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OMB No. 1121-0329 Approval Expires 11/30/2020

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is seeking applications for the Tribal Justice Coordinated Tribal Assistance solicitation (CTAS) related Training and Technical Assistance Program. This program furthers the Department’s mission by assisting federally recognized Indian tribes in (1) improving tribal jurisdictions’ capacities to respond to violent crime; (2) planning and implementing comprehensive strategies to reduce and control crime associated with opioid, alcohol and other drug abuse; and (3) developing, implementing, and enhancing American Indian and Alaska Native tribal justice systems.

BJA Tribal Justice CTAS Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation

FY 2019 Competitive Grant Announcement Applications Due: May 14, 2019

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are for-profit organizations, nonprofit organizations (including tribal nonprofit or for-profit organizations), faith-based and community organizations, institutions of higher education (including tribal institutions of higher education), and consortiums (including tribal consortiums) with demonstrated national-scope and onsite experience working with American Indian and Alaska Native tribes.

All recipients and their subrecipients (including any for-profit organizations) must forgo any profit or management fee.

BJA welcomes applications under which two or more entities would carry out the federal award;

however, only one entity may be the applicant. Any others must be proposed as subrecipients (subgrantees).1 The applicant must be the entity that would have primary responsibility for carrying out the award, including administering the funding and managing the entire program.

BJA may elect to fund applications submitted under this FY 2019 solicitation in future fiscal years, dependent on, among other considerations, the merit of the applications and on the availability of appropriations.

For information on eligibility, see Section C. Eligibility Information.

1 For additional information on subawards, see "Budget and Associated Documentation" under Section D. Application and Submission Information.

U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance http://www.justice.gov/ http://www.justice.gov/ http://ojp.gov/ http://ojp.gov/ https://www.bja.gov/ https://www.bja.gov/ https://www.bja.gov/ https://www.bja.gov/

BJA-2019-15929

Deadline

Applicants must register with Grants.gov at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/home.html prior to submitting an application. All applications are due by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on May 14, 2019.

To be considered timely, an applicant must submit the application by the deadline using Grants.gov, and the applicant must have received a validation message from Grants.gov that indicates successful and timely submission. OJP urges applicants to submit applications at least 72 hours prior to the application due date, to allow time for the applicant to receive validation messages or rejection notifications from Grants.gov, and to correct in a timely fashion any problems that may have caused a rejection notification.

OJP encourages all applicants to read this Important Notice: Applying for Grants in Grants.gov.

For additional information, see How To Apply in Section D. Application and Submission Information.

Contact Information

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800–518–4726, 606–545–5035, at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html, or at support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays.

An applicant that experiences unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond its control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline must email the contact identified below within 24 hours after the application deadline to request approval to submit its application after the deadline. Additional information on reporting technical issues appears under “Experiencing Unforeseen Grants.gov Technical Issues” in the How to Apply section.

For assistance with any unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond an applicant’s control that prevent it from submitting its application by the deadline, or any other requirement of this solicitation, contact the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Response Center:

toll-free at 800–851–3420; via TTY at 301–240–6310 (hearing impaired only); email grants@ncjrs.gov; fax to 301–240–5830; or web chat at https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp. The NCJRS Response Center hours of operation are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, and 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. eastern time on the solicitation close date.

Grants.gov number assigned to this solicitation: BJA-2019-15929

Release date: March 12, 2019 http://www.grants.gov/ https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/home.html https://ojp.gov/funding/Apply/Grants-govInfo.htm https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html mailto:support@grants.gov mailto:grants@ncjrs.gov https://webcontact.ncjrs.gov/ncjchat/chat.jsp

Contents A. Program Description

Overview Program-Specific Information Objectives and Deliverables Evidence-based Programs or Practices Information Regarding Potential Evaluation of Programs and Activities

B. Federal Award Information

Type of Award Financial Management and System of Internal Controls Budget Information Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement Pre-Agreement Cost (also known as Pre-award Cost) Approvals Limitation on Use of Award Funds for Employee Compensation; Waiver Costs Associated with Language Assistance (if applicable)

C. Eligibility Information

D. Application and Submission Information

What an Application Should Include How to Apply

E. Application Review Information

Review Criteria Review Process

F. Federal Award Administration Information

Federal Award Notices Administrative, National Policy, and other Legal Requirements General Information about Post-Federal Award Reporting Requirements

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contact(s)

H. Other Information

Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552 and 5 U.S.C. 552a) Provide Feedback to OJP Application Checklist Appendix: Performance Measures Table………………………………………………………

BJA Tribal Justice CTAS Training and Technical Assistance Program

CFDA # 16.608

A. Program Description

Overview The BJA Tribal Justice CTAS Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation supports BJA’s comprehensive approach to deliver training and technical assistance (TTA) to federally recognized Indian Tribes. The TTA will provide tribal jurisdictions with assistance to: (1) develop strategies to address crimes relating to substance abuse and other controlled substances; and (2) implement and enhance tribal justice systems including tribal law enforcement, courts, prosecution, and pretrial; (3) conduct comprehensive justice system-wide strategic planning and develop written justice system-wide strategic plans; (4) address violent crime in tribal communities; (5) address the tribal justice needs of Alaska Native Villages; and (6) develop and foster intergovernmental collaboration among tribal-federal-state-local governments in order to improve public safety and victims’ services. The main focus of the TTA will be with tribes who receive funding under CTAS Purpose Areas 2 (Strategic Planning), 3 (Tribal Justice Systems), and 10 (Violent Crime).

This grant announcement does not solicit applications from individual tribes to fund local projects.

Statutory Authority:

Any awards under this solicitation would be made under statutory authority provided by a full-year appropriations act for FY 2019. As of the writing of this solicitation, no full-year appropriation for the Department has been enacted for FY 2019.

Program-Specific Information

The BJA CTAS TTA solicitation seeks TTA to provide support for three specific BJA grant programs that are included in the Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) and to support tribes in critical areas of their justice systems: Purpose Areas 2, 3 and 10.

CTAS combines the DOJ’s existing Tribal Government-specific competitive funding into one solicitation that requires only one application from each tribe or tribal consortium. This approach provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia the opportunity to develop a comprehensive approach to public safety and victimization issues. DOJ’s Tribal Government-specific competitive grant programs included in CTAS are referred to as “purpose areas” (PAs). The FY 19 CTAS solicitation which includes detailed information about all ten Purpose Areas can be viewed at:

https://www.justice.gov/tribal/page/file/1114606/download.

Applicants may select the purpose area(s) that best address tribes’ concerns related to public safety, criminal and juvenile justice, and the needs of victims or survivors of various crimes.

https://www.justice.gov/tribal/page/file/1114606/download

The TTA partners selected via this solicitation will provide training and technical assistance related to three of BJA’s four Purpose Areas in CTAS. This solicitation complements the tribal justice infrastructure TTA award that was made in FY 2017 to support tribal justice facility renovation, expansion, and replacement projects awarded under CTAS Purpose Area 4. In addition, the PA3 awardees who focus primarily on tribal community corrections related work including probation and reentry of individuals returning to tribal communities will be served by the TTA provider selected in FY 2018. Finally, all tribes focused on the implementation of tribal healing to wellness courts will be served by BJA’s tribal healing to wellness provider under the Adult Drug Courts Program http://wellnesscourts.org/. Technical Assistance for tribes funded in the other six purpose areas are provided by the funding agency.

All of the current and selected TTA partners will be expected to work collaboratively to support the CTAS grantees as well as tribal justice systems generally. Providers must also bring expertise and a willingness to start with or integrate traditional practices for each tribe into their programs and processes.

BJA plans to make up to seven awards, one per category for categories 1 – 5 and two awards for Category 6 that will focus their activities in the following areas:

CATEGORY 1: Supporting CTAS PA 2 – Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning Program:

Funded jointly by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), and Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), the PA 2 funds support a comprehensive strategic planning process for the tribal justice system. The PA 2 program is managed by BJA in coordination with the other agencies. The TTA provider for PA 2 grantees will offer intensive TTA to tribes to engage in comprehensive justice system-wide strategic planning to improve tribal justice and safety including improving community wellness, reflecting tribal traditions, increasing capacity to prevent crime, enhancing availability of victim services, and addressing violent crime. The projects must consider including activities outlined in the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA), such as strategic planning and the development of a Tribal Action Plan (TAP). The TTA provider will provide intensive on-site and office-based training to assist tribes in bringing together a comprehensive planning team, developing and administering a justice system and community needs assessment and using the data gathered to inform and develop a comprehensive justice system-wide strategic plan for the tribe. For more information about CTAS PA 2 see the PA 2 Fact Sheet. The TTA provider also supports DOJ in conducting necessary CTAS activities including:

hosting webinars; supporting the annual CTAS orientation; conducting in-person CTAS application workshops for tribes; and the annual CTAS assessment.

CATEGORIES 2 and 3: Supporting CTAS PA 3 – Enhancing Tribal Courts and Efforts to Address Substance Abuse Related Crime:

CTAS PA 3 provides flexible resources for tribes to develop, enhance, and continue a full range of tribal justice system capacity building efforts and strategies. This includes law enforcement, pretrial services, risk and needs assessment development and implementation, diversion programming, http://wellnesscourts.org/ https://www.justice.gov/tribal/file/818006/download https://www.justice.gov/tribal/file/818006/download tribal court services, detention programming, community corrections, reentry planning and programming, and justice system information sharing. Funds can also support efforts to implement traditional practices including peacemaking, and enhanced authorities and provisions under the Tribal Law and Order Act and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. A second area of focus is on supporting enhancing responses to alcohol- and substance abuse-related crimes including alcohol and substance abuse prevention, healing to wellness courts, intervention, or treatment services including those that prevent and address the needs of drug-endangered children.

Work in PA 3 can address the needs of young adults (ages 18–25) who are involved with or at risk of involvement with the justice system. The PA 3 awardees should be supported through comprehensive strategic planning to improve tribal justice and community safety as it relates to tribal courts and alcohol and substance abuse. Given the breadth of this work, BJA has several providers that will support this work. Two awards are planned to support this CTAS purpose area:

• Tribal Courts and Tribal Justice Systems (CATEGORY 2):

The TTA provider will assist CTAS PA 3 grantees who are focused on tribal courts, prosecution, pretrial, traditional dispute resolution and peacemaking, and implementation of enhanced authorities under TLOA jurisdiction. The TTA partner will support these tribal justice systems in meeting the goals and objectives of their applications.

The TTA providers will provide proactive, comprehensive, culturally relevant, user-friendly TTA services for a wide range of tribal justice system-related programs including but not limited to: tribal courts; appellate courts; traditional forums; law enforcement; pretrial services; detention programming; programming targeting individuals who are involved with or at risk of involvement with the justice system; and implementation of enhanced authorities and provisions under the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2013, which include tribal-state-federal intergovernmental collaboration activities and strategic planning to improve tribal justice and community safety as it relates to tribal justice systems. The TTA provider will also maintain and continue to enhance to the Tribal Access to Justice Innovation website at www.tribaljustice.org.

• Alcohol and Substance Abuse Related Crime (CATEGORY 3):

The TTA provider will assist CTAS PA 3 grantees who are focused on preventing and responding to alcohol- and substance abuse-related crimes, intervention, or treatment services including those that prevent and address the needs of drug-endangered children, the nexus between mental health and the justice system, use of traditional practices and strategic planning to improve tribal justice as it relates to opiate, alcohol and other substance abuse. This includes providing TTA on the use of risk and needs assessment tools and processes; treatment approaches including medically assisted treatment; identification and management of controlled drugs including opiates and methamphetamine by law enforcement and other responders; community drug awareness; the nexus between mental health and the justice system; and addressing the intersection between domestic violence and substance abuse.

CATEGORY 4: Responding to Violent Crime in Tribal Communities (CTAS PA 10):

The TTA provider will assist tribes working to address violent crime, including current tribes awarded funds under the FY 2018 Field Initiated solicitation, new grantees to be supported under http://www.tribaljustice.org/ the new FY 2019 CTAS Purpose Area: 10, , and other tribes with tribal prosecutors/Special Assistant US Attorneys seeking to prosecute violent crimes. These tribes will be focused on combatting, addressing, or otherwise responding to precipitous increases in crime at the tribal level, especially violent crime, including sexual assault, with strategies that enhance the capacity to track, identify, and quickly respond to these crime issues. This includes enhancing critical planning and coordination/task force efforts between tribes and needed federal, state or law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and corrections agencies responsible for the investigation of and response to serious and violent crime. This also will include efforts to enhance the prosecution of violent crimes both in tribal court and by tribal prosecutors who are cross deputized as Special Assistant US Attorneys (Tribal SAUSAs). This work will be closely coordinated with the National Indian Country Training Coordinator at the National Advocacy Center, whose office will be offering training for the tribal prosecutors on a range of needs. The project will also be closely coordinated with the Executive Office of the US Attorneys, relevant US Attorneys Offices and other federal agencies as needed.

The TTA will also include offering training to the grantees and to tribes generally on effective violent crime approaches, assessment tools to improve the understanding of violent crime drivers, history of violence and traditional responses, understanding the nature of missing and murdered Native Americans and effective strategies to prevent and address violent crime through training, best practices, and support. This can include support to BJA and tribal grantees on addressing the tribal specific needs and challenges in using forensic evidence and working with other BJA forensic TTA partners.

CATEGORY 5: Supporting Tribal Justice Systems in Alaska:

BJA recognizes that tribes in the state of Alaska function within a different geographic, cultural and political landscape than the tribes of the lower 48 states. Because of this, BJA seeks a TTA provider with extensive experience working with Alaska Native Villages on a broad range of tribal justice issues including but not limited to: traditional peace making and justice practices; tribal courts; appellate courts; traditional forums; law enforcement; pretrial services; detention programming; community corrections; individuals who are involved with or at risk of involvement with the justice system; alcohol- and substance abuse-related crimes, intervention, or treatment services; the nexus between mental health and the justice system; and strategic planning to improve tribal justice. This provider will also support specific needs and practices for remote villages as well as for frontier locations in the lower 48. The Category 5 TTA provider will work with all the BJA TTA providers that work primarily with tribes to ensure that the needs of Alaska Native Villages are effectively addressed, particularly the Alaska Native Villages that are BJA CTAS grantees, as well as provide support for dialogue with Alaska Native Villages and efforts to enhance capacity.

CATEGORY 6: Enhancing Tribal-Federal-State-Local Intergovernmental Collaboration:

BJA recognizes that strong coordination and collaboration between tribal, federal, state, and local governments improve public safety and combat violent crime throughout Indian country and in tribal communities. TTA resources will increase awareness by tribal, state, and local government officials of the benefits of collaborative problem solving and planning and replicate promising practices for improving public safety in tribal communities through various collaboration methods.

Services focus on topics that include and not limited to collaborative partnerships, understanding and developing mutual aid agreements, protocols for inter-jurisdictional relationships, protocols for conducting community corrections-related activities, full faith, and credit agreements.

Objectives

• Increasing the knowledge of criminal and tribal justice practitioners through in-person training, web-based learning, and distance learning using webinars, teleconferences, and developing or revising training curricula.

• Increasing a tribal justice agency’s ability to solve problems, work with other tribal, state and local government officials, modify policies or practices and document the nature and extent of crime issues using data.

• Increasing information especially about effective practices provided to BJA and the criminal and tribal justice communities.

To receive an award under this announcement, applicants will be required to provide deliverables as follows:

• Provide proactive, comprehensive, user-friendly, culturally appropriate training and technical assistance services to tribal communities.

• Develop uniform protocols for the assessment and delivery of technical assistance, as well as tracking, evaluation, and follow-up.

• Develop and disseminate publications, teleconferences, webinars, peer-to-peer consultations, and onsite technical assistance, and providing ongoing offsite technical assistance by phone, email, and publications.

• Communicate and conduct outreach to non-grantee tribes and tribal organizations to participate in and benefit from TTA services.

• Develop culturally competent curricula based on adult learning theory.

• Participate in BJA’s GrantStat. Through GrantStat, BJA management and staff examine the performance of the grant programs funded by BJA by tracking grantee or program performance along several key indicators. GrantStat calls for the collection and analysis of performance data and other relevant grant-level information that enables BJA as well as our TTA partners to be held accountable for the grantee’s and program’s performance as measured against the program’s goals and objectives. In addition, the TTA provider will be required to assist grantees in the collection of performance measure data, working in collaboration with the local research partners.

In addition to the deliverables mentioned above, BJA is seeking TTA providers with demonstrated expertise in and knowledge of:

• Criminal and tribal justice in Indian Country and Native communities.

• Federal Indian law; tribal law; jurisdictional context of tribal-state-federal entities; and tribal cultural understanding, the foundation of tribal law.

• Working with American Indian and Alaska Native persons and communities.

• Other OJP and DOJ bureau and office functions relating to Native communities to integrate services and enhance collaboration opportunities.

• Other federal agencies (Indian Health Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), tribal court services, and alcohol and substance abuse programs to coordinate services.

• Tribal intergovernmental consultation and negotiation protocols to engage state, local and federal governments in cooperative agreement efforts and collaborations.

• Consistent commitment to expanding understanding of and integrating tribe’s traditions and practices into their BJA supported programs.

The Objectives and Deliverables are directly related to the performance measures that demonstrate the results of the work completed, as discussed in Section D. Application and Submission Information, under Program Narrative.

Evidence-Based Programs or Practices OJP strongly emphasizes the use of data and evidence in policy making and program development in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services. OJP is committed to:

• Improving the quantity and quality of evidence OJP generates.

• Integrating evidence into program, practice, and policy decisions within OJP and the field.

• Improving the translation of evidence into practice.

OJP considers programs and practices to be evidence-based when their effectiveness has been demonstrated by causal evidence, generally obtained through one or more outcome evaluations.

Causal evidence documents a relationship between an activity or intervention (including technology) and its intended outcome, including measuring the direction and size of a change, and the extent to which a change may be attributed to the activity or intervention. Causal evidence depends on the use of scientific methods to rule out, to the extent possible, alternative explanations for the documented change. The strength of causal evidence, based on the factors described above, will influence the degree to which OJP considers a program or practice to be evidence-based.

Applicants may use the OJP CrimeSolutions.gov website (https://www.crimesolutions.gov) to find information about evidence-based programs in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services.

Information Regarding Potential Evaluation of Programs and Activities The Department of Justice has prioritized the use of evidence-based programming and deems it critical to continue to build and expand the evidence informing criminal and juvenile justice programs to reach the highest level of rigor possible. Therefore, applicants should note that the Office of Justice Programs may conduct or support an evaluation of the programs and activities funded under this solicitation. Recipients and subrecipients will be expected to cooperate with program-related assessments or evaluation efforts, including through the collection and provision of information or data requested by OJP (or its designee) for the assessment or evaluation of any activities and/or outcomes of those activities funded under this solicitation. The information or data requested may be in addition to any other financial or performance data already required under this program.

B. Federal Award Information BJA expects to make up to 7 awards of up to $300,000 - $800,000 each (see pages 11-19 for details) with an estimated total amount awarded of up to $5,025,000 for an 18 - 24-month project period, beginning on October 1, 2019.

https://www.crimesolutions.gov/

BJA may, in certain cases, provide additional funding in future years to awards made under this solicitation, through continuation awards. In making decisions regarding continuation awards, OJP will consider, among other factors, the availability of appropriations, when the program or project was last competed, OJP’s strategic priorities, and OJP’s assessment of both the management of the award (for example, timeliness and quality of progress reports), and the progress of the work funded under the award.

All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and to any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law.

Amount Information and Requirements BJA Training and Technical Assistance projects (labeled as TTA) are required to coordinate all TTA activities with BJA’s National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC). At the time this solicitation was posted, the precise requirements and protocols were still under development, but once completed the successful applicant will be required to comply with these protocols in order to ensure coordinated delivery of services among TTA providers and effective use of BJA TTA grant funding. BJA reserves the right to modify these protocols at any time with reasonable advance notice provided to the grantee prior to execution.

Each application should explicitly state the category number and TTA activities being addressed in the abstract and first page of the program narrative (see What an Application Should Include, page 22). A single application may not address more than one category; however, an organization may submit multiple applications, provided that each application addresses a different category.

In order to be eligible, applicants must submit proposals that describe projects that are national in scope. For the purpose of this solicitation, “national in scope” is defined as projects that have direct beneficiaries that include tribal jurisdictions throughout the country, their personnel, and the citizens they serve, without restriction to geographic areas. For example, a proposal to develop a probation officer training program that is available to participants on a nationwide basis meets the definition; a training program that is limited to one agency or unit of government does not meet the definition.

The period of performance for awards made under this solicitation shall be 24 months and the project start date should be on or after October 1, 2019. The maximum budget request that will be accepted is unique to each category. There is no minimum budget requirement in any category, but applicants should be realistic in their budget proposals. The amount budgeted will be evaluated against the benefits and deliverables specified in the proposal to ensure efficient use of resources, and will be an important criterion used during proposal evaluation (see Review Criteria, page 38).

Applicants should be cognizant of the fact that the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has a number of training and technical assistance efforts that are focused on the youth offender population. Therefore, the adult offender population should be the focus of proposed efforts under these categories except in projects where the two populations may be inextricably linked (e.g., information sharing, data collection).

Applicants may submit a proposal under any of the following categories.

CATEGORY 1: COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING (Competition ID: BJA-2019-15930).

One Award up to $575,000 (18 month project period) Applications are solicited for TTA to provide assistance to tribes that are interested in engaging in comprehensive strategic planning to improve tribal justice and community wellness and safety. The Comprehensive Tribal Justice Strategic Planning Program (TJSPP) also known as Purpose Area 2 (PA 2) within CTAS, is a joint effort of BJA, OJJDP, OVC, COPS Office, and OVW. This program guides tribes through a data-informed comprehensive planning process leading to the development of a written strategic plan that will guide justice system development to promote community wellness and safety.

Applications from teams of qualified providers are welcome. If multiple agencies apply as a partnership, one agency must be the applicant with the other organization(s) clearly identified as subrecipients. Applicants that apply in partnership with other agencies must submit a signed partnership agreement (MOU/MOA) and a list of additional partners and experts with the application.

Applicants must provide intensive culturally appropriate onsite and office-based TTA to support grantee tribes through the following required deliverables:

• Conduct a grantee needs assessment to determine current capacity and level of need regarding the implementation of their PA 2 project and provide an appropriate mentor to support each tribe through their strategic planning process. This includes the grantee’s plans for tribal-federal-state collaborative efforts.

• Conduct two or three on-site trainings with each grantee tribe to support them through the planning process.

• Assist grantees in developing and deploying a justice system needs assessment to identify community risks and strengths.

• Identify effective strategies to address issues identified by tribe.

• Determine goals and action plans in response to problems identified by data.

• Provide templates and other guidance to assist grantees in writing a comprehensive tribal-justice system strategic plan and encouraging the inclusion of defense services/legal aid and victims’ services.

• Reviewing written plans prior to submission to BJA to help ensure that solutions directly impact the problems identified and support the need for DOJ CTAS implementation awards that may be requested.

• Developing, enhancing, and maintaining distance learning tools including webinars, and online tools and telephonic tools, and email contact to support justice system-wide strategic planning for both grantees and tribes at large.

• Support the development of Tribal Action Plans as defined in the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 (TLOA) for both grantees and tribes at large on request.

• Provide strategic planning TTA for non-grantee tribes on-request.

• Support national partners on related projects and maintain a presence at national or tribal conferences and training events, budgeting travel costs appropriately.

• Work closely with BJA to plan and conduct the annual combined CTAS Orientation

Conference both years, which will include TTA providers and new grantees across all 10 CTAS Purpose Areas (dates and locations TBD).

• Administer an annual CTAS assessment and provide a full report with feedback and suggestions to DOJ.

• Conduct at least two in-person grant writing trainings for tribes each year during the solicitation open period, with a focus on unsuccessful grantees and barriers to process that training can seek to address.

• Coordinate and provide support for at least eight DOJ CTAS webinars each year.

• Collaborate closely on an ongoing basis with BJA and other BJA-funded TTA providers, including the Category 5 Alaska TTA provider, to ensure that high-quality assistance is provided to tribes in a coordinated manner without duplication of efforts on the part of TTA providers.

The TTA provider(s) for Category 1 will be expected to engage tribes in a strategic planning process that maps jurisdictions and assesses indigenous components such as family, social systems, and cultural values to determine which traditional resources can be leveraged to assist with justice system planning efforts. The primary focus for TTA providers selected under this category will be CTAS PA 2 grant recipients. However, the TTA provider(s) will be expected to provide assistance to non-grant recipients as well. BJA estimates that there will be about 14 grantees in PA 2 with active awards from FY 2019 awards or prior years’ funding. An additional four awards are anticipated for

FY 2020.

CATEGORY 2: SUPPORTING TRIBAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS (Competition ID: BJA-2019-15931).

One Award up to $750,000 Applications are solicited to support a TTA program designed to assist CTAS PA 3 tribal courts and tribal justice systems grantees in meeting the goals and objectives of their grant funding. The TTA providers should be able to provide proactive, comprehensive, culturally relevant, user-friendly TTA services for a wide range of tribal justice system-related programs including but not limited to: tribal courts; appellate courts; traditional forums; law enforcement; pretrial services; addressing the needs of young adults who are involved with or at risk of involvement with the justice system; and implementation of enhanced authorities and provisions under the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) and the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2013, which include tribal-state-federal intergovernmental collaboration activities.

Applications from teams of qualified providers are welcome. If multiple agencies apply as a partnership, one agency must be the applicant with the other organization(s) clearly identified as subrecipients. Applicants that apply in partnership with other agencies must submit a signed partnership agreement (MOU/MOA) and a list of additional partners and experts with the application.

The applicants are required to complete the following deliverables:

• Provide proactive, culturally competent, comprehensive, and user-friendly TA, including developing publications, teleconferencing, peer-to-peer consultations, listserv communications, onsite TA, and ongoing TA by phone and email.

• Maintain a TA website to include information produced by the TA provider, tools for grantees, links to appropriate resources and websites, calendar of events, and a mechanism for requesting TA and providing feedback.

• Use uniform TA request and response protocols to ensure a timely and relevant response to all requests.

• Develop and maintain a tool for grantees to assess their progress in achieving the goals of their grant and use that information to inform how TA will be delivered.

• Plan for and host distance learning opportunities such as webinars and subject-specific conference calls. Provide a list of proposed webinar topics that meet the needs of the field.

• Coordinate with the Category 3 TTA provider to conduct at least one national conference on with pre-conference opportunities on topics related to tribal justice systems, including traditional justice, alcohol and substance abuse as it relates to public safety and victims’ services, law enforcement, prosecution, defense services/legal aid, offender reentry, tribal-federal-state intergovernmental collaboration, and justice information sharing.

• Provide at least one on-site TTA engagement for each grantee and prepare a report for BJA within 60 days after each site visit that summarizes findings and recommended next steps. Follow-up offsite assistance should be provided to implement any recommendations. BJA estimates that there will be about 30 grantees with current or FY 2019 awards. Additional awards will be added in FY 2020

• Identify and summarize emerging practices and lessons learned to share with other tribes and with BJA through the development of publications, distance learning, and presentations at conferences, etc.

• Assist grantees in collecting and reporting on program performance measures.

• Participate with BJA in analyzing progress information and performance data and make recommendations to BJA in updating the TTA strategy to be most responsive to the needs of grantees.

• Maintain and continue to enhance the Tribal Access to Justice Innovation website at www.tribaljustice.org.

• Support national partners on related projects and maintain a presence at national or tribal conferences and training events, budgeting travel costs appropriately.

• Travel to and participate in the combined CTAS Orientation Conference each year, which will include TTA providers and new grantees across all 10 CTAS Purpose Areas (dates and locations TBD).

• Create an instrument for TTA customer evaluation and feedback to communicate recipient levels of satisfaction with the services provided, tracking and reporting results to

BJA.

• Collaborate closely on an ongoing basis with BJA and other BJA-funded TTA providers, including the Category 5 Alaska TTA provider, to ensure that high-quality assistance is provided to tribes in a coordinated manner without duplication of efforts on the part of TTA providers.

CATEGORY 3: RESPONSES TO ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Competition ID: BJA- 2019-15932). One Award up to $750,000

Applications are solicited to support a TTA program designed to assist CTAS PA 3 grantees focused on substance abuse related crime in meeting the goals and objectives of their grant funding. The TTA providers should be able to provide proactive, comprehensive, culturally relevant, user-friendly TTA services for preventing and responding to alcohol, opiate and substance abuse and related crimes including risk and needs assessments, medically assisted treatment, overdose response, addressing the needs of drug endangered children and young adults who are involved http://www.tribaljustice.org/ with or at risk of involvement with the justice system. This should include TTA for treatment approaches including medically assisted treatment; identification and management of controlled drugs including opiates and methamphetamine by law enforcement and other responders;

community drug awareness; the nexus between mental health and the justice system; and addressing the intersection of domestic violence and substance abuse. The Adult Drug Court Program Healing to Wellness TTA partner will provide intensive TTA to those PA 3 tribes focused on implementing or enhancing healing to wellness courts.

Applications from teams of qualified providers are welcome in order to ensure that all of the disciplines relevant to justice systems and/or alcohol and substance abuse programs can be effectively addressed. If multiple agencies apply as a partnership, one agency must be the applicant with the other organization(s) clearly identified as subrecipients. Applicants that apply in partnership with other agencies must submit a signed partnership agreement (MOU/MOA) and a list of additional partners and experts with the application.

In order to achieve this, the applicants are required to complete the following deliverables:

communications, onsite TA, and ongoing TA by phone and email.

• Maintain a TA website to include information produced by the TA provider, tools for grantees, links to appropriate resources and websites, calendar of events, and a mechanism for requesting TA and providing feedback.

• Use uniform TA request and response protocols to ensure a timely and relevant response to all requests.

• Develop and maintain a tool for grantees to assess their progress in achieving the goals of their grant and use that information to inform how TA will be delivered.

• Plan for and host distance learning opportunities such as webinars and subject-specific conference calls. Provide a list of proposed webinar topics that meet the needs of the field.

• Provide at least one on-site TTA engagement for each grantee and prepare a report for BJA within 60 days after each site visit that summarizes findings and recommended next steps. Follow-up offsite assistance should be provided to implement any recommendations. BJA estimates that there will be about 30 grantees with current or FY 2019 awards. Additional awards will be added in FY 2020.

• Coordinate with the Category 2 TTA provider to conduct at least one national conference with pre-conference opportunities on topics related to tribal justice systems, including traditional justice, alcohol and substance abuse as it relates to public safety and victims’ services, law enforcement, prosecution, defense services/legal aid, offender reentry, tribal-federal-state intergovernmental collaboration, and justice information sharing.

• Identify and summarize emerging practices and lessons learned to share with other tribes and with BJA through the development of publications, distance learning, and presentations at conferences, etc.

• Assist grantees in collecting and reporting on program performance measures.

• Participate with BJA in analyzing progress information and performance data and make recommendations to BJA in updating the TTA strategy to be most responsive to the needs of grantees.

• Support national partners on related projects and maintain a presence at national or tribal conferences and training events, budgeting travel costs appropriately.

• Travel to and participate in the combined CTAS Orientation Conference each year, which will include TTA providers and new grantees across all ten CTAS Purpose Areas (dates and locations TBD).

• Create an instrument for TTA customer evaluation and feedback to communicate recipient levels of satisfaction with the services provided, tracking and reporting results to

BJA.

• Collaborate closely on an ongoing basis with BJA and other BJA-funded tribal TTA providers, including the Category 5 Alaska TTA provider and the Drug Courts and Comprehensive Opioid Assistance Programs TTA providers, to ensure that high-quality assistance is provided to tribes in a coordinated manner without duplication of efforts on the part of TTA providers.

CATEGORY 4: ADDRESSING VIOLENT CRIME IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES (Competition ID:

BJA-2019-15933). One Award up to $600,000

Applications are solicited to support a TTA program designed to assist CTAS PA 10 grantees in meeting the goals and objectives of their grant funding. The TTA providers should be able to provide proactive, comprehensive, culturally relevant, user-friendly TTA services for combatting, addressing, or otherwise responding to precipitous or extraordinary increases in crime or in a type of crime at the tribal level, especially violent crime, with strategies that enhance capacity to track, identify, and quickly respond to these crime issues. Applicants should also describe how they will coordinate with the key federal partners in the technical assistance delivered. Applicants should show a clear understanding of the complex jurisdictional issues tribes often face, especially related to the Major Crimes Act, Public Law 280, TLOA and other relevant laws and case law.

Applicants must demonstrate the ability to assist tribes in critical planning and coordination with tribal, federal, and state law enforcement agencies to ensure documented and consistent relationships between Tribes and federal or state law enforcement and prosecutors, as relevant;

and investments in capacity and tools to improve the handling of violent crime cases through training, best practices, and support. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to support intergovernmental collaboration efforts including facilitating the development of agreements among tribal, federal and state partners to improve the administration of justice across jurisdictions.”

Applications from teams of qualified providers are welcome in order to ensure that all of the disciplines relevant to can be effectively addressed. If multiple agencies apply as a partnership, one agency must be the applicant with the other organization(s) clearly identified as subrecipients.

Applicants that apply in partnership with other agencies must submit a signed partnership agreement (MOU/MOA) and a list of additional partners and experts with the application.

The applicants are required to complete the following deliverables:

communications, onsite TA, and ongoing TA by phone and email.

• Maintain a TA website to include information produced by the TA provider, tools for grantees, links to appropriate resources and websites, calendar of events, and a mechanism for requesting TA and providing feedback.

• Conduct at least one onsite TTA visit with each assigned current Field Initiated and FY 2019 PA 10 grantee (approximately 10) and prepare a report for BJA within 60 days after each site visit that summarizes findings and recommended next steps. Follow-up offsite assistance should be provided to implement any recommendations. Additional awards will be added in FY 2020.

• Use uniform TA request and response protocols to ensure a timely and relevant response to all requests.

• Develop and maintain a tool for grantees to assess their progress in achieving the goals of their grant and use that information to inform how TA will be delivered.

• Plan for and host distance learning opportunities such as webinars and subject-specific conference calls. Provide a list of proposed webinar topics that meet the needs of the field.

• Identify and summarize emerging practices and lessons learned to share with other tribes and with BJA through the development of publications, distance learning, and presentations at conferences, etc.

• Assist grantees in collecting and reporting on program performance measures.

• Participate with BJA in analyzing progress information and performance data and make recommendations to BJA in updating the TTA strategy to be most responsive to the needs of grantees.

• Support national partners on related projects and maintain a presence at national or tribal conferences and training events budgeting travel costs appropriately.

• Travel to and participate in the combined CTAS Orientation Conference each year, which will include TTA providers and new grantees across all 10 CTAS Purpose Areas (dates and locations TBD).

• Create an instrument for TTA customer evaluation and feedback to communicate recipient levels of satisfaction with the services provided, tracking and reporting results to

BJA.

• Collaborate closely on an ongoing basis with BJA and other BJA-funded tribal TTA providers, including the Category 5 Alaska TTA provider, to ensure that high-quality assistance is provided to tribes in a coordinated manner without duplication of efforts on the part of TTA providers.

CATEGORY 5: SUPPORTING CTAS IN ALASKA WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH TTA

PROVIDERS IN CATEGORIES 1-4 (Competition ID: BJA-2019-15934). One Award up to $750,000

Applications are solicited to support a TTA program designed to assist BJA-funded CTAS grantees in Alaska in meeting the goals and objectives of their grant funding. The TTA providers should have an extensive knowledge of and proven record of providing criminal justice related TTA to Alaska Native Villages and be able to provide proactive, comprehensive, culturally relevant, user-friendly TTA services for a wide range of tribal justice system-related programs in Alaska. The TTA provider will work closely with BJA and the other BJA-funded tribal TTA providers to help ensure that Alaska Native Villages have access to a full range of culturally appropriate TTA for all of their grant-funded programs. The TTA providers will also make assistance available to non-grantees on request.

In order to achieve this, the applicants are required to complete the following deliverables:

communications, onsite TA, and ongoing TA by phone and email.

• Maintain a TA website to include information produced by the TA provider, tools for grantees, links to appropriate resources and websites, calendar of events, and a mechanism for requesting TA and providing feedback.

• Use uniform TA request and response protocols to ensure a timely and relevant response to all requests.

• Develop and maintain a tool for grantees to assess their progress in achieving the goals of their grant and use that information to inform how TA will be delivered.

• Plan for and host distance learning opportunities such as webinars and subject-specific conference calls.