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Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program (TJSIP): Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area #4
Link
https://www.justice.gov/tribal/closed-solicitations
Additional Links
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Purpose Area 4 Fact Sheet
Deadline
Application Deadline: Mar 5, 2024
Sponsor
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Purpose
Provides funding to strengthen the capacity of the tribal justice system through renovations, expansions, replacing current tribal justice-related facilities or building new prefabricated, permanent modular, stick-built, or pre-engineered steel building tribal justice-related facilities. Seeks to improve the physical infrastructure and tribal justice system facilities to increase their functional capacity to reduce recidivism, provide staff training and support other activities impacting staff health, wellness, and fitness. Part of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS).
Program funds may be used to support the following facility types and expenses:
- Police departments
- Courts
- Detention centers
- Multipurpose justice centers, such as police departments, courts, or corrections
- Transitional housing/living facilities
- Correctional alternative or treatment facilities
- Domestic violence shelters, safe homes, transitional living facilities, and advocacy programs
- Renovate, expand, or replace existing single jurisdiction or regional tribal justice-related facilities
- Build new single jurisdiction, regional permanent facilities where there are no existing permanent structures available or sufficient to address staff/resident/detainee/inmate safety and security issues
- Add capacity, equipment, or infrastructure for recidivism reduction programming, to enhance facility service/function; and to support staff training, fitness, and wellness
- 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
- Infrastructure costs such as roads, sewer and water hook-ups, land preparation, and other costs normally associated with construction site work
- Other items or construction materials associated with managing the construction and renovation process
- Furniture, surveillance cameras, or other items necessary for the facility
- Staff housing
- Other costs associated with the completion of a renovation, expansion, or construction project
Amount of Funding
Single jurisdiction facility construction projects:
- Estimated award amount: Up to $1,600,000
Regional facility construction projects:
- Estimated award amount: Up to $5,600,000, based on tribal population
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 6-8
Estimated total program funding:
$9,000,000
Who Can Apply
Eligible applicants include:
- Federally recognized Indian tribes, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation
- Consortia consisting of 2 or more federally recognized Indian tribes
Funds must be used to support projects located on tribal lands only. Projects for state, county, city, or township facilities are not allowed.
Geographic Coverage
Nationwide
What This Program Funds
Buildings and Facilities
Application Process
Application requirements, instructions, and other relevant information can be found in the funding announcement.
Applications must be submitted electronically through a 2-step process:
- Step 1: Applicants will submit an SF-424 and an SF-LLL in grants.gov by the March 5, 2024 deadline.
- Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in the JustGrants grants management system by the March 12, 2024 deadline.
CTAS Pre-application webinar schedule
Applicant frequently asked questions
Narrative template
Contact
For questions on submitting in
grants.gov:
800-518-4726
support@grants.gov
For questions on submitting in
JustGrants:
833-872-5175
JustGrants.Support@usdoj.gov
For program questions or general
assistance:
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Response Center
800-421-6770
tribalgrants@usdoj.gov
Rural Awards
Past awards communities have received are described on the program website.
Rural communities who received funding in fiscal year 2023 include:
- Sac Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
- White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
- Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
- Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation in Washington
- Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in Wisconsin
Topics This Program Addresses
American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians • Crime Reduction • Health and Wellness • Infrastructure • Justice System