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Tribal Youth Program (TYP) - Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area #9
Link
https://www.justice.gov/tribal/closed-solicitations
Additional Links
Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)
Purpose Area 9 Fact Sheet
Deadline
Application Deadline: Mar 5, 2024
Sponsor
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Purpose
Provides funding to improve tribal justice system efforts to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency and strengthen a fair and beneficial juvenile justice system response for American Indian and Alaska Native youth under the age of 21. Supports efforts to develop, expand, or strengthen the juvenile justice continuum that include a range activities related to prevention, intervention, and treatment, including development and implementation of tribal best practices and traditional healing methods to support tribal youth. Part of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS).
Program consists of three funding categories:
- Category 1- Seeding Change Planning Grant: Planning grants to develop strategies to enhance tribal juvenile justice systems that include prevention, intervention, and treatment programs and services for youth.
- Category 2 - Cultivating Change Implementation Grant: Implementation grants for tribes that have an existing plan to implement a new tribal youth program.
- Category 3 - Harvesting Change Enhancement/Expansion Grant: Grants to enhance or expand a current Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)-funded tribal youth program.
Priority funding areas include:
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Prevention
- Prevention services to impact risk factors for delinquency and promote protective factors
- Prevention, intervention, and treatment for children exposed to violence
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Intervention
- Interventions for court-involved tribal youth
- Intervention and treatment services for children exposed to sex trafficking
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Treatment
- Treatment services for youth
- Services for youth in detention or out-of-home placement
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Effective use of data
- To improve or establish data collection systems
Program funds may be used for:
- Staffing expenses, including salaries and fringed benefits for program personnel
- Equipment or supplies
- Travel expenses related to training
- Prevention and intervention programs, services, and strategies that support youth, families, and the tribal juvenile justice system
- Other costs to support the development of the program and to support staff professional development and training
Amount of Funding
Award ceiling:
- Category 1: $100,000 for a 2 year project period
- Category 2 and 3: $500,000 for a 5 year project period
Estimated number of awards: 20
Estimated total program funding:
$8,475,000
Who Can Apply
Eligible applicants include:
- Federally recognized Indian tribes, including any Alaska Native village, or a regional or village corporation
- Consortia consisting of two or more federally recognized Indian tribes
Eligible Category 3 applicants must have either a current funded Purpose Area 9 project with an end date in 2024 or past funded Purpose Area 9 award with an end date in 2023.
Tribes with a current CTAS Purpose Area 9 award are not eligible to receive funding under Category 1 or 2.
Geographic Coverage
Nationwide
What This Program Funds
Equipment • New Program • Operating Costs and Staffing
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 in fiscal year 2024 can be found on the program website.
Rural communities who received funding include:
- Copper River Native Association in Alaska
- Shoshone Bannock in Idaho
- Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan
- Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana
- Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota
Topics This Program Addresses
Adverse Childhood Experiences • American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians • Crime Reduction • Justice System • Mental Health • Prevention • Substance Use Disorder • Treatment • Violence, Trauma, and Abuse • Youth