The OVW Special Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction Program (Tribal Jurisdiction Program) supports tribes in their efforts to exercise special Tribal criminal jurisdiction (STCJ) over non-Indians who commit “covered crimes” and provides technical assistance for planning and implementing changes in their criminal justice systems necessary to exercise the jurisdiction.
Donor Name: Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $500,000.00
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
This targeted FY 2023 special initiative solicitation under the Tribal Jurisdiction Program is designed to assist Alaska Native tribal governments, or consortia of Alaska Native tribal governments, that plan to seek designation by the Attorney General as participating tribes able to exercise jurisdiction over non-Indians through the Alaska Pilot Program for STCJ, which was established by the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022.
Purpose Areas
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 1304(h)(2), funds under this program must be used for one or more of the following purposes:
- to strengthen tribal criminal justice systems to assist Indian tribes in exercising special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, including for: (A) law enforcement (including the capacity of law enforcement, court personnel, or other non-law enforcement entities that have been designated by an Indian tribe as responsible for maintaining public safety within the territorial jurisdiction of the Indian tribe, to enter information into and obtain information from national crime information databases); (B) prosecution; (C) trial and appellate courts (including facilities maintenance, renovation, and rehabilitation); (D) supervision systems; (E) detention and corrections (including facilities maintenance, renovation, and rehabilitation); (F) treatment, rehabilitation, and reentry programs and services; (G) culturally appropriate services and assistance for victims and their families; and (H) criminal codes and rules of criminal procedure, appellate procedure, and evidence;
- to provide indigent criminal defendants with licensed defense counsel, at no cost to the defendant, in criminal proceedings in which a participating tribe prosecutes covered crimes;
- to ensure that, in criminal proceedings in which a participating tribe exercises special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, jurors are summoned, selected, and instructed in a manner consistent with all applicable requirements; and
- to accord victims of covered crimes rights that are similar to the rights of a crime victim described in section 3771(a) of title 18, United States Code, consistent with Tribal law and custom.
Out-of-Scope Activities
The activities listed below are out of the program scope and will not be supported by this program’s funding.
- Research projects. Funds under this program may not be used to conduct research, defined in 28 C.F.R. § 46.102 as a systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Surveys and focus groups, depending on their design and purpose, may constitute research and therefore be out-of-scope. Prohibited research does not include assessments conducted for internal improvement purposes only.
- Tribal justice system response to cases that do not involve one or more of the covered crimes.
- Purchase or lease of vehicles.
Funding Information
- Anticipated Total Amount to be Awarded Under Solicitation: $3,000,000.00
- Anticipated Maximum Dollar Amount of Awards: $500,000.00
Period of Performance Duration (Months)
36
Eligible Applicants
- Governments of Indian tribes, or consortia of Indian tribes, occupying a Village in Alaska are eligible to apply for this special initiative.
- Per 25 U.S.C. § 1301(1), “Indian tribe” means any tribe, band, or other group of Indians subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and recognized as possessing powers of selfgovernment.
- “Village” means the Alaska Native Village Statistical Area covering all or any portion of a Native village (as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)), as depicted on the applicable Tribal Statistical Area Program Verification map of the Bureau of the Census. 25 U.S.C. § 1305 note.
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