizations, and continuing to work with tribal, federal, and state officials to coordinate information sharing of offenders' employment, education, and residence.