Project Grant 2018VCBX0035

The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma was awarded a $900,000 Project Grant by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Tribal Justice Assistance Program (CFDA 16.596). The funding will be used to develop and deliver culturally responsive substance abuse treatment services for Native Americans who are justice-involved and diagnosed with alcohol use disorder, substance use disorder, opioid use disorder, and/or co-occurring disorders. The program will provide a 12-month intensive outpatient drug...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas $642,172 on October 1, 2025, under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) to implement the Healing to Wellness Court and strengthen the tribe's criminal justice response to substance use disorders. The recipient will hire court personnel, provide staff training, implement a tailored assessment and screening tool, purchase software and equipment, create a...

The Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma was awarded a $900,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Tribal Justice Assistance Program (CFDA 16.596). The grant aims to strengthen the tribe's justice system capacity by implementing an enhanced Wellbriety program as an alternative to incarceration. The program will provide legal and clinical screening, referral to assessment and treatment, intensive case management, tribal community supervision,...

The Organized Village of Kasaan was awarded $420,000 under the Justice System Infrastructure Program for Indian Tribes (CFDA 16.596), a formula grant administered by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance, to construct a tribal justice center. The center will house the staff of the Tribe's newly established tribal court and allow it to fully implement traditional tribal justice services for the first time on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Specifically, the funding will support...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the Squaxin Island Tribe $895,949 on October 1, 2025, under the Tribal Justice Assistance program (CFDA 16.596) to develop, implement, and enhance culturally competent criminal justice and substance abuse intervention services for community members involved in crime, incarceration, courts, and substance use. The tribe has delivered services through a system of care targeting at-risk, court-involved, and...

The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded KAW Nation $450,000 under the Children's Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities program (CFDA 16.583) on October 1, 2025, for a three-year period ending September 30, 2028. KAW Nation will deliver a comprehensive multidisciplinary response to child abuse victims and their families in Kaw City, Oklahoma, through support of a Project Advocate and Project Case Manager/Coordinator, community outreach and awareness activities,...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded $900,000 to the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community on October 1, 2025, under the Tribal Justice Assistance program (CFDA 16.596) to develop a major crimes program supporting major crimes prosecutors. The recipient will use the funding to increase prosecutorial capacity to address opioid and illegal substance use and associated offenses, including sales of illegal drugs, family-based crimes such as...

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the Oglala Sioux Tribe of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation a $900,000 Formula Grant under the Tribal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 16.608) to support the development and enhancement of the Tribe's adult and juvenile justice systems from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. Specifically, the funding will support hiring two full-time probation officers and one full-time public defender to...

The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Craig Tribal Association $900,000 under the Tribal Justice Assistance program (CFDA 16.596) on October 1, 2025, to establish a comprehensive tribal justice system reflecting cultural values while addressing critical gaps in justice infrastructure identified through a court assessment. The project spans five years through September 30, 2030, and funds five core components: court infrastructure development including tribal court codes,...

The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $896,782 Project Grant to the Sun'Aq Tribe of Kodiak under the Justice System Infrastructure Program for Indian Tribes (CFDA 16.596) to support the Kodiak Islands Inter-Tribal Justice System from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2027. The funding will allow the consortium of 11 federally recognized tribal governments located in the Kodiak Archipelago in Alaska to build out its inter-tribal court operations, including drafting...