Applications Due: Grants.gov: March 18, 2025, by 11:59 PM Eastern Time
JustGrants: March 25, 2025, by 8:59 PM Eastern Time

Description:

This funding opportunity seeks to provide funding to improve public safety and victim services in tribal communities. This provides federally recognized tribes and tribal consortia an opportunity to apply for funding to aid in developing a comprehensive and coordinated approach to public safety. Many of DOJ’s existing tribal government-specific programs are included in and available through this single coordinated funding opportunity.

Funding Title: DOJ Coordinated Tribal Assistance

Agency: Department of Justice

Funding Opportunity Number: O-BJA-2025-172288

Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Express Language for Legal Aid: Access to Justice

Expected Number of Awards: Varies by Purpose Area, please see full solicitation

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Expected total Amount: $105,000,000

Award Ceiling: Varies by Purpose Area, please see full solicitation

Expected Award Period: 24-60 Months

Eligible Applicants:

• Government Entities
  Native American Tribal governments (federally recognized)
  “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
• Other
  Other (consortia consisting of two or more federally recognized Indian Tribes)
  Other (tribal designees are eligible for certain activities related to OVC PA #6)

Link to Full Solicitation: Here 

Helpful resources

• Pre-Application Webinars
• View the National Legal Aid Resource Development Technical Assistance Project, which is co-sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense (SCLAID) and its Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives, the Management Information Exchange (MIE), the National Association of IOLTA Programs (NAIP), and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) http://ambar.org/abarray

Categories: Department of Justice, Government Organizations, Native American, Native American Tribes or Tribal Organizations, Native Americans