PKG00293752.pdf

OMB No. 1121-0329 Approval Expires 02/28/2027

U.S. Department of Justice FY26 Coordinated Tribal

Assistance Solicitation Notice of Funding

Opportunity

Anticipated Total Amount To Be Awarded Under This Funding Opportunity: $107,245,000

Anticipated Award Ceiling: varies by Purpose Area

Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: 24-60 months

Funding Opportunity Number: O-BJA-2026-172662

Deadline to submit SF-424 in Grants.gov: October 15, 2026, by 11:59 PM Eastern Time

Deadline to submit application in JustGrants: October 22, 2026, by 8:59 PM Eastern Time https://Grants.gov

CONTENTS

Basic Information

Eligibility

Program Description

Application Contents, Submission Requirements, and Deadlines

Application Review

Award Notices

Post-Award Requirements and Administration

Application Checklist

Basic Eligibility Program Deadlines & Application Award Post-Award Other Application Information Description Contents Review Notices Requirements Information Checklist

BASIC INFORMATION

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is accepting applications for funding in response to this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO).

DOJ is committed to advancing work that furthers DOJ’s mission to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil rights. DOJ provides federal leadership, funding, and other critical resources to directly support law enforcement, combat violent crime, protect American children, provide services to American crime victims, and address public safety challenges, including human trafficking and the opioid crisis.

Agency Name U.S. Department of Justice

NOFO Title U.S. Department of Justice FY26 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation

Announcement Type Initial

Funding Opportunity Number O-BJA-2026-172662

Assistance Listing Number 16.710, 16.596, 16.583, 16.585, 16.731, 16.043

For responses to frequently asked questions, please click here.

Executive Summary

This funding opportunity will support federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia to develop a comprehensive and coordinated approach to improve public safety and victim services in tribal communities. Many of DOJ’s existing tribal government-specific programs are included in and available through this single coordinated funding opportunity.

Please see the Eligible Applicants section for the eligibility criteria.

Funding Categories

• Purpose Area 1: Public Safety and Community Policing (COPS)

• Purpose Area 2: Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning (BJA, COPS, OJJDP, OVC)

• Purpose Area 3: Tribal Justice Systems Program (BJA)

• Purpose Area 4: Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program (BJA)

• Purpose Area 5: Adult Tribal Treatment Courts (BJA)

• Purpose Area 6: Children’s Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities (OVC)

• Purpose Area 8: Enhancing Youth Healing to Wellness Courts (OJJDP)

• Purpose Area 9: Tribal Youth Justice Program (OJJDP)

Please note, Purpose Area #7 is not included in the FY 2026 CTAS NOFO.

https://www.justice.gov/ https://www.justice.gov/tribal/funding-opportunities

Key Dates Funding Opportunity Release Date July 24, 2026

Pre-Application Webinars https://www.justice.gov/tribal/funding-opportunities

SAM.gov Registration/Renewal Recommend beginning process no later than September 14, 2026.

Step 1: Deadline to Submit SF 424 in Grants.gov

11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on October 15, 2026

Step 2: Deadline to submit application in JustGrants

8:59 p.m. Eastern Time on October 22, 2026

Award Notification Date Generally, by September 30, 2027

Funding Details

• Competition ID, PA 2: Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning (BJA, COPS, OJJDP, OVC) o Anticipated Number of Awards: 10 o Anticipated Award Ceiling: $150,000 o Anticipated Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/2026 o Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: 60 months

• Competition ID, PA 1: Public Safety and Community Policing (COPS Office) o Anticipated Number of Awards: 50 o Anticipated Award Ceiling: [$900,000]

▪ Sworn force of less than 20: No more than $700,000

▪ Sworn force of 20+: No more than $900,000 o Anticipated Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/2026 o Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: 36 months for equipment and training awards and 60 months for hiring awards

• Competition ID, PA 3: Tribal Justice Systems Program (BJA) o Anticipated Number of Awards: 33 o Anticipated Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 o Anticipated Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/202 o Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: 60 months

• Competition ID, PA 4: Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program (BJA) o Anticipated Number of Awards:6-8 o Anticipated Award Ceiling: Single Jurisdiction $2,000,000; Regional (two or more tribes) up to $5,600,000 o Anticipated Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/2026 o Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: 60 months

Funding Details continued

• Competition ID, PA 5 Tribal Adult Treatment Courts (BJA) o Anticipated Number of Awards: 10-13 o Anticipated Award Ceiling: $1,000,000 o Anticipated Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/2026 o Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: 60 months

• Competition ID, PA 6 Children’s Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities (OVC) o Anticipated Number of Awards: 6 o Anticipated Award Ceiling: $450,000 o Anticipated Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/2026 o Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: 36 months

• Competition ID, PA 8: Enhancing Youth Healing to Wellness Courts (OJJDP) o Anticipated Number of Awards: up to 10 o Anticipated Award Ceiling: $750,000 o Anticipated Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/2026 o Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: 60 months

• Competition ID, PA 9: Tribal Youth Justice Program (OJJDP) o Anticipated Number of Awards: up to 25 o Anticipated Award Ceiling:

▪ Seeding Change Planning Grant (Category 1): $100,000

▪ Harvesting Change Enhancement/Expansion Grant (Category

2): $500,000 o Anticipated Period of Performance Start Date: 10/1/2026 o Anticipated Period of Performance Duration: Category 1 – 24 months;

Category 2 - 60 months

Availability of Funds This funding opportunity, and awards under this funding opportunity, are subject to the availability of funding and any changes or additional requirements that may be imposed by the agency or by law. In addition, nothing in this NOFO is intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States or its departments, agencies, entities, officers, employees, agents, or any other person. The table below provides the anticipated amount of funding available and governing statutory authority.

Purpose Area #

Anticipated Amount of Funding Available

Statutory Authority

1 $29,000,000

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 as amended by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Title I, Part Q, Public Law 103-322, 34 U.S.C. § 10381 et seq.

2 $1,500,000 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. No. 119-74)

3 $33,000,000 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. No. 119-74)

4 $10,000,000 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. No. 119-74)

5 $10,100,000

Pub. L. No. 90-351, Title I, Part EE (codified at 34 U.S.C. §§ 10611 - 10619); Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. No. 119-74)

6 $3,000,000 34 U.S.C. § 20101(g)

8 $7,950,000 Pub. L. No. 90-351, Title I, Part EE (codified at 34 U.S.C. §§ 10611 - 10619); Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. No. 119-74)

9 $12,695,000 34 U.S.C. §§ 11171–11172; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (Pub. L. No. 119-74)

Agency Contact Information

For assistance with the requirements of this funding opportunity:

DOJ Response Center Phone: 800-421-6770 or 301-240-6310 (TTY for hearing-impaired callers only) Email: tribalgrants@usdoj.gov Hours of operation: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Monday–Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 8:59 p.m. ET on the funding opportunity closing date.

For assistance with SAM.gov (registration/renewal):

SAM.gov Help Desk Web: sam.gov/help Live Agent Chat: https://www.fsd.gov/gsafsd_sp

For assistance with Grants.gov (registration, submission of the Application for Federal Assistance SF-424):

Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline Phone: 800-518-4726, 606-545-5035 Email: support@grants.gov Web: Grants.gov Customer Support Hours of operation: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except on federal holidays

For assistance with JustGrants (registration, submission of full application):

JustGrants Service Desk Phone: 833-872-5175

Email: JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov Hours of operation: 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. ET Monday–Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays.

For procedures related to unforeseen technical issues beyond the control of the applicant that impact submission by the deadlines, see Experiencing Technical Issues

Preventing Submission of an Application (Technical Waivers).

Resources for Applying

Pre-Application Webinar: A series of webinars will be held to assist applicants on the NOFO process. Preregistration is required for all participants. The full list of available webinars and mailto:tribalgrants@usdoj.gov https://sam.gov/help https://www.fsd.gov/gsafsd_sp mailto:support@grants.gov https://www.grants.gov/support mailto:JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov registration link are available at: https://www.justice.gov/tribal/funding-opportunities Submit any questions in advance to tribalgrants@usdoj.gov with the subject “Questions for CTAS NOFO

Webinar.” Sessions will be recorded and available at: https://www.justice.gov/tribal/funding-opportunities

Grant Application Resource Guide: Referred to as the Application Resource Guide throughout the NOFO, this resource provides guidance to DOJ applicants on how to apply for funding and prepare and submit their applications.

JustGrants Application Submission Training Webpage: Offers helpful information and resources on the grant application process.

Note: If this NOFO requires something different from any guidance provided in the Application Resource Guide, the difference will be noted in this NOFO and the applicant should follow the guidance in this NOFO.

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ELIGIBILITY

Eligible Applicants The types of entities that are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity are listed below:

Government Entities

• Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)

• Other o Consortia consisting of two or more federally recognized Indian Tribes o Tribal designees are eligible for certain activities related to OVC PA #6

Indian tribe: For the purposes of this NOFO, “Indian tribe” means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) [43 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq.], which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.

Limit on Number of Applications

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Each tribe, tribal consortium, or tribal designee may submit only one application. A tribe may apply as part of a consortium and submit its own independent application provided that the independent application is for funding of activities that are different from those activities for which the tribal consortium has applied.

Cost Sharing/Match Requirement

For this opportunity, a match is not required.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

General Purpose of the Funding The Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) responds to tribal leaders’ requests to improve and simplify the DOJ grant-making process. Since fiscal year

(FY) 2010, DOJ has combined many of its tribal government-specific competitive funding opportunities into one notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) and requires only one application from each tribe or tribal consortium under CTAS. This approach provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia the opportunity to develop a comprehensive approach to public safety and victimization issues.

The FY 2026 CTAS NOFO refers to the DOJ’s tribal government-specific competitive grant programs as purpose areas (PA). Applicants may select the PA(s) that best address their tribe’s concerns related to public safety, criminal and juvenile justice, substance use related crime(s) and access to treatment and recovery support, including Tribal healing to wellness courts, and the needs of victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

The DOJ components offering tribal government grant resources through this NOFO are listed below. Applicants should refer to the PA-specific information on focus areas, funding priorities, and allowable and unallowable costs to inform the development of their project design.

Agency Funding Priorities DOJ may provide priority consideration in awarding funding for the following areas in alignment with the DOJ’s mission and goals:

• CTAS Purpose Area 2 grantees that submit an approved strategic plan may receive one-time priority consideration for CTAS funding in future fiscal years. This priority consideration applies when an application is submitted under purpose areas directly connected to the approved strategic plan and allows for the implementation of the strategic plan in whole or in part. Applicants may receive this priority consideration only once per purpose area.

• Individual Purpose Areas may also include focus or priority areas for additional priority consideration. This will be noted in the Purpose Area descriptions.

Note: These priorities are one of many factors that DOJ considers in making funding decisions.

Receiving priority consideration does not guarantee an award.

Program Goals and Objectives Please refer to the purpose area-specific sections for the goals and objectives under each Purpose Area.

Purpose Areas For detailed information on the eight purpose areas funded under CTAS and the managing DOJ component office, please refer to the section below, Purpose Area Specific Information.

Please note, Purpose Area #7 is not included in the FY 2026 CTAS NOFO.

Funding Requirements The following applies to all purpose areas:

Mandatory DOJ CTAS New Grantee Orientation Virtual Training - All FY 2026 award recipients are required to attend this virtual training. Applicants must:

• Participate in this DOJ-wide CTAS new grantee orientation, scheduled during Year 1 of the award period.

Ensure that two staff members-the program manager and fiscal manager-attend this training for each funded purpose area.

Ensure both required staff members are present and engaged for the full duration of the training.

PURPOSE AREA SPECIFIC INFORMATION

Purpose Area 1: Public Safety and Community Policing Tribal Resources Grant Program – Hiring and Equipment/Training (COPS Office), ALN #16.710

Goals and Objectives The Public Safety and Community Policing Tribal Resources Grant Program (TRGP), administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), will increase public safety, expand the implementation of community policing, and meet the most serious needs of law enforcement in Tribal Nations through a broadened comprehensive program. As community policing is common sense policing, throughout the CTAS NOFO materials, the terms ‘community policing’ and ‘common sense policing’ are used interchangeably, unless otherwise specified.

TRGP supports tribal law enforcement efforts to:

1) implement or enhance community policing strategies by hiring or rehiring career law enforcement officers, tribal/village police officers, village public safety officers, and school resource officers; and

2) increase capacity through strategic planning, hiring, travel, training, equipment, and supplies.

This includes improved capacity for prevention strategies and criminal investigations (human trafficking, missing or murdered Indigenous persons), combatting domestic terrorism, and crime control, including illegal drugs (methamphetamine and opioids).

Funding Maximums (Combined Tribal Resources Grant Program Hiring (TRGP)-Hiring and Tribal Resources Grant Program equipment and training (TRGP-E/T))

The COPS Office will have maximum award amounts in FY26 as follows:

• Sworn force of fewer than 20 officers: No more than $700,000 total

• Sworn force of 20+ officers: No more than $900,000 total

Funding Areas Applicants may apply for funding to cover costs outlined below. For detailed information on the allowable costs and fundable requests, please refer to the COPS Office Purpose Area 1 FY 2026 https://cops.usdoj.gov/

Allowable/Unallowable Costs List at https://cops.usdoj.gov/CTAS and the FY26 Tribal Resources Grant Program (TRGP) Application Resource Guide. TRGP-Hiring and TRGP-E/T grants have different requirements and award periods of performance, as described below.

1. TRGP-Hiring TRGP-Hiring grants provides 5 years (60 months) of funding for entry-level salaries and benefits for full-time newly hired or rehired sworn career law enforcement officers, including tribal/village police officers village public safety officers, and school resource officers hired or rehired on or after the award start date. Hiring requests must reflect the actual entry-level salaries and fringe benefits for a newly hired sworn officer. Any costs higher than the entry-level salary and fringe benefits must be paid by your tribe with local funds. If the total cost of one entry-level full-time officer is greater than the funding maximum, the COPS Office will review these hiring requests on a case-by-case basis.

Funded position(s) must be filled for the entire 60-month period of performance of the grant. If a position(s) is vacated during the award period, the tribe must take active and timely steps consistent with the agency’s hiring policies and procedures to backfill the position with a new officer to complete the remainder of the 60-month term.

All newly hired or rehired officers (or an equal number of redeployed officers) funded must engage in community policing and public safety activities.

• “Career Law Enforcement Officer” Defined A “career law enforcement officer” is a person hired on a permanent basis who is authorized by law or by a state, local, or tribal agency to engage in or oversee the prevention, detection, or investigation of violations of criminal laws. 34 U.S.C. §10389(1). The State of Alaska, and any

Indian tribe or tribal organization in that state, may also use hiring funds for village public safety officers defined as “an individual employed as a village public safety officer under the program established by the State pursuant to Alaska Statute 18.65.670. Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-211, title II, § 247 (a)(2).”

• Hiring Categories In the application and budget, your agency will specify which hiring categories it is requesting funding for:

o Hire new officers, which includes filling existing officer vacancies that are no longer funded in your agency’s budget. These positions must be in addition to your current budgeted (funded) level of sworn officer positions, and the officers must be hired on or after the official award start date on the notice of award.

o Rehire officers laid off by any jurisdiction as a result of state, local, or Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) budget reductions. The rehired officers must be rehired on or after the official award start date on the notice of award. Documentation must be maintained showing the date(s) that the positions were laid off and rehired.

o Rehire officers who are (at the time of application) currently scheduled to be laid off by your jurisdiction on a specific future date as a result of state, local, or BIA budget reductions.

• TRGP-Hiring Specific Requirements In addition to the requirements below, see the FY26 TRGP Application Resource Guide which describes the award terms and conditions, and additional requirements that applicants should https://cops.usdoj.gov/CTAS https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2026ProgramDocs/ctas/Resource_Guide.pdf https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2026ProgramDocs/ctas/Resource_Guide.pdf https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2026ProgramDocs/ctas/Resource_Guide.pdf be aware of before applying to Purpose Area 1 for sworn career law enforcement officer positions.

o Background Investigations Applicants must budget for and, if awarded, conduct background investigations for all full-time career law enforcement officers or village public safety officers funded by the grant. Background investigations should specifically comply with requirements established by state statute, ordinance, or tribal requirements. In the absence of existing standards for hiring, the background check should include, as a minimum, criminal history checks, screening for domestic violence, sex offender registries, credit checks, resume validation, work history verification, and personal and professional references. See the External Background Investigations FAQs for additional information.

o Basic Law Enforcement Training Applicants must budget for and, if awarded, complete basic law enforcement training for all full-time career law enforcement officers funded by the grant. For Alaska hiring recipients, training such as Alaska State Trooper Academy in Sitka, University of Fairbanks Police Academy, and Basic Village Police Officer (VPO)/Tribal Police Officer (TPO) Academy offered by Yuut Elitnaurviat in Bethel, AK, is available on a regular basis. See the Basic Training Condition Requirements

FAQs for additional information.

o Retention Applicants requesting funding for sworn officer positions must affirm that it plans to retain the awarded position(s) for at least 12 months following the conclusion of 60 months of federal funding for each position(s) with state or local funds.

o Understaffed Law Enforcement Agencies Operating Below Budgeted Strength A law enforcement agency operating below its budgeted strength is eligible to apply for TRGP-Hiring funding so long as the applicant attests that awarded funds will be used in compliance with the nonsupplanting requirement and not used to supplant state, local, or Bureau of Indian Affairs funds that are already budgeted for sworn law enforcement officer positions. Budgeted strength is the maximum number of sworn law enforcement officers that a law enforcement agency is authorized to employ in their budget. See the Guidance for Understaffed Law Enforcement Agencies Operating Below Budgeted Strength Fact Sheet.

o School Resource Officers (SRO) Requirements

▪ Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): Recipients awarded TRGP-Hire funding to hire and/or deploy SROs into schools will be required to submit to the COPS Office a signed MOU between the law enforcement agency and the school partner(s) within 90 days of the date shown on the award congratulatory letter. See the School Resource Officer Memorandum of Understanding Fact Sheet for additional information.

▪ Mandatory Training: Funded SROs must complete a 40-hour basic training course from a list of COPS Office approved training providers. Training must be completed no later than nine months after the date shown on the award congratulatory letter or six months from the SRO hire date, whichever https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2026ProgramDocs/Background_Investigation_FAQs.pdf https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2025ProgramDocs/ctas/Basic_Training_FAQs.pdf https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2025ProgramDocs/ctas/Basic_Training_FAQs.pdf https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2026ProgramDocs/chp/Understaffed_LEAs_Fact_Sheet.pdf https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2026ProgramDocs/chp/Understaffed_LEAs_Fact_Sheet.pdf https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2026ProgramDocs/SRO_MOU.pdf https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2026ProgramDocs/SRO_MOU.pdf comes first. The COPS Office will pay the training fee directly to the provider as well as allowable travel costs (airfare, hotel, and per diem) up to $1,000 per COPS Office-funded SRO. See the School Resource Officer Mandatory

Training Fact Sheet for additional information.

2. TRGP Equipment and Training TRGP-E/T grants have a 3-year (36 month) implementation period including funded civilian positions. Funding may be used for the following:

• Civilian Positions Salaries and fringe benefits for full-time anti-methamphetamine and/or anti-opioid coordinators are the only allowable civilian positions fundable and will be awarded under the TRGP-E/T grant program.

• Strategic Planning Community policing activities to be initiated or enhanced by applicants. Funds can be used for a consultant to support strategic planning for law enforcement activities.

• Overtime Overtime for sworn officers engaging in community policing-related activities is allowable and must be listed in the “Other Costs” section of your application’s budget worksheet. Overtime expenses must exceed the expenditures your agency is obligated or funded to pay in its current budget. Overtime requests are limited as follows:

o Sworn force of fewer than 20 officers: No more than $50,000 total.

o Sworn force of 20 or more officers: No more than $75,000 total.

• Training Approved law enforcement training includes basic training at a state academy or the Indian Police Academy in Artesia, New Mexico; specialized police training; community policing training; crime reporting (e.g., National Incident Based Reporting System) training; anti-methamphetamine/anti-opioid training; and human trafficking training.

• Equipment, Supplies, and Technology Allowable costs for law enforcement equipment, supplies, and technology includes, but is not limited to:

o Uniforms and standard issue law enforcement supplies such as handcuffs, flashlights, duty knives, and conducted electrical weapons.

o Ballistic resistant body armor1 .

o Body worn cameras.

o Police vehicles and basic vehicle accessory packages, special conveyances such as sport utility vehicles, bicycles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles.

o Computer hardware and software, mobile data terminals, radios, and communication systems such as those used for crime reporting and accessing national databases.

1 Ballistic Resistant body armor vests purchased with TRGP funds must be tested and found to comply with the latest applicable National Institute of Justice ballistic resistant body armor standards and appear on the NIJ Compliant Products List.

https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2026ProgramDocs/SRO_Mandatory_Training_Fact_Sheet.pdf https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/2026ProgramDocs/SRO_Mandatory_Training_Fact_Sheet.pdf https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/equipment-and-technology/body-armor/ballistic-resistant-armor o Maintenance/service agreements purchased within the three-year E/T project period that does not exceed 36 months.

• Contracts/Consultants o Procurement contracts should describe the product or service to be procured by the contract and an estimate of the cost. Recipients must follow the same policies and procedures it uses for procurements with nonfederal funds. If none exist, recipients must follow procurement standards in 2 CFR 200.318 through 2 CFR 200.327. 2 CFR § 200.317 Procurements by States and Indian Tribes.

o Consultant fees in excess of the DOJ grant-making component’s maximum rate for an 8-hour day (currently $650) require additional justification and prior approval from the COPS Office. See Budget Information in the Other Attachments section for additional information.

• Indirect Costs Indirect costs are allowable under PA 1. See the Budget Information in the Other Attachments section for more information on indirect costs.

Focus Areas and Additional Consideration The COPS Office may provide additional consideration to applicants that identify Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) or human trafficking as a challenge they are addressing in their PA 1 application. An applicant may request funding to address human trafficking and/or MMIP prevention and/or investigations, such as training or assigning sworn officers to specialized task forces, including officers to be part of unresolved (cold) case MMIP task forces or teams. Note: If awarded, applicants that choose one of these focus areas must devote 100 percent of their funded positions to that focus area and may not be permitted to change the scope of their project to remove the activities associated with the focus area(s) once the award has been issued.

Additional consideration may also be given to applicants that meet any of the following criteria:

• Combatting Domestic Terrorism Projects that focus on detecting, preventing, and protecting against domestic terrorism.

• Homeland Security Task Force Coordination and Participation

Applicants that coordinate and participate with the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) or, if awarded, plan to coordinate and participate with the HSTF (law enforcement applicants only).

• Staffing Levels and Crime Rates

Certain demographic information including law enforcement staffing levels, such as officers per population and officers per square mile, and reservation crime rates.

• Unfunded in Previous Year

Applicants that applied for and did not receive a TRGP award in FY25 due to the limited availability of funding and submit a quality application in FY26.

• McGirt v. Oklahoma Impact

Tribes in Oklahoma describing a law enforcement impact due to the McGirt v. Oklahoma and similar jurisdictional cases.

• Alaska TRGP Hiring Applicants

Tribes in Alaska that request a law enforcement officer position(s) due to the unique challenges and lack of current law enforcement services in Alaska.

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• Alaska Pilot Program Alaska Tribes that are part of Track 2 of the Alaska Pilot Project to Implement Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction applicants.

• Public Law 280 Impact Tribes that do not receive direct services or law enforcement funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

• Purpose Area 2 Strategic Plans Tribes that request to implement the law enforcement portions of their CTAS Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning Purpose Area 2 plans.

• NIBRS Race and Ethnicity Data Tribes that submit accurate race and ethnicity information in NIBRS for each offender, victim, and arrestee involved in each incident.

Note: Applicable priority consideration(s) is only one of many factors in making COPS Office funding decisions and does not guarantee an award.

Please do not include any content, including attachments or language within your application, commenting, modifying, challenging, and/or editing the grant requirements including the terms and conditions. Such content, if included, will not be reviewed or considered when evaluating your application nor will any attachment from an applicant unilaterally change the terms of a grant if awarded.

Purpose Area 2: Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning Program (BJA, COPS, OJJDP and OVC), ALN #16.596

Goals and Objectives The Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning Program, supported by the following four DOJ offices: BJA, COPS Office, OJJDP, and OVC, will support tribes’ efforts to develop justice system-wide strategic plans to improve coordination and functioning of the Tribal justice system and support the systematic use of partnerships to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to crime and social disorder.

A DOJ-provided technical expert will guide grantees through the strategic planning process at no cost to them to: establish a planning team representing the full justice system; develop and administer a comprehensive needs assessment; gather and interpret data; translate those into a strategic plan with relevant strategies to prevent crime in general and respond to violent crime in particular. Applicants are encouraged to harness proven approaches. Problems may include violent crime, murder of Indigenous people, domestic violence, overdose- and drug-related crime, human trafficking, and services for victims of crime. Strategies may include but are not limited to:

community-oriented approaches, community courts, community prosecution, community corrections, and community policing.

In addition to developing a comprehensive justice system wide strategic plan, activities can also include development of a Tribal Action Plan as described in the Tribal Law and Order Act.

A final written strategic plan must be submitted to DOJ by the end of the award.

NOTE: Successful Purpose Area 2 grantees will receive priority consideration for other CTAS Purpose Area funding in future years to implement their strategic plans as a whole, or in part, following submission of applications connected to the approved strategic plan. Priority consideration for CTAS funding will be granted one time per purpose area.

Funding Areas

1. Strategic Planning Develop a justice system-wide strategic plan that identifies the applicant justice system’s priority needs and outlines a detailed approach that includes:

• Law enforcement.

• Courts.

• Alternatives to incarceration, including enhanced access to treatment and recovery support.

• Collaborative strategies, such as systematic partnerships to address specific serious and violent crime challenges.

• Strategies to prevent overdose and address crime related to alcohol and other substance use disorders, including opioids and stimulants.

• Community corrections, including increasing supervision, program, and service capacity.

• Tribal jails programming, to increase the capacity and quality of services provided while incarcerated and bridge connections upon release.

• Crime victims’ rights and services for all victims of crime, including services to promote safety for victims of child abuse, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

• Addressing juvenile justice needs from prevention through reentry.

• Addressing the needs of veterans, such as through veterans’ courts.

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• Building community resources that support alternatives to incarceration and reentry.

2. Data Collection and Analysis By using accurate and robust data related to the nature and extent of criminal offenders and offenses, human trafficking, domestic violence, victim services, child abuse, and other crime issues (along with other tribal data), applicants can assess risk and distress in tribal nations. As a result, applicants can strengthen their ability to understand and define crime and tribal safety issues. In addition, the planning process should improve the ability to review data that will track implementation of the strategic plan and evaluate the results.

3. Personnel It is recommended to engage a full- or part-time (75 percent full-time employee) project manager to coordinate the planning process and work with the DOJ designated TTA provider to coordinate daily activities.

4. Equipment or Supplies No equipment should be budgeted for this project. Costs for office equipment, computing devices, or information technology such as computers, printers, scanners, and tools to support data collection and analysis should be included in the “Supplies” or “Other” category. (See, for example, the 2 C.F.R. 200.1 definitions “Equipment,” “Supplies,” “General Purpose Equipment,” “Computing Devices,” and “Information Technology Systems.”)

5. Other Costs To support development of the strategic plan, costs related to the printing and distribution of the plan, community outreach, and data collection may be expensed. Funds may not be used for stipends, incentive items, food, or beverages.

6. Training and Technical Assistance DOJ will provide TTA support at no cost to grantees to support the strategic planning process.

This support includes technical expertise via virtual and onsite visits to work through the strategic planning process, including: forming a strategic planning team; creating and carrying out a comprehensive needs assessment; identifying community strengths and resources; defining community challenges; developing approaches to strengthen the grantee justice system and improve safety; and completing the final written strategic plan to be submitted to DOJ. Costs for outside TTA providers, planners, or outside organizations to create a strategic plan for the tribe are not an allowable expense.

NOTE: Purpose Area 2 funding is available only once per tribe. Prior awardees are not eligible to apply for PA 2 funding again.

Purpose Area 3: Tribal Justice Systems Program (BJA), ALN #16.596

Goals and Objectives BJA’s Tribal Justice Systems Program supports tribal efforts to develop and improve adult tribal justice systems and prevent crime, including violent crime and substance use-related offenses (opioids, alcohol, stimulants, and other drugs). Purpose Area 3 funding supports adult tribal justice system needs from prevention, treatment, and recovery support, to law enforcement and courts, through corrections and reentry in line with the funding areas described below. Eligible activities include preventing, investigating, and prosecuting crimes (including violent crimes and cold cases), enhancing intergovernmental collaboration, addressing enforcement gaps, and meeting the needs of frontier and rural Alaska communities.

While projects may serve youth, as part of a broader population, projects entirely focused on youth should apply under OJJDP’s Purpose Area 9; and projects primarily focused on healing to wellness courts to enhance access to treatment and recovery support for high-risk high-needs populations (including for veterans) should apply under BJA’s Purpose Area 5.

Grant funds must predominantly support direct services; applications focused on training and technical assistance will not be funded under this CTAS NOFO.

Funding Areas Applicants may apply for funding that includes, but is not limited to, the following areas.

1. Crime Prevention Such as efforts to protect communities from overdose, crime related to alcohol and substance use disorders, and production of substances such as opioids, methamphetamine, and other drugs or to improve other aspects of public safety through prevention programming and technology solutions.

2. Law Enforcement Such as projects to identify, apprehend, investigate and prosecute crimes in tribal communities (subject to existing legal authority); programming to improve officer safety and the delivery of law enforcement services; improve the ability to collect and analyze data; and support law enforcement intergovernmental collaboration to enhance public safety.

Please review Purpose Area 1 carefully to determine if Purpose Area 1 or Purpose Area 3 is a better choice for the activities requested.

3. Tribal Courts Such as planning new or enhance existing tribal courts; updating tribal codes; hiring prosecutors and public defenders and establishing Special Assistant United States Attorney agreements with U.S. Attorney’s Offices; addressing crimes related to missing or murdered Indigenous persons;

building capacity to respond to jurisdictional changes resulting from Supreme Court and other court-related decisions; implementing the enhanced sentencing authority provisions of the Tribal Law and Order Act and the Special Criminal Jurisdiction under the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022, including the Alaska Pilot project-related activities.

4. Alternatives to Incarceration Such as using decision-making models and programming to redirect persons convicted of non violent offenses, that do not have a history of violence, and are at low-risk of recidivism, including youth at high risk for going into the adult justice system, from prosecution or incarceration. This could include community supervision, mental health and substance use disorder treatment, electronic alcohol and offender monitoring, recovery support services including job training and placement, housing assistance, education, and peer, family, and community supports.

5. Treatment Such as providing behavioral health treatment services (e.g. cognitive behavioral therapy and medications for opioid use disorder) and/or integrating treatment into existing services (tribal or otherwise) for individuals who are pursuing or in recovery and are at risk of or already in the tribal justice system (including the incarcerated population), or in reentry.

Funding to support these activities in a healing to wellness, adult treatment court, and/or veterans treatment court should be sought in Purpose Area 5.

6. Recovery Support Services Such as peer recovery networks, supportive housing, and vocational services to improve long-term stability and recovery.

7. Corrections (Institutional and Community) Develop, implement, and enhance programming for tribal members incarcerated in tribal, federal, state, or local correctional facilities or under community supervision to reduce their risks for reoffending and support successful rehabilitation. Programming could include collaborations to address mental health and/or substance use needs, effective treatment such as cognitive behavioral therapy and medications for opioid use disorder, educational and vocational services, and other programming to reduce the risk for recidivism.

8. Reentry Develop, implement, and enhance reentry programs. This can include providing treatment, aftercare, and other reentry support services to individuals leaving incarceration from tribal, local, state, and federal correctional facilities.

9. Equipment or Supplies Purchase office equipment, computing devices, or information technology such as computers, printers, scanners, surveillance cameras, digital cameras, office furniture, courtroom furniture, computer networks, court management systems, electronic alcohol and monitoring devices for those under supervision, and related equipment or supplies. (See, for example, 2 C.F.R. 200.1 definitions “Equipment,” “Supplies,” “General Purpose Equipment,” “Computing Devices,” “Information Technology Systems.”)

10. Strategic Planning Such as developing tribal action plans (see Tribal Action Plan (TAP) | SAMHSA) for alcohol and substance use disorder and related crime and tribal safety needs; increasing coordination with relevant nontribal agencies and organizations and, at all levels of the tribe, engage in strategic planning efforts to address the needs of the tribe’s justice system; or engaging in strategic planning to address a specific part of the tribal justice system such as courts or law enforcement. For justice system-wide strategic planning, see Purpose Area 2.

11. Training Costs connected with obtaining expert knowledge to help with developing or enhancing the program, including registration fees and other costs connected with training events related to Purpose Area 3 activities. In planning their training needs, applicants should note that https://www.samhsa.gov/communities/tribal-affairs/tribal-action-plan training and technical assistance will also be offered at no cost. For more information about DOJ-provided TTA, see: https://www.justice.gov/tribal/training-and-technical-assistance.

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Purpose Area 4: Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program – TJSIP

(BJA), ALN #16.596

Goals and Objectives BJA’s Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program (TJSIP) strengthens tribal justice system capacity by addressing physical infrastructure needs. TJSIP provides site-based funding to federally recognized tribes to renovate, expand, or replace existing tribal justice facilities or build new permanent tribal justice facilities (prefabricated, permanent modular, new standalone permanent facilities, or pre-engineered steel building options).

The facility types supported by this program include police departments, courts, detention centers, multipurpose justice centers (including police departments, courts, and/or corrections), transitional living facilities (halfway houses), correctional alternative or treatment facilities, and domestic violence shelters/safe homes/transitional living facilities/advocacy programs. Grant recipients must provide the following documentation prior to grant closeout:

1. Photos to provide proof of project completion.

2. A copy of the Certificate of Occupancy (if applicable)

3. A completed construction project checklist as requested by the TJSIP project management training and technical assistance provider.

Important note: DOJ recognizes that the maximum amount available under Purpose Area 4 may not be sufficient to complete projects of this nature without supplemental funding sources.

Purpose Area 4 funding may be used to supplement other funding sources (e.g., federal, tribal) to complete these efforts. Should Purpose Area 4 funding not be sufficient to complete the entire project, applicants must detail the additional resources that will be leveraged to complete the projects and provide documentation certifying that the funding has been secured.

Grant recipients must track the expenditure of Purpose Area 4 funds separately from other funding sources. If grant funds will be used to support a larger project involving other funding sources, the activities described in the project narrative must be completed before the end of the project period and the facility must be operational prior to project closeout. BJA reserves the right to limit technical assistance support to project activities funded directly by TJSIP only.

Funding Areas Applicants may request funding for the following:

Renovation, Expansion, or New Permanent Facility

• Renovate, expand, or replace existing single jurisdiction or regional tribal justice facilities.

• Build new single jurisdiction or regional permanent facilities where no existing permanent structures are available or sufficient to address staff/resident/detainee/inmate safety and security issues.

• Add capacity for recidivism reduction programming.

• Enhance facility service/function capacity.

• Provide capacity, equipment, or infrastructure to support staff training, fitness, and/or housing.

• Complement efforts to implement the enhanced authorities and provisions under the

Tribal Law and Order Act and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.

Important notes: New permanent facility options include prefabricated, permanent modular, Other costs associated with the renovation/expansion of an existing facility, construction of a new permanent facility, or completion of existing construction projects include:

Information Description Contents Review Notices Requirements Information Checklist new standalone permanent facilities, or pre-engineered steel building options. Temporary modular facilities (e.g., trailers) are not allowable under Purpose Area 4. Temporary modular facilities are for short-term needs (e.g., natural disaster relief) and are not recommended for permanent applications.

• Infrastructure costs such as roads, sewer and water hook-ups, land preparation, and other costs normally associated with construction site work.

• Items associated with managing the planned construction or renovation process.

• Construction materials necessary to construct or renovate facilities and associated infrastructure.

• Furniture, surveillance cameras, or other items affixed or integral to the facility.

Costs associated with the completion of a renovation, expansion, or construction project funded through other, confirmed funding sources. Any funds used for TJSIP projects must result in an operational facility.

Specific requirements project limitation Purpose Area 4 funding may be used to support projects located on lands on which the tribe exercises jurisdiction sufficient to operate the funded facility. Typically, this is limited to tribal lands. Funds cannot be used for state or local (i.e., county, city, or township) facilities. Please refer to the "Purpose Area 4 – Tribal Justice System Infrastructure” section of the CTAS FAQs at https://www.justice.gov/tribal/funding-opportunities for the definition of “tribal lands.”

Operations and Maintenance Assistance If applicants are requesting assistance from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Indian Health Services, or another agency external to the tribe to meet facility operations and maintenance needs, applicants should describe the existing request(s) for staffing, operations, and maintenance of the proposed renovated or expanded facility.

Applicants should also provide the status of these requests. A tribe may submit, by authorizing resolution or other satisfactory evidence of legal authority, a commitment to fund the future staffing, maintenance, and operation of the renovated facilities in lieu of BIA or other agency funding support letters if the tribe chooses to be responsible for this ongoing cost.

Regional Projects Applicants interested in pursuing regional projects that involve two or more tribes will be required to submit memorandums of understanding, letters of support, or other documentation that demonstrate the support from the other participating tribes. Requests for funding to support regional projects will not be awarded without supporting documentation. Regional facility award amounts are based on the population size of tribes that will be served by the project as follows:

Population Size of Tribe Award Amounts

50 to 10,000 up to $2,800,000

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