Applicant Name:

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

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

Applicant Name:

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

# 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Address the tribe’s need for financial assistance and the inability of the agency to implement the proposed plan without federal funding. 

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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