Crow tribe will use AWA grant funds to rebuild their SEX offender registration program and work in conjunction with the state of montana

The Crow Tribe of Indians was awarded a $350,613 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) under the Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program (CFDA 16.750). The grant funding will be used by the Crow Tribe to rebuild and maintain their sex offender registration program, including identifying and monitoring sex offenders residing, working, attending school, visiting, or moving through the tribal land. The project aims to revitalize the Tribe's compliance with the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), strengthen multi-jurisdictional partnerships, and provide training and technical support to the Tribe's SORNA compliance officer, law enforcement, probation officers, and prosecutor. The award has a performance period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027.

The tribe will identify and monitor SEX offenders residing, working, attending school, visiting, or moving through the tribal land. The tribe also plans to revitalize and maintain sorna compliance, strengthen multi-jurisdictional partnerships to facilitate efficient communication, collaboration and coordination of relevant information and resources for sorna enforcement. Additionally, the tribe proposes to increase training and technical support to the sorna compliance officer, regular tribal law enforcement, crow tribal court probation officers and crow tribal prosecutor to ensure basic compliance with applicable tribal, state and federal law.