Applicant Name: 

Purpose Area #1 Public Safety and Community Policing (COPS Office) 

Implementation point of contact (name, title, email, and phone): 

Narrative 

Purpose Area #1 Narrative (10–15-page limit including template text; 

answers should be double-spaced). Note that template questions do not 

count toward the page limit. 

1. Describe the significant tribal justice, community safety, juvenile delinquency, and victimization 

issues (e.g., child abuse, elder abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, dating 

violence, stalking, identity theft, nonviolent crime, etc.) facing the tribal nation and explain why 

these issues are the most pressing. Identify one or more of the crimes and public 

safety problems that the tribe plans to address through the proposed grant funding and 

describe the problem(s) with as much additional detail, including data, as necessary to clearly 

describe the nature and extent of the problem(s). Describe any current gaps in services related 

to the problem(s) identified that will be addressed through this grant application. Also, provide 

current or previous efforts, if any, to address the crime and public safety problems. 

2. Describe current and future plans to comprehensively address the tribe’s public safety, criminal 

and juvenile justice, or victimization issues. Describe how the proposed grant-funded program 

will address the identified problems. Assess the impact, if any, of the increase in police 

resources on other components of the criminal justice system. 

3. Include detailed information about existing resources within the tribe and the community that 

will help make this project a success. Explain how the grant will be used to reorient the affected 

law enforcement agency's mission toward community-oriented policing or enhance its 

involvement in or commitment to community-oriented policing. 

4. Identify current government and community initiatives that complement or coordinate with the 

proposal and any partnerships that will be created or enhanced as a result of funding. Describe 

the roles of each identified partner. Examples may be advisory boards; tribal leaders; nonprofits; 

private organizations; regional relationships; and financial, in-kind, or other tangible 

commitments. 

5. Describe how evaluation, collaborative partnerships, or other methods will be used to leverage 

ongoing resources and facilitate a long-term strategy to sustain the project when the federal 

grant ends. 

i. Describe any challenges you anticipate in sustaining the program beyond the grant funding. 

ii. If the tribe is requesting funding for officers, identify the tribal agency’s source of funding 

and plan to retain grant-hired positions for 12 months after the expiration of the grant. 

6. Address the tribe’s need for financial assistance and the inability of the agency to implement the 

proposed plan without federal funding. 

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Applicant Name: 

Purpose Area #1 Public Safety and Community Policing (COPS Office) 

7. Please describe if missing or murdered indigenous people (MMIP) or human trafficking (or both) 

are problem focus areas in your Purpose Area #1 application. Please indicate if you requested 

item(s) within your Purpose Area 1 budget worksheet for these problem focus areas. For 

example, requested MMIP training for officers or requested a new officer to be assigned to the 

HT investigations. We define this problem area focus as any effort, costs, etc. associated with 

human trafficking/MMIP prevention, investigation, etc. (e.g., training, officer salaries). This 

includes officers requested to be part of cold case MMIP task forces or teams. 

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