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Goal: The overall goal of BJA’s Tribal Justice Assistance Program is to strengthen tribal justice system capacity by addressing physical infrastructure needs. Objective(s): To support the critical and priority needs of tribal justice systems, to prevent crime, and to ensure tribal safety through the development, implementation, and enhancement of strategies, including the following: • To engage in comprehensive, justice system-wide strategic planning to improve tribal justice and safety, including improving services for victims of crime, improving community wellness, and increasing the ability to prevent crime and respond to violent crime. • To prevent and respond to violent crime in tribal communities, including investigations, forensics, prosecutions, information sharing, and supervision and re-entry in coordination with other key federal and state partners. • To enhance the tools and resources for tribal prosecutors, courts, and corrections agencies, including tribal probation and tribal jails, and to effectively respond to crime and related tribal safety. • To implement enhanced authorities and provisions under the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022 • To prevent future crime by addressing the risks and needs of young adults (ages 18–25) who are involved with or at risk of involvement with the justice system. • To ensure safety through coordinated support for the re-entry of returning tribal members from federal or state prison sentences. • To develop, enhance, and continue programs to improve the safety and effectiveness of tribal law enforcement officers such as planning for and developing their own law enforcement agency, law enforcement support as part of a larger strategy, or court security issues such as adding an officer at the courthouse to improve court security. • To develop, implement, and enhance substance misuse and crime prevention, interventions, and alternatives to incarceration to address crime related to the opioid epidemic. This can include opioid, alcohol, and other substance use disorder and related crime prevention; healing to wellness courts; intervention; or treatment, including those that prevent and address the needs of drug-endangered children. • To support the development of joint jurisdiction courts with state and local courts. • To address physical tribal justice system infrastructure needs through the renovation, expansion or construction of single jurisdiction or regional tribal justice-related facilities. Performance Measure 1: Number of Grantees that developed a final written strategic/action plan; Performance Measure 2: Number of renovation, expansion, or new permanent facility projects completed with grant funds.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
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About the data page.
As of FY 2009, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has funded 73 new construction, renovation, and expansion tribal justice system facility projects under the Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program (TJSIP). The range of projects funded include detention centers, police departments, multi-purpose justice centers, treatment facilities, courts, and transitional living facilities. As of July 2017, 47 of these projects have been completed and 26 are still in progress.
As of FY 2009, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has funded 79 new construction, renovation, and expansion tribal justice system facility projects under the Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program (TJSIP). The range of projects funded include detention centers, police departments, multi-purpose justice centers, treatment facilities, courts, and transitional living facilities. In FY 2018, BJA received 31 applications and anticipates awarding 9 projects
For an overview of accomplishments please see the brief on FY 2019 CTAS fact sheet at https://www.justice.gov/tribal/page/file/1114981/download
Please review the Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program fact sheet at https://www.justice.gov/tribal/page/file/1114981/download
In FY 2022, the Bureau of Justice Assistance funded 6 tribes in the amount of $8,117,440.
From FY 2010 through FY 2024, BJA has made 91 awards under the Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning Program, 550 awards under the Tribal Justice Systems Program, and 157 awards under the Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program to assist federally recognized tribes with developing justice system-wide strategic plans; implementing and/or enhancing substance use and/or misuse programming and/or enforcement efforts; establishing or enhancing tribal courts and Healing to Wellness Courts; and addressing physical justice system infrastructure needs.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
