JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AWARDS OVER $3 MILLION TO THE MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW
INDIANS TO
ENHANCE, SUPPORT TRIBAL JUSTICE AND SAFETY
September 28, 2012
Streamlined Grant Program Offers Financial Assistance with Indian Tribes’ Prevention and Law Enforcement Efforts, Victim Services and Youth Programs
Jackson, Miss – The Justice Department has announced grants totaling $3,123,496.00 to the Mississippi
Band of Choctaw Indians, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
More than 200 grants were awarded to over 110 American Indian and Alaska Native nations. The grants
will provide more than $101 million to enhance law enforcement practices, and sustain crime prevention and
intervention efforts in ten purpose areas including public safety and community policing; justice systems planning;
alcohol and substance abuse; corrections and correctional alternatives; violence against women; elder abuse;
juvenile justice; and tribal youth programs.
“Over the last several years, we’ve consulted with tribes and participated in listening sessions that
provided a clear message of a need for coordination and flexibility to access our grant resources,” said Acting
Associate Attorney General Tony West. “Our outreach and communication with tribal governments have been
critical to our understanding of how to better serve and support our tribal partners. These awards represent our
ongoing commitment to help put an end to the unacceptable and sobering crime rates witnessed in Indian Country.”
The awards are made through the Department’s Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS), a
single application for tribal-specific grant programs. The DOJ developed CTAS through its Office of Community
Oriented Policing, Office of Justice Programs and Office on Violence against Women, and administered the first
round of consolidated grants in September 2010. It awarded 286 grants totaling $245 million in 2011 and 2012.
Information about the consolidated solicitation is available at www.justice.gov/tribal/. A fact sheet on CTAS is
available at www.justice.gov//tribal/ctas2012/ctas-factsheet.pdf.
Next month, the Justice Department will hold its annual consultation on violence against native women on
Oct. 2nd in Tulsa, Okla. In addition, an Interdepartmental Tribal Justice, Safety and Wellness Session will be held in
Tulsa, Okla. on October 3-4, 2012. It will provide a Listening Session on the Tribal Law and Order Act Tribal
Justice Plan Implementation Strategy and include valuable training and technical assistance.
Today’s announcement is part of the Justice Department’s ongoing initiative to increase engagement, coordination and action on public safety in tribal communities.
