BJA FY 2022 Tribal Corrections Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program | O BJA 2022 171196

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The BJA FY 2022 Tribal Corrections Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program is a U.S. Department of Justice initiative, administered through the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), designed to help tribal communities strengthen their corrections and community supervision systems through targeted training and technical assistance. The opportunity is framed around broader DOJ priorities that include promoting civil rights and racial equity, expanding access to justice, supporting crime victims and people impacted by the justice system, improving public safety, addressing evolving public safety threats, and building trust between justice agencies and the communities they serve. Within that larger policy context, this program focuses specifically on the unique operational and resource challenges many tribes face in supervising people in the community, building staff and system capacity, and supporting successful reintegration for individuals returning home after time in detention or incarceration.

At its core, the program funds a provider (or lead organization) to deliver culturally appropriate training and technical assistance (often abbreviated as TTA) that helps tribes implement and improve practical corrections strategies that fit local needs, values, and legal environments. The goal is not simply general training, but capacity building that results in stronger tribal justice system operations and more effective responses to individuals under supervision or in custody. This includes helping tribal systems better identify and meet the rehabilitation needs of probationers, detainees, and incarcerated individuals, which can involve improving assessment practices, case planning, referrals to services, program selection, and coordination among justice, behavioral health, housing, and social services partners.

A major emphasis of the solicitation is advancing criminal justice reform in tribal contexts by supporting alternatives to incarceration. In practice, that can include training and assistance on developing diversion options, problem-solving approaches, community-based supervision strategies, and other methods that safely reduce reliance on jail or detention when appropriate. The program also highlights victim-centered community supervision and reentry approaches, meaning that reforms and supervision strategies should account for victim safety, victim services, and the needs and rights of people harmed by crime. Rather than treating supervision and reentry as purely offender-focused processes, the solicitation signals that tribal justice improvements should incorporate practices that better serve victims and strengthen overall community well-being.

This is a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement, which generally means BJA expects substantial involvement in the project through collaboration, guidance, and coordination during the award period rather than a hands-off grant relationship. The opportunity falls under the Law, Justice and Legal Services activity category and is associated with CFDA number 16.608. The funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2022-171196, and it was created on March 15, 2022, with an original closing date of May 11, 2022.

In terms of who could apply, eligibility was broad and included Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories), private institutions of higher education, and for-profit organizations other than small businesses, along with other entities as described in the solicitation’s additional eligibility language. The program anticipated making a single award (ExpectedAwards: 1), with an award ceiling of up to $1,000,000. Taken together, those details indicate the solicitation was intended to fund one primary organization to serve as a national or wide-reaching TTA provider (or lead) that could support multiple tribal communities by delivering specialized expertise, tools, and hands-on implementation support.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a capacity-building investment aimed at strengthening tribal corrections and community supervision through culturally grounded training, practical technical assistance, and reform-oriented strategies that emphasize rehabilitation, safe alternatives to incarceration, and victim-centered reentry and supervision.

• The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY 2022 Tribal Corrections Capacity Building Training and Technical Assistance Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.608.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 15, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 11, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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