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Tribal Courts Assistance Program, FY 2004
Amount and Length of Awards
BJA is basing its FY 2004 award structure on the size of the tribe's
Indian resident or service population. For current federal information,
including a list of federally recognized tribes and the 2000 U.S.
Census tribal population figures that address off-reservation trust
lands composing Indian Country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151, please
visit the National Tribal Justice
Resource Center's web site or call its toll-free hotline
at 1-877-97NTJRC (1-877-976-8572).
The application should include a request for funding within the
following guidelines. BJA will determine the number of awards under
each category, based on available resources, the number of submissions
received, criteria set forth in this solicitation, and other considerations.
- Category I—Planning and Implementing an Intertribal
Court System for Smaller Service Populations. These
grants are for consortia of tribal governments (at least two
per consortium), each of which serves a population of less
than 1,000 persons. Grants shall not exceed $100,000. The minimum
project period for these awards is 15 months.
- Category II—Planning and Implementing a Single-Tribe
Court System. These grants are for tribes serving
populations equal to or greater than 1,000 persons. Grants
shall not exceed $100,000. The minimum project period for these
awards is 15 months.
- Category III—Enhancing or Continuing the Operation
of Tribal Courts. These grants, described below,
vary according to the size of the Indian resident/service populations.
The minimum project period for these awards is 15 months.
- Tier I. Designated for tribes and tribal
consortia that want to enhance or continue the operation of existing
tribal courts serving populations of up to 1,000 persons. Awards
may not exceed $100,000.
- Tier II. Designated for tribes that want
to enhance or continue the operation of existing tribal courts
serving populations of more than 1,000 and not more than 5,000
persons. Awards may not exceed $150,000.
- Tier III. Designated for tribes that
want to enhance or continue the operation of existing tribal
courts
serving populations of more than 5,000 and not more than 10,000
persons. Awards may not exceed $220,000.
- Tier IV. Designated for tribes that want
to enhance or continue the operation of existing tribal courts
serving populations of more than 10,000 and not more than 20,000
persons. Awards may not exceed $300,000.
- Tier V. Designated for tribes that wish
to enhance or continue the operation of existing tribal courts
serving
populations of more than 20,000 persons. Awards may not exceed
$400,000.
Note: Applicants under all tiers of category
III must include information about their current operating budget
in their submissions. If the applicant's historic caseload does
not support the designated award amount, the applicant
should apply only for an amount that is both appropriate and applicable
for its tribal court. If the applicant fails to provide an accurate
account of its docket, its application may be considered for a
lower level of funding that is consistent with its historic caseload,
or it may be deemed ineligible for an award. An application will
be deemed ineligible if information provided to BJA indicates that
funding consistent with the tribe's historic caseload would require
significant programmatic and/or budgetary adjustments to the tribe's
application and therefore prevent a fair comparison of the application
with those of other applicants.
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