BJA FY24 Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation | O BJA 2024 172191

Opportunity Information: Apply for O BJA 2024 172191

The BJA FY24 Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), focused on improving legal representation in tribal justice systems. The grant is aimed at supporting training and technical assistance (TTA) that strengthens the quality and capacity of defense and respondent representation for people who cannot afford an attorney, specifically indigent defendants in criminal matters and indigent respondents in civil causes of action that fall under the jurisdiction of Indian tribes. At its core, the opportunity is about making tribal courts and related justice processes work better and be more accessible to tribal citizens and other individuals who rely on those systems.

This opportunity will be awarded as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the recipient should expect substantial involvement from BJA during the life of the project, such as ongoing coordination, structured deliverables, and federal engagement in implementation. The program falls under the Law, Justice and Legal Services activity category and is associated with CFDA number 16.815. Rather than funding direct legal representation case-by-case, the solicitation emphasizes building the field through TTA, which can include developing practical resources, delivering training curricula, providing coaching or hands-on technical assistance to tribal programs, and promoting improvements in systems and practices that affect indigent defense and civil legal assistance within tribal jurisdiction.

Eligibility is limited to nonprofit organizations, including both nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status, as long as they are not institutions of higher education. BJA anticipates making a single award under this solicitation, with an expected award ceiling of $1,044,981. Because only one award is expected, competition is likely to be highly selective and oriented toward applicants that can credibly demonstrate national or broad regional capacity to deliver high-quality training and technical assistance that is specifically relevant to tribal contexts, tribal law, and the practical realities of operating within and alongside tribal justice systems.

The application closing date for this opportunity was August 5, 2024, and the solicitation was created on June 25, 2024. The official funding opportunity number is O-BJA-2024-172191, and the funding opportunity title is exactly "BJA FY24 Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation." Overall, the program is designed to help tribal justice stakeholders strengthen the day-to-day functioning of their systems by improving the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of legal representation for indigent people, which in turn supports fairness, due process, and confidence in tribal justice institutions.

• The Bureau of Justice Assistance in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "BJA FY24 Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Training and Technical Assistance Solicitation" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 16.815.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-06-25.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-08-05. (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 $1,044,981.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: 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.

Apply for O BJA 2024 172191

[Watch] Creating a grant proposal using the step-by-step wizard inside the applicant portal: