Tribal Justice Systems (16.608)
Tribal Justice Systems (Assistance Listing 16.608) is run by the Office of Justice Programs, part of the Department of Justice. It awarded $46.5 million in 77 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $603,706 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $839,777. Half of the 77 awards fell between $416,178 and $899,989, and they ranged from $75,630 to $1.7 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$46.5 million
- Grant awards77
- Typical award$839,777
- Awarded in FY 2025$360,699
- Size rank1,061 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceProject grants
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $17.8 million in fiscal 2021 to $360,699 in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 1061st largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 51% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 23 states and territories.
What the program funds
Program now funded under Assistance Listing 16.596 and Assistance Listing is pending archival. Goals: To provide key funding to tribal justice systems to develop, support, and enhance adult and juvenile tribal justice systems and the prevention of violent crime and crime related to opioid, alcohol, and other substance use disorder. Objectives: To support the critical and priority needs of tribal justice systems, to prevent crime, and to ensure tribal safety through the development, implementation, and enhancement of strategies, including the following: • To engage in targeted strategic planning to improve tribal justice and community safety as it relates to violent crime, enhancing the capacity of tribal prosecutors and tribal courts and opioid, alcohol, and other substance use disorder, including review of key data, partnerships with researchers, and building the capacity for crime analysis. • To prevent and respond to violent crime in tribal communities, including investigations, forensics, prosecutions, information sharing, and supervision and re-entry in coordination with other key federal and state partners. • To enhance the tools and resources for tribal prosecutors, courts, and corrections agencies, including tribal probation and tribal jails, and to effectively respond to crime and related tribal safety. • To implement enhanced authorities and provisions under the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 and to support the development of joint jurisdiction courts with state and local courts. • To prevent future crime by addressing the risks and needs of young adults (ages 18–25) who are involved with or at risk of involvement with the justice system. • To ensure safety through coordinated support for the re-entry of returning tribal members from federal or state prison sentences. • To develop, enhance, and continue programs to improve the safety and effectiveness of tribal law enforcement officers such as planning for and developing their own law enforcement agency, law enforcement support as part of a larger strategy, or court security issues such as adding an officer at the courthouse to improve court security. • To develop, implement, and enhance substance abuse and crime prevention, interventions, and alternatives to incarceration to address crime related to the opioid epidemic. This can include opioid, alcohol, and other substance use disorder and related crime prevention; healing to wellness courts; intervention; or treatment, including those that prevent and address the needs of drug-endangered children. Performance Measure 1: Graduation/completion rate of program participants in a Drug Court/Healing-To-Wellness/Treatment program; and, Performance Measure 2: Number of Grantees that developed a completed a final written strategic/action plan.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Award range and average, in the agency's words
Program now funded under Assistance Listing 16.596. The majority of DOJ’s existing tribal government-specific programs are included in and available through this single Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS).
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Tribal Justice Systems (16.608) awarded $46.5 million across 77 grant awards, an average of $603,706 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Valley Technical College | Wisconsin | 3 | $3.4 million |
| Rural Alaska Community Action Program Inc | Alaska | 2 | $2.1 million |
| Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe | Washington | 2 | $1.8 million |
| The National Judicial College | Nevada | 1 | $1.5 million |
| Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation | California | 2 | $1.2 million |
| Wichita and Affiliated Tribes | Oklahoma | 2 | $990,000 |
| Nez Perce Tribe | Idaho | 2 | $960,010 |
| Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe | New York | 2 | $906,186 |
| Coyote Valley Tribal Council | California | 1 | $900,000 |
| Muscogee Creek Nation | Oklahoma | 1 | $900,000 |
| Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center | Oregon | 1 | $900,000 |
| Coeur D'Alene Tribe | Idaho | 1 | $900,000 |
| The Hoopa Valley Tribe | California | 1 | $900,000 |
| Yurok Tribe | California | 1 | $900,000 |
| Oglala Sioux Tribe of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation | South Dakota | 1 | $900,000 |
| Native Village of Port Heiden | Alaska | 1 | $900,000 |
| Quinault Indian Nation | Washington | 1 | $900,000 |
| Pueblo of Acoma | New Mexico | 1 | $900,000 |
| Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe | Oklahoma | 1 | $900,000 |
| Minnesota Chippewa Tribe - White Earth Band | Minnesota | 1 | $899,999 |
Who usually wins
Tribal governments and organizations received 82% of the money, colleges and universities 9.1% and nonprofits 8.3%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tribal governments and organizations | 67 | $38.0 million | 82% |
| Colleges and universities | 5 | $4.2 million | 9.1% |
| Nonprofits | 4 | $3.8 million | 8.3% |
| Other | 1 | $400,000 | 0.9% |
By state
13 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 10 | $6.9 million |
| Alaska | 8 | $5.6 million |
| Washington | 8 | $5.4 million |
| Wisconsin | 5 | $4.3 million |
| Oklahoma | 9 | $4.2 million |
| New Mexico | 5 | $3.1 million |
| Idaho | 4 | $2.3 million |
| Minnesota | 4 | $1.8 million |
| South Dakota | 2 | $1.7 million |
| Michigan | 2 | $1.5 million |
| Nevada | 1 | $1.5 million |
| New York | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Montana | 3 | $1.4 million |
| Arizona | 2 | $893,966 |
| Louisiana | 1 | $893,763 |
| Colorado | 1 | $856,646 |
| North Dakota | 2 | $850,000 |
| Nebraska | 1 | $648,254 |
| Oregon | 1 | $626,192 |
| North Carolina | 1 | $446,172 |
| Kentucky | 1 | $249,997 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $244,067 |
| Florida | 1 | $227,256 |