This funding opportunity is intended to encourage state and tribal governments to work together to find creative, rational ways to meet the needs of AI/AN families with culturally appropriate best practices in Indian child welfare, with active efforts to retain or reunite Indian children with family as the “gold standard” for best Indian child welfare practice. The award also provides an important opportunity for states and tribes to build or strengthen relationships of trust by working together toward common family preservation goals. As part of the project, recipients may also consider the role of civil legal services in implementation efforts. Assessment of the effectiveness and/or need for legal representation to parties in Indian child welfare cases may be included in project work, as may provision of direct civil legal services, to the extent that such legal services are an identified part of a pilot or practice model to be tested. For purposes of this funding opportunity, “Tribal courts” are defined consistent with the Bureau of Indian Affairs regulations as “a court with jurisdiction over child custody proceedings and which is either a Court of Indian Offenses, a court established and operated under the code or custom of an Indian tribe, or any other administrative body of a tribe which is vested with authority over child custody proceedings.
Native Americans
FY 2023 Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Program
With this solicitation, BJA seeks applications for funding to strengthen and improve the representation of indigent defendants in criminal cases and indigent respondents in civil causes of action under the jurisdiction of Indian tribes, with the ultimate goals of enhancing the operations of tribal justice systems and improving access to those systems by tribal citizens.
HHS – Alaska Native Tribal Resource Center on Domestic Violence
The ANTRC will focus on the intervention and prevention of family violence, domestic violence, and dating violence by offering statewide
information, training, and technical assistance specifically designed to reduce tribal disparities within Alaska Native (AN) communities and villages. The purpose of this project is to enhance the capacity of AN tribes and tribal organizations to respond to family violence, domestic
violence and dating violence in a culturally sensitive, relevant, and effective manner.
OVW Fiscal Year 2022 State and Territory Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions Program
This grant program supports the critical work of state and territory domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions and is a set-aside program under the OVW STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program statute. These organizations play an important role in advancing the goal of ending domestic
violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. This program also includes a statutory set-aside from the Sexual Assault Services Program (SASP) statute, specifically for state and territory sexual assault coalitions (34 U.S.C § 12511(d)).
HHS – Family Violence Prevention and Services – Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Questioning Institute on Intimate Partner Violence (2021) *Forecasted*
The Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Strategies (CAREERRS) Program, a Second Chance Act program, is designed to help communities establish education, vocation, and job training programs in their correctional systems that address employment challenges facing incarcerated youth and adults re-entering those communities and the workforce.
HHS – Grants to Tribes, Tribal Organizations and Migrant Programs for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Programs (2021)
The Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Strategies (CAREERRS) Program, a Second Chance Act program, is designed to help communities establish education, vocation, and job training programs in their correctional systems that address employment challenges facing incarcerated youth and adults re-entering those communities and the workforce.
DOJ – Grants to Enhance Culturally Specific Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (2021)
The Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Strategies (CAREERRS) Program, a Second Chance Act program, is designed to help communities establish education, vocation, and job training programs in their correctional systems that address employment challenges facing incarcerated youth and adults re-entering those communities and the workforce.
DOJ – Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (2021)
The Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Strategies (CAREERRS) Program, a Second Chance Act program, is designed to help communities establish education, vocation, and job training programs in their correctional systems that address employment challenges facing incarcerated youth and adults re-entering those communities and the workforce.
DOJ – Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Program (2021)
Applications Due: April 7, 2021, 11:59 p.m. ET This program provides civil and criminal legal assistance to low-income individuals, Indian tribes, and tribal justice systems to support the development and enhancement of tribal justice systems and access to those systems…. Read More ›
DOJ – Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Training and Technical Assistance Initiative (2021)
Applications Due: April 7, 2021, 11:59 p.m. ET This program assists tribes with renovation, expansion, and permanent modular projects to address tribal justice system infrastructure needs. Helpful resources The Justice in Government Project at American University has curated research briefs… Read More ›