FACT SHEET 

PURPOSE AREA 1 

COORDINATED TRIBAL ASSISTANCE SOLICITATION 

Public Safety and Community Policing 

CTAS PURPOSE AREAS 

1

3

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5

6

7

8

9

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COPS Office’s Public Safety and 

Community Policing 

(COPS Ofce), CFDA #16.710 

Comprehensive Tribal Justice 

Systems Strategic Planning 

(BJA, COPS Ofce, OVW, OJJDP, OVC), 

CFDA #16.608 

BJA’s Tribal Justice Systems 

(BJA), CFDA #16.608 

BJA’s Tribal Justice System 

Infrastructure Program 

(BJA), CFDA #16.596 

OVW’s Violence Against Women 

Tribal Governments Program 

(OVW), CFDA #16.587 

OVC’s Children’s Justice Act 

Partnerships for Indian 

Communities 

(OVC), CFDA #16.583 

OVC’s Tribal Victim 

Services Program 

(OVC), CFDA#16.841 

OJJDP’s Juvenile Tribal 

Healing to Wellness Courts 

(OJJDP), CFDA #16.731 

OJJDP’s Tribal Youth Program 

(OJJDP), CFDA #16.731 

BJA’s Addressing Violent Crime 

in Native Communities 

(BJA), CFDA #16.738 

Public Safety and Community 

Policing, contact: 

The Response Center 

Office of Community Oriented 

Policing Services 

(800) 421-6770 

tribalgrants@usdoj.gov 

HISTORY 

PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING 

Under CTAS, the COPS Office offers funding through Purpose Area #1: Public Safety and 

Community Policing. Purpose Area #1 is designed to expand the implementation of 

community policing and meet the most serious needs of law enforcement in Tribal Nations 

through a broadened comprehensive program. The funding can be used to hire or re-hire 

full-time career law enforcement officers and village public safety officers as well as procure 

basic equipment and training to assist in the initiation or enhancement of Tribal community 

policing efforts. 

Goals 

• To proactively address the most serious Tribal law enforcement needs 

• To increase the capacity of Tribal law enforcement agencies for safer communities and to 

enhance Tribal law enforcement’s capacity to prevent, solve, and control crime, engage in 

anti-methamphetamine/anti-opiod activities, and address human trafficking 

• To implement or enhance community policing strategies 

• To engage in strategic planning for law enforcement 

OVERVIEW 

COORDINATED TRIBAL ASSISTANCE SOLICITATION 

The Department of Justice (DOJ) launched its Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) 

in Fiscal Year 2010 in direct response to concerns raised by tribal leaders about the 

Department’s grant process that did not provide the flexibility tribes needed to address their 

criminal justice and public safety needs. 

Through CTAS, federally recognized tribes and Tribal consortia were able, for the first time ever, 

to submit a single application for most of DOJ’s Tribal grant programs. DOJ designed this 

comprehensive approach to save time and resources and allow tribes and DOJ to gain a better 

understanding of the tribes’ overall public safety needs. CTAS is not a program but is the 

overarching structure, under which ten separate grant program applications are collected. 

CTAS is currently operated through collaborative efforts across many department 

components, bureaus, and offices, including: 

• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) • Office of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) • Executive Office for United States 

Attorney’s (EOUSA) • Office of Tribal Justice (OTJ) 

• Office of Community Oriented Policing • Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) 

Services (COPS) • Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) 

• Office of Justice Programs (OJP) 
 

 

ADVANCING COMMUNITY POLICING 

PURPOSE AREA PROVIDERS 

Bureau of Justice Assistance U.S. Department of Justice 

Bureau of Justice Assistance 

Ofce of Justice Programs 

U.S. Department of Justice 

810 Seventh Street NW, 4th Floor 

Washington, DC 20531 

(202) 616-6500 | www.bja.gov 

Email tribalgrants@usdoj.gov for 

questions regarding the Coordinated 

Tribal Assistance Solicitations. 

U.S. Department of Justice 

 Ofce of Community Oriented 

Policing Services 

 145 N Street NE 

Washington, DC 20530 

(800) 421-6770 | www.cops.usdoj.gov 

Ofce on Violence Against Women

 145 N Street, NE, Suite 10W.121 

Washington, D.C. 20530 

(202) 307-6026 | www.justice.gov/ovw 

Ofce of Juvenile Justice and 

Delinquency Prevention

 810 Seventh Street NW 

Washington, DC 20531 

(202) 307–5911 | www.ojjdp.gov 

Ofce for Victims of Crime 

810 Seventh Street NW, Second Floor 

Washington, DC 20531

 (202) 307-5983 | www.ovc.gov 

Below are examples of items that receive funding to advance community policing: 

Ofcers 

Entry-level salaries and fringe benefits of newly hired or rehired full-time sworn career law 

enforcement officers including village public safety officers 

Equipment 

Uniforms, bullet-proof vests, basic-issue equipment, and police vehicles 

Technology 

Computers hardware and software, mobile data terminals, dispatch, 

and communication systems 

Training 

Basic, comprehensive, and specialized law enforcement training, community policing, 

crime reporting (e.g. National Incident-Based Reporting System), 

anti-methamphetamine/anti-opioid, and human trafficking training 

Travel 

Airfare, lodging, and mileage reimbursement for meeting or training costs, including 

DOJ required training 

Anti-Methamphetamine/Anti-Opioid Activities 

Meth/Opioid coordinator and public awareness campaigns 

Overtime 

Overtime for sworn officers engaged in community policing activities 

PURPOSE AREA 1 

TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 

The Office of Community Oriented For more information about the U.S. 

Policing Services (COPS Office) provides Department of Justice’s Tribal TTA efforts, 

training and technical assistance (TTA) to visit: www.justice.gov/tribal and select 

further practical and specialized ‘training and technical assistance’ on the 

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enhance justice system efforts, particularly 

in the law enforcement field. The COPS 

Office supports TTA that not only is 

specifically geared toward tribes but also 

generally applies across broader topic 

areas such as community policing, 

prescription drugs, gangs, and youth 

safety, among others. 

The COPS Office also offers a flash drive, 

Tribal Resources for Justice Systems and 

Law Enforcement, which focuses on law 

enforcement strategies concerning issues 

such as gangs, alcohol and substance 

abuse, and victimization in Tribal 

communities. The flash drive is available at 

https://ric-zai-inc.com/ric.php?page=detail 

&id=COPS-USB02. 

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TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS 

Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center 

The Collaborative Reform Initiative Technical Assistance Center (CRI-TAC) provides customized 

technical assistance solutions designed to meet the unique needs of state, local, tribal, and 

campus communities throughout the United States. The CRI-TAC provides a collaborative and 

comprehensive process in which subject matter experts from the field help your agency reach 

the forefront of cutting-edge innovation and evidence-based practices. 

Contact information www.collaborativereform.org | CRITAC@theiacp.org | (703) 836-6767 

Western Community Policing Institute (WCPI) 

WCPI has several training curricula designed for tribes, including those focused on youth, 

executive leadership, and regional collaboration (Tribal Youth Leadership, Tribal Inspired 

Leadership Training, and Regional Collaboration and Tribal Partnerships). 

Contact information www.tribaltraining.com | (877) 601-6866 

National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC) of Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) 

Tribal Oriented Policing Strategies: A Community Policing Approach to Reducing Crime in 

Indian Country: This course was designed specifically for Native American community policing 

practitioners. It will demonstrate how to strengthen relationships between law enforcement, 

Tribal agencies, and the community to improve quality of life and enhance community safety 

through community policing efforts. 

Contact information www.ncjtc.org | info@ncjtc.org | (855) 866-2582 

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FUNDING AGENCY OVERVIEW 

BJA | OVC | COPS | OVW | OJJDP 

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office 

of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, 

Bureau of Justice Assistance supports law enforcement, courts, corrections, 

treatment, victim services, technology, and prevention initiatives 

that strengthen the nation’s criminal justice system. BJA provides 

leadership, services, and funding to America’s communities by 

emphasizing local control; building relationships in the field; developing collaborations and partnerships; promoting capacity building 

through planning; streamlining the administration of grants; increasing training and technical assistance; creating project accountability; 

encouraging innovation; and ultimately communicating the value of 

justice efforts to decision makers at every level. 

U.S. Department of Justice 

BJA works with the Office of Tribal Justice, the Office of Justice 

Program’s American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Desk, and other 

federal agencies, in addition to many culturally appropriate organizations, to maintain focus with the field and to ensure the program’s 

goals and objectives are achieved. 

Established in 1988 through an amendment to the 

Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) of 1984, Ofce for 

Victims of Crime (OVC) is charged by Congress 

with administering the Crime Victims Fund (the Fund). Through OVC, 

the Fund supports a broad array of programs and services that focus 

on helping victims in the immediate aftermath of crime and 

continuing to support them as they rebuild their lives. Millions of 

dollars are invested annually in victim compensation and assistance 

in every U.S. state and territory, as well as for training, technical 

assistance, and other capacity-building programs designed to 

enhance service providers’ ability to support victims of crime in 

communities across the Nation. 

The Ofce of Community Oriented Policing 

Services (COPS) was created through the Violent 

Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. 

The COPS Office is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice 

responsible for advancing the practice of community policing by the 

nation's state, local, territory, and Tribal law enforcement agencies 

through information and grant resources. 

Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational 

strategies which support the systematic use of partnerships and 

problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate 

conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social 

disorder, and fear of crime. The COPS Office has also produced and 

compiled a broad range of information resources that can help law 

enforcement better address specific crime and operational issues, 

and help community leaders better understand how to work cooperatively with their law enforcement agency to reduce crime. 

The Ofce on Violence Against Women (OVW) is 

component of the United States Department of 

Justice. In recognition of the severity of the crimes 

associated with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

and stalking, Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act of 

1994 (VAWA 1994) as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

Enforcement Act of 1994. VAWA is a comprehensive legislative 

package designed to end violence against women and was reauthorized in both 2000 and 2005. The legislative history of VAWA indicates 

that Congress seeks to remedy the legacy of laws and social norms 

that serve to justify violence against women. Since the passage of 

VAWA, there has been a paradigm shift in how the issue of violence 

against women is addressed nationwide. 

OVW was created specifically to implement VAWA and subsequent 

legislation. OVW administers financial and technical assistance to 

communities around the country to facilitate the creation of 

programs, policies, and practices aimed at ending domestic 

violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 

Prevention (JJDP) Act established OJJDP, 

a component of the Office of Justice 

Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, to support local and state 

efforts to prevent delinquency and improve the juvenile justice 

system. OJJDP collaborates with professionals from diverse 

disciplines to improve juvenile justice policies and practices by 

supporting states, local communities, and Tribal jurisdictions in their 

efforts to develop and implement effective programs for juveniles. 

The Office strives to strengthen the juvenile justice system's efforts 

to protect public safety, hold offenders accountable, and provide 

services that address the needs of youth and their families. 

OJJDP sponsors research, program, and training initiatives; develops 

priorities and goals and sets policies to guide federal juvenile justice 

issues; disseminates information about juvenile justice issues; and 

awards funds to states to support local programming. 

REV. 11/20/2018 

This project was supported by Grant No. 2016-IC-BX-K002 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Ofce of 

Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Ofce of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Ofce 

for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Ofce. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the ofcial position or 

Bureau of Justice Assistance policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. U.S. Department of Justice 

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