Training and Technical Assistance

TTA resources are available to assist tribal communities in planning and implementing comprehensive strategies to reduce and control crime associated with alcohol and other drug abuse; and in developing, implementing, and enhancing American Indian and Alaska Native tribal justice systems. Services include community analysis, strategic planning, workshops, online tools, on-site technical assistance, multi-disciplinary training events, prescription drug monitoring assistance, and methamphetamine prevention opportunities.

TTA resources are available assist tribal communities with proactively addressing the most serious Tribal law enforcement needs. The TTA services in the area of law enforcement are designed to increase the capacity of tribal law enforcement; enhance tribal law enforcement's capacity to prevent, solve and control crime, and engage in anti-methamphetamine activities; assist tribal communities with the implementation or enhancement of community policing strategies. Services include leadership training; anti-gang courses; training to combat methamphetamine production, distribution and use; tribal prescription drug abuse courses; prescription drug monitoring, and drug endangered children assistance.

TTA resources are available to assist tribal communities with the developing, implementing, enhancing, and continuing the operation of tribal judicial systems. The TTA services in the area of tribal courts enables tribal courts to plan, implement, and enhance court services and programs that meet the unique needs of their respective communities. Services focus on topics that include but are not limited to multidisciplinary training and multi-jurisdictional training; problem-solving efforts; information sharing; healing to wellness courts; tribal legal code; judicial officer training; juvenile and family courts; and indigenous justice/peacemaking courts.

TTA resources are available to 1) enhance the operations of tribal justice systems and improve access to those systems, and 2) provide training and technical assistance (TTA) for development and enhancement of tribal justice systems. The TTA services in the area of tribal civil and criminal assistance helps tribal communities with the provision of procedural justice in tribal civil and criminal legal procedures, legal infrastructure enhancements, public education, and TTA for the development and enhancement of tribal justice systems. Services focus on topics that include indigent defense services, civil legal assistance, public defender services, and strategies for implementing the enhanced sentencing authority under the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA).

TTA resources are available to assist tribes with the 1) identification of justice system needs and the planning process for renovating and constructing correctional facilities, multi-purpose justice centers, or correctional alternative facilities, and 2) development, implementation, or enhancement of community-based correctional alternatives to address the incarceration and rehabilitation of juvenile and adult offenders subject to tribal jurisdiction. Additionally, TTA resources are available to assist tribes with offender reentry programming efforts. Services focus on topics that include planning, renovating, and constructing correctional, correctional alternative facilities, halfway houses, and multi-purpose justice centers; enhancing community corrections capacity; implementing alternative to incarceration programs; and evidence-based practices for facilitating the community reintegration for offenders.

TTA resources are available to assist tribal communities with developing and implementing programs that prevent juvenile delinquency, increase accountability for delinquent tribal youth, and strengthen tribal juvenile justice systems. TTA services in the area of juvenile justice are designed to increase American Indian/Alaska Native communities' skills and knowledge about programs and strategies, building tribes' capacity to develop effective and sustainable programs for reducing juvenile crime and increasing youth potential in tribal communities. Services focus on topics that include prevention and treatment, reentry, tribal juvenile detention centers, Alaska Native youth delinquency, tribal courts, and the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA) as it relates to juveniles.

TTA resources are available to assist tribal communities with developing, enhancing, and sustaining a comprehensive victim assistance program that: 1) provides a coordinated collaborative multidisciplinary response to victims of crime, their families and community, and 2) provides trauma-informed, culturally competent holistic services to victims of crime, family, and community. Services focus on topics that include but are not limited to domestic violence, cybercrimes, stalking sexual assault, human trafficking, post-traumatic stress disorder, bullying, cultural responses to tribal victims, gang victimization, child abuse, and court room ethics for victim advocates.

TTA resources are available to increase awareness by tribal, state, and local government officials of the benefits of collaborative problem solving and planning and replicate promising practices for improving public safety in tribal communities through tribal, state, and local collaboration methods. TTA services in the area of tribal, state, and local collaboration are designed to promote collaborative work between tribal and state leaders aimed at enhancing collaboration on law enforcement and other criminal justice issues. Services focus on topics that include collaborative partnerships, understanding and developing mutual aid agreements, protocols for inter-jurisdictional relationships, protocols for conducting community corrections-related activities, full faith, and credit agreements.

TTA resources are available to assist tribal law enforcement and other tribal criminal justice practitioners with implementation and enhancement of justice Information sharing systems. TTA services in the area of information sharing are designed to assist tribes with crime data collection, reporting, and intelligence gathering. Services include crime data collection and reporting video tutorial for as it pertains to UCR or NIBRS, crime data collection and reporting training courses, and the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS).

TTA resources are available to assist tribal jurisdictions with developing systems to substantially implement the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). TTA services in the area of SORNA is available in a variety of formats, including local, regional and national training and conferences; subject-matter technical assistance, meeting facilitation, event planning, and support for strategic planning. Services focus on topics such as sex offender registration and management; community and Council buy-in, community notification and public education; team development and processes; relationship building; coordinating collection and submission to national databases; form development; code development/review; registration process/program; sustaining programs beyond grant funding; navigating resources available; and Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS).

TTA resources are available to assist tribal communities with efforts to reduce violence against women and administer justice for and strengthen services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. TTA services in the area of domestic and sexual violence crimes include training for victim advocates and tribal court judges, legal training on domestic and sexual violence, stalking, abuse of persons with disabilities, and effective responses to and prevention of sexual violence against American Indian/Alaska Native women.

DOJ Training area of focus: Law Enforcement, Community Analysis, Indian Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders, Corrections, Alternatives to Incarceration, and Reentry

About FVTC

Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) is one of the leading national trainers and educators in law enforcement today. Through its criminal justice centers and programs, it has been delivering best-practice training and technical assistance since 1983. To better serve its customers including law enforcement, corrections and courts, FVTC recently reorganized these programs and centers of the college and structured them within the new National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC). The programs implemented through NCJTC encompass federally funded training and technical assistance programs and services, contract and cost recovery training. Each operation within NCJTC specializes in a particular set of issues critical to the criminal justice field. The training and technical assistance programs are dedicated to improving the knowledge, skills, capability, capacity, and leadership potential of our nation's criminal justice professionals and systems.

Services Provided

The cornerstone of NCJTC's philosophy is reliance on community partnerships to develop strategies targeted to meet community challenges and needs. NCJTC conducts trainings that help the criminal justice community analyze needs, identify gaps and assets, and create community-based solutions that ensure ownership, pride, and sustainability.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance funds NCJTC to provide training and technical assistance to tribal communities focused on addressing illicit substance use and related crime and enhancing institutional and community corrections capacity. Additionally, NCJTC is funded to support Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) outreach, training, and coordination efforts. 

NCJTC's earliest projects remain the cornerstone of the Center's work, including development of regional and national multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary law enforcement training, courthouse safety and security, as well as community analysis as a precursor to effective justice system planning strategies. NCJTC takes pride in its close ties to the law enforcement community which enables Center staff to develop, promote, and deliver high-quality training and technical assistance programs that address today's diverse and challenging issues.

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) previously funded NCJTC to deliver Tribal Oriented Policing Strategies: A Community Policing Approach to Reducing Crime in Indian Country training course. This course was designed specifically for the Native American community policing practitioners. The training demonstrates how to strengthen relationships between law enforcement, tribal agencies, and the community to improve quality of life and enhance the community safety, through community policing efforts. This training can be requested through the Collaborative Reform Initiative – Technical Assistance Center. NCJTC is currently working with COPS to develop an updated Public Law 280 online training course as well as a curriculum on tribal cultural awareness training for tribal and non-tribal law enforcement professionals.

NCJTC Helping Communities

Program Support

• Peer-to-peer support (information exchange and mentoring for individuals and groups or with multiple jurisdictions)
• Publication drafting and dissemination
• Workshops and training events (agenda development, speaker identification, and logistical support)
• Curriculum development

Program Development

• Diversion and prevention programs
• Treatment and services for justice-involved individuals and families
• Resource development and grant writing strategies to promote sustainability

Strategic Planning

• Community development and assessment strategies
• Capacity and team building

Specialized Training Topical Areas

• Tribal law enforcement
• Tribal corrections/Tribal Probation and Reentry Academy
• Working with justice-involved juveniles
• Gang awareness/Native youth gangs
• Drug and alcohol identification and recognition
• Restorative justice
• Peacemaking
• Community policing

Additional conference and training opportunities include:

• Community Analysis Process for Planning Strategies (CAPPS)
• Crimes Against Children in Indian Country Conference
• Drugs: Identification, Recognition, and Legal Update Training
• Highly Effective Grant Program Management Training
• Multi-Jurisdictional Law Enforcement Conference
• Native American Law Enforcement Summit (NALES)
• Selling and Sustaining Your Program: Successful Grant Writing
• Tribal Faculty Development

Target Audience/Eligibility

NCJTC offers services to Native American and Alaska Native communities who have Department of Justice (DOJ) and/or CTAS funding. Tribes not receiving these funding may also be eligible for these TTA resources.

Funding Agency(s)

• Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
• Office for Victims of Crimes (OVC)
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

Contact Information:

Justine Souto, Program Specialist (Community Analysis TTA)
P (920) 993-5175 | justine.souto2963@fvtc.edu 

Lynn Chernich, Program Manager (Indian Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder and Law Enforcement TTA)
P (920) 225-5906 | lynn.chernich6443@fvtc.edu

Greg Brown, Program Manager (Corrections, Alternatives to Incarceration, and Reentry TTA)
P (303) 579-7944 | greg.brown3306@fvtc.edu

Web www.fvtc.edu/tribal

DOJ Training Area of Focus: Drug Endangered Children

About National DEC

The mission of the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children (National DEC) is to break the cycle of abuse and neglect by empowering practitioners who work to transform the lives of children and families living in drug environments.  National DEC provides training and technical assistance to state DEC alliances and those in the community, who assist, and care for drug endangered children.

National DEC works to strengthen community capacity by coordinating efforts with state and local alliances and by providing training and technical assistance. The organization also connects resources to practitioners through our Resource Center. Because of support from individuals, corporate partners, foundations, and governmental agencies, National DEC provides program assistance to communities across the nation.

National DEC believes that success begins with identifying children at risk. Recognizing children as victims gives us all an opportunity to provide intervention. By working together and leveraging resources, National DEC can provide drug endangered children opportunities to live in safe and nurturing environments free from abuse and neglect.

Services Provided

NADEC is partnering with Lamar Associates to deliver the National Tribal Core Drug Endangered Children Training Program. This training is designed to coordinate and promote collaborative relationships between tribal jurisdiction stakeholders—including tribal justice systems, child welfare workers, educators, and others—that will focus on appropriate responses for cases involving drug endangered children.  National DEC provides training, technical assistance, an on-line Resource Center, monthly webinars, E-Update Newsletters, Tribal, State & Local DEC Alliance development & support, and convenes an annual national conference.

Target Audience

National DEC's mission of Children + Drugs = Risk applies to the work of all professionals with the opportunity to recognize a drug endangered child and the ability to make a difference in that child's life to break cycles of neglect & abuse.  Tribes do not have to receive CTAS or other DOJ funding to be eligible for these TTA resources.

Contact Information:

Chuck Noerenberg, President
P (612) 860-1599 | cnoerenberg@nationaldec.org

Lori Moriarty, Vice President
P (303) 413-3066 | lmoriarty@nationaldec.org

Susannah Carroll, Director DEC Network Services
P (303) 413-3063 | scarroll@nationaldec.org

Eric Nation, Training & Development Coordinator
P (641) 521-7220 | enation@nationaldec.org

Web: www.nationaldec.org

DOJ training area of focus: Public health, Substance Abuse, and Law Enforcement

About the PDMP TTAC at Brandeis University

Made possible through the partnership of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University (link is external), the PDMP Training and Technical Assistance Center provides support, resources, and information to PDMPs, federal partners, organizations, and other stakeholders to further the efforts of PDMPs in curtailing prescription drug abuse and diversion while ensuring access to controlled medications for patients with legitimate medical need.  Training and technical assistance – tailored to unique program circumstances, and to states that may not yet have active programs – are now available through a single point of contact.

Services Provided

The primary purpose of the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (HRPDMP) is to enhance the capacity of regulatory and law enforcement agencies and public health officials to collect and analyze controlled substance prescription data and other scheduled chemical products through a centralized database administered by an authorized state agency. The program was created by the FY 2002 U.S. Department of Justice Appropriations Act (Public Law 107-77) and has received funding under each subsequent year's Appropriations Act.  The HRPDMP allows for states' discretion as they plan, implement, or enhance a PDMP to accommodate local decision-making based on state laws and preferences, while encouraging the replication of promising practices. In FY 2012, the program expanded to provide funding to federally-recognized Indian tribal governments for the specific purpose of enabling tribal health care providers to provide data to and access data contained within state PDMPs.

The PDMP TTAC provides assistance with:

• Developing policy and information for PDMPs
• Collecting and reporting performance measurements
• Hosting regional and national conferences
• Participating in interstate data sharing
• Planning/implementing new PDMPs

Target Audience
The PDMP TTAC provides TTA resources that are designed for law enforcement agencies and public health officials.  Resources are available to DOJ grantees and non-grantees.

Contact Information:

P 360-556-7152 | assist@pmpalliance.org

Web pdmpassist.org

Lamar Associates, LLC

DOJ Training area of focus: Law Enforcement, Substance Abuse, and Juvenile Justice  

About Lamar Associates

Lamar Associates is a full service solutions provider for investigations, law enforcement, security and emergency preparedness needs. From background checks and due diligence, to risk threat and crisis management, we have access to state-of-the-art technology and a team of elite law enforcement and security experts capable of meeting the most complex challenges in today’s unsettled environment. We offer modular, flexible and scalable solution for any size company or organization to address potentially harmful situations, whether natural, accidental or intentional. With integrated, comprehensive planning and implementation geared toward your specific needs, Lamar Associated will help you prepare for tomorrow while protecting today.

Services Provided

The company currently provides training and technical assistance services to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in the area of juvenile related topics such as the Tribal Law and Order Act and it’s relation to juvenile detention issues.

Lamar Associates also provides services to the Office of Community Oriented Public Service (COPS) by providing twenty-two training opportunities to participate in the Tribal Prescription Drug Abuse and Drug Endangered Children Program with regional, webinar, and web-based online courses in the topics of Drug Endangered Children; Prescription Drug Abuse; Community Policing Concepts; and Problem Solving Strategies.   Pharmaceutical drug abuse in Indian Country has grown to become a significant public safety issue that has contributed to the increase in violent crime rates in Indian Country, devastated Native American families, endangered children, and created a strain on the limited resources available to tribal law enforcement and service programs. In order to address this serious public safety concern, Lamar Associates, LLC (Lamar), and its project partners, the National Indian Child Welfare Association and the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators have been funded to develop the “Tribal Prescription Drug Endangered Children Training and Technical Assistance Program”. Lamar and its partners will develop a training curricula and provide technical assistance that will: 1) increase the capacity of law enforcement agencies to serve the needs of drug endangered children and 2) increase the capacity of law enforcement agencies to build partnerships with public health, prevention, and treatment providers that will lead to coordinated community responses to prevent prescription drug diversion and abuse. The training curriculum will be designed to acquaint the participants with: The Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. 1901); civil and criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country; roles and responsibilities of service groups; types of reporting, cross-reporting, and information sharing; safety procedures for children, families, and responding personnel; accepted drug endangered children protocols; the national pharmaceutical drug assessments; the pharmaceutical impact in Indian Country including trends, signs of exposure in children, identification of drug user behavior and paraphernalia; identification drug contaminated environments; child risk assessment methodologies; community policing principles, problem-solving techniques, and strategic planning and collaboration with federal, state, private and tribal organizations. For additional information about the trainings and technical assistance that Lamar Associated provide, visit http://lamarassociates.net/indian-country-training.

Program Support

• Workshops and training events (agenda development, speaker identification, and logistical support)
• Information exchange and mentoring for individuals and groups or with multiple jurisdictions)
• Curriculum development
• Online distance learning, webinars, etc.

Strategic Planning

• Community development and assessment strategies
• Capacity and team building

Specialized Training Topical Areas

• Tribal law enforcement officer training
• Emergency Preparedness
• School Physical Security
• Tribal Correctional Administrators training
• Native Youth Gangs and Teen Sub-Culture Groups
• Prescription Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug identification and prevention strategies
• Community Policing

Target Audience/Eligibility

Lamar Associate’s primary target audience is federally recognized Native American and Alaskan Native tribes (“Tribes”) that have received grant funding through CTAS. Lamar Associates may also provide services to non-CTAS grant recipients if funding permits.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Contact Information:

P 202-543-8181 | info@lamarassociates.net

Web www.lamarassociates.net

Altarum Inc.

Peer Recovery Support TTA provider

Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program

Description

For more than 20 years, Altarum has worked with communities across the country to build integrated recovery support services to help those facing addiction get the care they need. The key to a successful program—one that leads people into lasting recovery—is ensuring it is fully integrated, connected and coordinated within the community.

Altarum works with Federal, State, and local governments, as well as national and community-based organizations, to help build a system of care that focuses on recovery, active involvement of consumers and their families, and multiple services to best meet individual needs. We believe that peer-based services are important to the continuum of care for substance use disorders and thrive to assist in implementing these peer services to strengthen and improve the health of communities across the country.

Altarum’s Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) National TTA Center for Peer Recovery Support Partnerships supports grantees as they implement best practices and promising approaches related to peer recovery support services (PRSS). 

Services Provided and Training Area of Focus

Services

The Center provides in-person and virtual training and technical assistance (TTA) to agencies interested in incorporating peer recovery supports into their projects. Specific services include consultation; facilitation; and knowledge, skills, and capacity building on topics related to PRSS including:

• Understanding Recovery Support, PRSS, and Recovery-oriented Systems of Care: Best practices in peer support; peer leader and peer workforce development; supporting many pathways to recovery; recovery housing; recovery community re-entry centers.
• Designing and Implementing Peer Support Projects: Startup tasks; addressing challenges of intermediate-stage projects; breadth, depth, and scope of PRSS.
• Peer Recovery Coaching in Criminal Justice and Child Welfare Settings: Principles of recovery coaching and core competencies; role and responsibilities of the recovery coach; ethical behavior and decision-making; motivational interviewing/engagement; relapse intervention/prevention.
• Supervision of Peer Supports: Peer supervision protocols; supervising peers in justice and community-based settings; preparing the organization to integrate peer support; recruiting and hiring peer staff; establishing supervisory structures.
• Facilitating Partnerships with Relevant Stakeholders: Cultivating effective partnerships with secular grassroots communities and faith-based community providers; principles of effective partnerships; cultivating and maintaining strategic partnerships; partnership assessment.
• Establishing Data-Collection Processes: Use of information management systems to collect recovery-based outcome data and use of data to improve practices; transforming data into knowledge for action.

Areas of Focus

TTA for Overdose Outreach Project grantees focuses on integrating peer recovery coaches and other peer support into outreach projects and on forging strategic partnerships with emergency departments, community health clinics, and other community-based organizations ­­to effectively intervene with overdose survivors.

Diversion and Alternatives to Incarceration Project grantees focuses on support in implementing or expanding the use of peer support at each intercept point in the Sequential Intercept Model.

TTA for Technology-Assisted Treatment and Recovery Project grantees supports their implementation of technology-assisted peer support.

TTA will focus strategically and systematically on developing the capacity of State and Tribal partners to create and support cross-system and cross-field work. Tasks will support progress, address gaps and barriers, and broaden system impact.

Regardless of grantee category, Altarum tailors TTA to the unique operating environments of each grantee with an understanding of the communities and people it serves. To ensure effective TTA, our responses are asset-based, building on recipients’ strengths; relevant to and reflective of the grantee’s organizational culture and context; designed and delivered collaboratively; delivered by providers who have relevant knowledge and experience; and include appropriate follow-up as capacity building continues. 

Target Audience/Eligibility

Altarum offers TTA services to Native American and Alaska Native communities that are COAP grantees.

Funding Agency(s)

Altarum’s TTA services are funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Contact Information:

Email:  Diana.Williams@Altarum.org   

Web:  www.Altarum.org

Phone:  301.692.1876

About the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) Site-based Program Category B TTA Provision, Advocates for Human Potential

The COAP Category B TTA provider represents a partnership, made up of Advocates for Human Potential, TASC of Illinois, the Community Resources for Justice, and an array of expert consultants. Together, these agencies and individuals include expert practitioners and researchers in both the criminal justice and public health response to the opioid epidemic faced by this country.  We will offer four categories of Justice Department COAP grantees a wide array of training and technical assistance. The categories include:  1) Overdose Outreach Projects; 2) Technology-assisted Treatment Projects, especially in rural areas; 3) System-level Diversion and Alternatives to Incarceration Projects; and 4) Statewide Planning, Coordination, and Implementation Projects.

The focus of the TTA is to assist grantees implement projects, incorporating evidence-based practices to best achieve maximum results in responding to the present opioid epidemic faced by the nation in terms of prevention and treatment for justice-involved populations.  Collaboration between treatment and criminal justice agencies will be emphasized to promote cross-system planning for more effective programming, whether that be a state, a region, or a tribal nation.

Technical Assistance and Training Provided

In addition to onsite and distance training and technical assistance upon request, the COAP Category B TTA will provide a series of webinars and podcasts on pre-arrest and law enforcement diversion, state efforts to address opioid addiction, telehealth and the criminal justice system and related topics. These webinars will be accompanied by written materials providing additional related information and resources.  We will provide a series of articles on successful programs and practices related to the projects for replication elsewhere.  In addition, we will assemble additional resources of use for COAP funded projects and those addressing these challenges in concert with all of the Justice Department COAP TTA providers. We will assist in curriculum development and identification of speakers for national workshops for grantees and non-grantees sponsored by the Justice Department.  Finally, we will develop Principles of Effective Law Enforcement Diversion and Deflection Partnerships that will off basic guidelines for effective programming in this area.

Target Audience

Our services are available to COAP Category 1-4 grantees and other criminal justice, treatment providers, or government agencies and tribes seeking to implement similar projects who request assistance as resources permit.

Funding Agency:

The COAP Category B TTA Provider is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

Contact Information:

Email: Aklein@ahpnet.com

Phone: 978-261-1435

DOJ Training area of focus: Law Enforcement and Intergovernmental Collaboration

About WCPI

Western Community Policing Institute (WCPI) was established in 1996 as one of the national networks of Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPI). Located on the campus of Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR, WCPI maintains the highest standards of training development by delivering national training courses that adhere to the adult learning principles, including problem-based learning, effectiveness of law enforcement agencies, and the communities they serve.

Services Provided 

WCPI provides national training and technical support on issues vital to community safety.

Existing training topics include:

• Homeland Security
• Community Policing
• Ethics
• Crime Prevention
• Weed and Seed
• Tribal Youth Leadership
• Tribal Policing
• Developing Teams
• Domestic Violence

WCPI receives funding from the Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS) to provide tribal-specific training, including developing memoranda of understanding (MOU) and memoranda of agreement (MOA) to addressing Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP). Other topics that may be available include youth, executive leadership, and regional collaboration (Tribal Youth Leadership, Tribal Inspired Leadership Training, and Regional Collaboration and Tribal Partnerships).

Tribal Inspired Leadership Training (TILT): This course is designed to increase Tribal Leaders’ capacity to leverage community policing in responding to the effects of local economic distress on public safety, and increase their capacity to address unique issues in a culturally sensitive and comprehensive community policing approach.

Tribal Youth Leadership (TYL): This training is devised to advance the practice of community policing as an effective strategy in a communities’ efforts to improve public safety. TYL is designed to train and equip American Indian youth (middle and high school level) with the leadership skills necessary to address the public safety problems that plague tribal communities.

Regional Collaboration to Embrace, Engage, and Sustain Tribal Community Policing Partnerships: This course is designed to provide technical assistance and regional training that focuses on building effective and efficient collaborative partnerships throughout Indian Country to address the unique public safety threats to tribal communities and their neighboring jurisdictions.

Tribal Community Police/Teams: This training is designed to bring together Tribal Government, community members, and law enforcement in order to learn techniques on how to empower their communities to ethically identify and solve community problems through the use of community policing concepts, advocacy, and problem solving

Also, WCPI receives from BJA to provide a proactive, comprehensive, and user-friendly BJA tribal training and technical assistance program that fosters collaboration among tribal, state, federal, and local governments.  TTA will focus on assisting tribes and or state, federal, and local governments in building collaborative partnerships, understanding and developing mutual aid agreements, protocols for inter-jurisdictional relationships, protocols for conducting community corrections-related activities, full faith, credit agreements, and any other associated activities.  TTA will also include core strategies or themes for developing collaborative tribal partnerships, team building, increasing coordination and communication among federal, state, tribal and local governmental agencies, and how to integrate and respect rich community values of tribal cultures.

Target Audience/Eligibility

WCPI’s primary target audience is federally recognized Native American and Alaskan Native tribes (“Tribes”) that have received grant funding through CTAS.  The target audience may include:

• Public safety personnel
• Governmental and non-governmental organizations
• School and postsecondary education officials
• Medical professionals
• Tribal leaders
• Community members

Training and Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Contact Information:

Brian Kaufman, Executive Director
P (503) 751-4008 | kauffmab@wou.edu

Ashley Jackson, Administrative Assistant
P (503) 751-4011 | jacksona@wou.edu

Web www.westernrcpi.com

Web www.tribaltraining.com

DOJ Training area of focus: Gangs

About the National Gang Center
The National Gang Center Web site features the latest research about gangs; descriptions of evidence-based, anti-gang programs; and links to tools, databases, and other resources to assist in developing and implementing effective community-based gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies. Visitors can read and download publications related to street gangs. An online form allows communities to request training and technical assistance as they plan and implement anti-gang strategies. Users can register for a variety of anti-gang training courses. The Web site also hosts a database of gang-related state legislation and municipal codes; a list of newspaper articles on nationwide gang activity, updated daily; and GANGINFO, an electronic mailing list for professionals working with gangs. For a list of all resources on this Web site, see Index to Site Content.

Services Provided
The National Gang Center offers four classes for law enforcement—Gangs in Indian Country, Basic Training for Street Gang Investigators, Gang Unit Supervision, and an Anti-Gang Seminar for Law
Enforcement Chief Executives. These classes are provided on a regional basis to include participants from all law enforcement agencies (police and sheriff) within a geographical region.

Gangs in Indian Country: In this three-day class, participants are provided with basic information about various gangs throughout the United States and receive specific, in-depth information about national and regional Native American gangs. Training topics include gang intelligence collection, investigative techniques, interviewing techniques, suppression strategies, and legal considerations in prosecuting gang crimes. For more information visit: http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Training-and-Technical-Assistance/Gangs-in-Indian-Country

Basic Training for Street Gang Investigators: In this 3½-day class, participants are provided with basic information about the different types of gangs throughout the United States and receive specific, in-depth information about gangs in their region. They will learn about collecting gang intelligence, interviewing techniques, investigative techniques, suppression strategies, case-building strategies, and legal considerations in prosecuting gang crimes. http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Training-and-Technical-Assistance/Street-Gang-Investigators

Gang Unit Supervision: This two-day class will enable participants to discuss and apply fundamental principles of effective gang unit supervision. Through the review and evaluation of best practice strategies, participants will be better prepared to develop the most appropriate organizational and management strategies for their department's gang unit. The information presented is applicable to participants who are forming new gang units as well as those operating existing gang units and multijurisdictional partnerships. For more information visit: http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Training-and-Technical-Assistance/Gang-Unit-Supervision

Anti-Gang Seminar for Law Enforcement Chief Executives: This one-day seminar will allow police chiefs, sheriffs, and other law enforcement chief executives to discuss a variety of gang-related topics relevant to law enforcement executives. It is designed to be a collegial, facilitated event in which the participants' experiences are shared and constitute the educational value. Through discussions, brief scenario-based exercises, and shared resources, participants will learn from their peers while sharing their own experiences. For more information visit: http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Training-and-Technical-Assistance/Chief-Executives

Additionally, the National Gang Center receives funding from the Office of Juvenile Delinquency Prevention to offer training and training in regard to the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model.  Visitors to the website will find an online overview that provides a 23-minute overview of the Model for individuals exploring strategies to assess and address their communities' gang problems. Key concepts covered include a brief overview of the nation's gang problem, a discussion of theory behind the Model and its five core strategies, a discussion on assessing the gang problem, and tools to assist community leaders in implementing the Model in their communities

Target Audience/Eligibility
The National Gang Center Offers training courses and resources that are designed for law enforcement officials such as police, sheriffs, and prosecutors.  Resources are available to DOJ grantees and non-grantees.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Juvenile Delinquency and Prevention

Contact Information:

P (850) 385-0600| information@nationalgangcenter.gov

Web www.nationalgangcenter.gov

DOJ Training area of focus: Law Enforcement

About The International Association of Chiefs of Police
Founded in 1893, the association's goals are to advance the science and art of police services; to develop and disseminate improved administrative, technical and operational practices and promote their use in police work; to foster police cooperation and the exchange of information and experience among police administrators throughout the world; to bring about recruitment and training in the police profession of qualified persons; and to encourage adherence of all police officers to high professional standards of performance and conduct.

Services Provided
The COPS Office Collaborative Reform Initiative for Technical Assistance (CRI-TA) provides critical and tailored technical assistance resources to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies on a variety of topics. It features a “by the field, for the field” approach while delivering individualized technical assistance using leading experts in a range of public safety, crime reduction, and community policing topics. The goal of CRI-TA is to provide technical assistance to state, local, territorial, and tribal law enforcement agencies that will enhance their organizational, public safety, crime reduction, and community policing effectiveness while maintaining local control and accountability for effective policing in their communities. Technical assistance encompasses a host of methods, including training, peer-to-peer consultation, analysis, coaching, and strategic planning. See Tribal Law Enforcement Technical Assistance brochure for more details.

Specialized Training Topical Areas

• Cross-Deputization and Regional Partnerships (including Public Law 280 considerations)
• Hiring and Recruitment of Native American Officers
• Community Policing and Problem Solving in a Tribal Setting
• Drug Identification and Response
• School/Campus Safety in Tribal Communities
• Tribal Law Enforcement Leadership
• CPTED in a Tribal Setting
  • Drug Endangered Children in a Tribal Setting
  • Human Trafficking in Indian Country
  • Security and Law Enforcement Partnerships
  • Tribal Youth Partnerships
  • Sexual Assault in Tribal Communities
  • Domestic Violence in Tribal Communities
  • And more

Target Audience/Eligibility
The IACP offers CRI-TAC services to tribal law enforcement agencies. Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Contact Information:

P 1.800.THE IACP | CRITAC@theiacp.org

Web www.CollaborativeReform.org

About Harold Rogers PDMP Training and Technical Assistances Center, Brandeis University

The Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training (PDMP) and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC) at Brandeis University provides a comprehensive array of services, support, resources, and strategies to PDMPs, federal partners and other stakeholders to further the efforts and effectiveness of PDMPs in combating the misuse, abuse and diversion of prescription drugs.

Our focus is to improve consistency and alignment among PDMP’s, facilitate coordination between PDMPs and state and national stakeholders, increase PDMP efficiencies, measure performance and effectiveness, and promote best practices.

Services Provided and Training Area of Focus

TTAC provides expert, reliable training and technical assistance services to state PDMPS and other stakeholders, while building and maintaining collaborations with federal, national, and state organizations tasked with addressing issues surrounding PDMPs, prescription drug abuse and diversion. To facilitate communication among these groups, TTAC maintains a comprehensive database of PDMP contact information; an online newsroom with the latest news articles, publications and studies; a calendar of upcoming events; and state profiles with links to each state’s laws and regulations. TTAC also serves as the convener of annual national, regional and topical PDMP meetings, hosts a monthly webinar series, and publishes a bi-monthly newsletter. It provides quick and expert response to TTA requests via emails, website, listserv, phone, teleconferencing, and webinars. Additionally, TTAC provides it expertise, assistance and support in the development and implementation of an interstate PDMP data sharing solution.

Target Audience/Eligibility

TTAC’s services are provided for PDMP Administrators, states and local communities, Native American and Alaska Native communities, federal agencies (CDC, SAMHSA, DEA, etc.), BJA grantees, and the general public.

Funding Agency(s)

TTAC is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs .

Contact Information:

Email: info@pdmpassist.org

Web: pdmpassist.org

Phone: 781-609-7741

DOJ Training area of focus: Law Enforcement, Community Analysis, Indian Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders, Corrections, Alternatives to Incarceration, and Reentry

About FVTC

Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) is one of the leading national trainers and educators in law enforcement today. Through its criminal justice centers and programs, it has been delivering best-practice training and technical assistance since 1983. To better serve its customers including law enforcement, corrections and courts, FVTC recently reorganized these programs and centers of the college and structured them within the new National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC). The programs implemented through NCJTC encompass federally funded training and technical assistance programs and services, contract and cost recovery training. Each operation within NCJTC specializes in a particular set of issues critical to the criminal justice field. The training and technical assistance programs are dedicated to improving the knowledge, skills, capability, capacity, and leadership potential of our nation's criminal justice professionals and systems.

Services Provided

The cornerstone of NCJTC's philosophy is reliance on community partnerships to develop strategies targeted to meet community challenges and needs. NCJTC conducts trainings that help the criminal justice community analyze needs, identify gaps and assets, and create community-based solutions that ensure ownership, pride, and sustainability.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance funds NCJTC to provide training and technical assistance to tribal communities focused on addressing illicit substance use and related crime and enhancing institutional and community corrections capacity. Additionally, NCJTC is funded to support Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) outreach, training, and coordination efforts. 

NCJTC's earliest projects remain the cornerstone of the Center's work, including development of regional and national multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary law enforcement training, courthouse safety and security, as well as community analysis as a precursor to effective justice system planning strategies. NCJTC takes pride in its close ties to the law enforcement community which enables Center staff to develop, promote, and deliver high-quality training and technical assistance programs that address today's diverse and challenging issues.

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) previously funded NCJTC to deliver Tribal Oriented Policing Strategies: A Community Policing Approach to Reducing Crime in Indian Country training course. This course was designed specifically for the Native American community policing practitioners. The training demonstrates how to strengthen relationships between law enforcement, tribal agencies, and the community to improve quality of life and enhance the community safety, through community policing efforts. This training can be requested through the Collaborative Reform Initiative – Technical Assistance Center. NCJTC is currently working with COPS to develop an updated Public Law 280 online training course, a curriculum on tribal cultural awareness training for tribal and non-tribal law enforcement professionals, and a technical assistance project on assisting tribes with developing Tribal Community Response Plans (TCRPs).

NCJTC Helping Communities

Program Support

• Peer-to-peer support (information exchange and mentoring for individuals and groups or with multiple jurisdictions)
• Publication drafting and dissemination
• Workshops and training events (agenda development, speaker identification, and logistical support)
• Curriculum development

Program Development

• Diversion and prevention programs
• Treatment and services for justice-involved individuals and families
• Resource development and grant writing strategies to promote sustainability

Strategic Planning

• Community development and assessment strategies
• Capacity and team building

Specialized Training Topical Areas

• Tribal law enforcement
• Tribal corrections/Tribal Probation and Reentry Academy
• Working with justice-involved juveniles
• Gang awareness/Native youth gangs
• Drug and alcohol identification and recognition
• Restorative justice
• Peacemaking
• Community policing

Additional conference and training opportunities include:

• Community Analysis Process for Planning Strategies (CAPPS)
• Crimes Against Children in Indian Country Conference
• Drugs: Identification, Recognition, and Legal Update Training
• Highly Effective Grant Program Management Training
• Multi-Jurisdictional Law Enforcement Conference
• Native American Law Enforcement Summit (NALES)
• Selling and Sustaining Your Program: Successful Grant Writing
• Tribal Faculty Development

Target Audience/Eligibility
NCJTC offers services to Native American and Alaska Native communities who have Department of Justice (DOJ) and/or CTAS funding. Tribes not receiving these funding may also be eligible for these TTA resources.

Funding Agency(s)

• Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
• Office for Victims of Crimes (OVC)
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

Contact Information:

Justine Souto, Program Specialist (Community Analysis TTA)
P (920) 993-5175 | justine.souto2963@fvtc.edu 

Lynn Chernich, Program Manager (Indian Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder and Law Enforcement TTA)
P (920) 225-5906 | lynn.chernich6443@fvtc.edu

Greg Brown, Program Manager (Corrections, Alternatives to Incarceration, and Reentry TTA)
P (303) 579-7944 | greg.brown3306@fvtc.edu

Web www.fvtc.edu/tribal

DOJ Training area of focus: Courts and Tribal Law

About UND
The University of North Dakota (UND) School of Law established the Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI) in 1993 with an award from a private foundation, to provide training and technical assistance to twenty tribal courts in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. The University of North Dakota School of Law is a leader amidst law schools in the advancement of tribal legal studies through established curricula and through the implementation of an Indian Law Certificate Program that is offered to J.D. candidates. Since its inception and with the support of the School of Law, the Institute has expanded to become a national institute and has conducted over 500 local, regional and national training sessions. In 1998, the Institute became one of the initial grantees of the Bureau of Justice Assistance under BJA's Tribal Court Assistance Program (TCAP).

Services Provided
The Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI) provides a wide variety of services as a training and technical assistance provider. The Institute plans and delivers conferences and trainings to national, regional and local audiences. In the more than 20 years that the Institute has been involved with tribal justice system development and education, efforts have focused upon both multidisciplinary training and multi-jurisdictional training on such topics as:

• tribal court planning and implementation
• specialty court planning and implementation
• diversionary court planning and implementation
• tribal constitution, code, and ordinance development
• trial skills for tribal prosecutors and lay advocates
• judicial development and enhancement
• juvenile justice
• indigenous justice/peacemaking
• violence against native women and children
• juvenile offenders
• child protection and ICWA
• elder abuse
• criminal offenders and criminal justice systems including sentencing alternatives, diversionary courts and multidisciplinary approaches
• sex offender registration and notification
• court clerk and court administrator certification training
• grant administration
• child support enforcement programs
• tribal drug courts
• Tribal Law and Order Act compliance training

The Institute also provides on-site services as well as distance-based technical assistance services to support tribes. Examples of such services include but are not limited to:

• court/justice system assessments
• legal research for court personnel and justice system planners
• individualized training to support tribal justice system planning, implementation or enhancement
• code and policy drafting

Target Audience/Eligibility
Existing project funding enables the Tribal Judicial Institute to provide training, technical or education services to federally recognized tribes, individuals employed by federally recognized tribes, and officials working across jurisdictional boundaries including but not limited to:

• Tribal leaders and elected officials
• Tribal judges and peacekeepers
• Tribal prosecutors
• Tribal Attorneys
• Tribal Probation and Parole
• Court Advocates
• Victim Advocates
• State/Federal justice system officials

Contact Information:

BJ Jones, Director
P (701) 777-6176 | b.jones@und.edu

Michelle Rivard Parks, Assistant Director
P (701) 777-6192 | michelle.rivard@und.edu

Web law.und.edu/TJI

DOJ Training area of focus: Tribal Courts and Interagency Collaboration
About CCI
The Center for Court Innovation is a non-profit think tank dedicated to justice system reform. Since 1993, the Center has helped design and implement strategies for improving the performance of justice systems nationally and internationally. The Center currently operates more than a dozen demonstration projects, each of which is experimenting with new solutions to difficult problems like addiction, mental illness, delinquency, domestic violence, and community disorder. What unites all of these projects is an underlying philosophy known as problem-solving justice. This is the idea that the justice system should do more than simply process cases, it should actively seek to address the problems that bring people to court. The Center's Tribal Justice Exchange provides technical assistance to tribal communities seeking to develop or enhance their tribal court systems. Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Tribal Courts Assistance Program, the Tribal Justice Exchange has three major goals:

• Ensuring that tribal communities have access to training and ongoing technical assistance about problem-solving community-based practices.
• Encouraging formal collaborations between traditional tribal justice systems and state and local court systems.
• Identifying and disseminating best practices developed in Indian Country that could help strengthen public safety initiatives elsewhere in the United States.
• The Tribal Justice Exchange offers a range of services designed to meet these goals.

Services Provided

Technical Assistance Site Visits
The Tribal Justice Exchange provides onsite needs assessments to assist tribal communities in developing community-based problem solving strategies to meet local needs. Program staff work directly with tribal representatives to help identify the tribe's concerns and assist in the creation of a plan for addressing those concerns in a way that builds upon local resources, strengths, and traditions.

Demonstration Projects
Through the Tribal Justice Exchange, tribes are able to visit the Center's demonstration projects in the New York City area, including the award-winning Red Hook Community Justice Center and the Midtown Community Court. Each of the Center's demonstration projects is a real world experiment that offers visitors the opportunity to see problem-solving justice in action. For more information about the Center's demonstration projects, visit the Center's website, www.courtinnovation.org/tribal.

Information Sharing
The Tribal Justice Exchange is committed to promoting communication and information sharing among tribal and non-tribal justice systems. Program staff will work with tribal justice experts from across the country to produce a series of briefing papers addressing timely issues in tribal justice, including strategies for incorporating traditional tribal justice practices into state justice systems. These papers will be available free of charge on the Center for Court Innovation website.

Tribal Access to Justice Innovation Project (TAJI)
In FY 2012, CCI received funding to launch the Tribal Access to Justice Innovation Project (TAJI).  TAJI will enhance the ability of tribal justice practitioners to access information about innovative, culturally informed tribal court practices that are being used by other tribes across the country by launching a new initiative.  One of the main goals of this project is to disseminate practical, practitioner-friendly information about promising practices in tribal justice systems. 

Target Audience
The Tribal Justice Exchange is available to provide individualized technical assistance to tribal communities throughout the United States. Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants. The Tribal Justice Exchange works with justice system professionals and those whose work intersects with the justice system. This includes judges, court staff, prosecutors, defense attorneys, court advocates, law enforcement, probation, parole, and pretrial services, as well as substance abuse treatment providers, victim services, job training programs, education institutions, and more.

Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact Information:

Aaron Arnold, Director
Tribal Justice Exchange
P (315) 671-2094 | arnolda@courtinnovation.org

Brett Taylor, Deputy Director
National Technical Assistance
P (646) 386-4463 | taylorb@courtinnovation.org

Web courtinnovation.org/tribal/

DOJ Training area of focus: Healing to Wellness Courts

About TLPI
The Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI) is a 100% Native American owned and operated corporation which was established in 1996 to design and deliver education, research, training, and technical assistance programs which promote the improvement of justice in Indian Country and the health, well-being and culture of Native peoples. TLPI’s vision is to empower Native communities to create and control their own institutions for the benefit/welfare of all community members now and for future generations. TLPI’s mission is to enhance and strengthen tribal sovereignty and justice while honoring community values, protecting rights, and promoting well-being. For more information on TLPI’s approach and philosophy, visit www.tribal-institute.org/. TLPI has established a comprehensive website (“Tribal Court Clearinghouse”) in the 1990s which serves as a resource for American Indian and Alaska Native Nations, tribal justice systems, tribal law enforcement, and others involved in the improvement of justice in Indian Country (www.tlpi.org). TLPI also maintains a series of other web-based publications and resources. For access to TLPI’s online resource publication library, visit www.tribal-institute.org/lists/pubs.htm.

Services Provided
LPI provides training and technical assistance services under two BJA grant programs. TLPI’s Tribal Healing to Wellness Court program includes Tribal Healing to Wellness Court on-site technical assistance, enhancement training, and publications. TLPI’s Tribal Court Collaboration Program includes expanded Walking on Common Ground website, Promising Practices resources, Tribal Legal Studies textbooks, and Tribal Legal Code resources.

Tribal Wellness Courts Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Services
TLPI provides Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) services for Tribal Healing to Wellness (Drug) Courts including:

• On-Site Technical Assistance for Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts
• Tribal Healing to Wellness Court Enhancement Training
• Tribal Healing to Wellness Court, and publications including
• Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: Needs Assessment Report (2010)
• Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: Overview of Tribal Drug Courts (revised and updated version available Fall 2011)
• Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: The Key Components (revised and updated version available Fall 2011)
• Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: Program Policies, Procedures, and Code Provisions (available Fall 2011)
• Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: Treatment Guidelines for Adults and Juveniles (available Spring 2012)
• Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: The Judges Bench Book (available Spring 2012)

Walking on Common Ground
TLPI is currently transforming the WalkingOnCommonGround.org website into an on-going permanent comprehensive resource highlighting tribal state collaboration - especially tribal state court collaborations and forums - and providing resources for those who wish to replicate. The site will be searchable by state (and tribe)
through various methods including an interactive map.

Promising Practices Publications/Resources
TLPI is in the process of developing both hard copy and online promising practices resources concerning (1) Tribal-State Court collaborations; and (2) Public Law 280 collaborations. Tentative publication date for both publications is Fall 2011.

Tribal Legal Studies Textbooks
TLPI has developed a series of Tribal Legal Studies publication/textbook resources including:

• Introduction to Tribal Legal Studies (2nd Edition)
• Tribal Criminal Law and Procedure
• Sharing Our Stories of Survival

Instructor Guides are also being developed for all three publications.

Tribal Legal Code Resources
TLPI has developed a series of Tribal Legal Code resource publications/textbook resources including:

• Tribal Legal Code Resource: Crimes Against Children
• Tribal Legal Code Resource: Civil Child Welfare Laws (available summer 2011)

Target Audience/Eligibility
The target audience is American Indian and Alaska Native nations and others interested in promoting the improvement of justice in Indian Country and the health, well-being and culture of Native peoples. Training and Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

Contact Information:

P (323) 650-5467 | info@tlpi.org

Web www.tlpi.org

DOJ TTA area of focus:  Courts

About NTJC
In 2002, The National Judicial College (NJC) established the National Tribal Judicial Center (NTJC), a division of the College designed to address the special needs of tribal judiciaries and justice systems. NTJC has become an integral part of NJC, a well-respected and nationally acclaimed institution that has been educating judges for 50 years.  In 2010, NTJC became the lead Tribal Courts Assistance Program (TCAP) Technical Assistance Program provider for BJA.  NTJC is privileged to continue to work in partnership with tribal technical assistance partners across the nation, especially the Tribal Judicial Institute at the University of North Dakota and the National Criminal Justice Training Center at Fox Valley Technical College.

Services Provided
NTJC offers national education and training programs specifically designed for tribal judicial officers, court staff, and other justice system personnel. NTJC has modified several courses to address a more holistic approach to teaching tribal justice systems. The goal is to obtain more interagency cooperation at the tribal level for those cases involving families and individuals facing situations of domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse and other problem solving areas. NTJC has a dedicated staff, solely focused on providing innovative, professional and culturally relevant educational experiences for tribal judges and court personnel.  NTJC provides in-person courses, a web-based curricula, office-based technical assistance as well as access to publications and other resources.

Target Audience
The NTJC's target audience continues to be judges, peacemakers and all court related personnel such as court clerks, court administrators, attorneys, lay advocates, probation officers and law enforcement as well as social service providers to tribal communities. Training and Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact information:

Christine Folsom-Smith, Director
P (800) 255-8343 | cfsmith@judges.org

Pat Lenzi, Program Attorney
P (800)255-8343 | plenzi@judges.org

Jennifer Leal, Program Manager
P (800) 255-8343 | jleal@judges.org

Web judges.org/ntjc

DOJ TTA area of focus: Courts

About INJ, AIRC
In 2005, the American Indian Resource Center, Inc. (AIRC) created the Institute for Native Justice (INJ) in response to indicators that rural and tribal communities contend with issues of interpersonal and community violence on a daily basis. INJ offers T/TA services, programs design and capacity building work to become a part of the solution by building and improving the response of Tribal judges, victim advocates, law enforcement, court personnel, and tribal and rural community based services. It is for these reasons that the Institute for Native Justice was created to confront and address the inequities of the justice system towards victims of crime with an emphasis on victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and dating violence.

Services Provided
The Institute for Native Justice is a partner with the BJA T/TA providers, undertaking the Tribal Response and Court Enhancement Strategies (TRACES) project. The project focuses on tribal court systems to develop capacity building, provide on-site training and technical assistance, training opportunities for court personnel, workshops, and collaborative team building.

Target Audience
Service area includes:

• Tribal and Rural Communities
• Tribal Leadership
• Tribal Court Judges
• Tribal Prosecutors
• Tribal Court Personnel
• Tribal Victim Advocates/Victim Witness Coordinators,
• Community-Based Advocates
• Service Providers for Domestic Violence
• Sexual Assault, Stalking and Dating Violence Victims
• Tribal Social and Behavioral Services
• Shelter Staff
• Tribal Law Enforcement
• Faith-Based Service Providers
• Traditional Tribal Healers
• Community-Based Organizations partnering with Tribes (CASA, women's shelters)
• State/Local Task Force Project Directors

Training and Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact information:

Robin Gann, Training Coordinator
P (918) 708-1708 | rgann@aircinj.org

Pam Moore, Director
P (918) 708-1708 | pmoore@aircinj.org

Justice Darrell Dowty, TRACES Project Director
P (918) 931-8455 | dowtyd@sbcglobal.net

John Sawney, Esq., Program Specialist
P (918) 774-5675 | johnsawney@gmail.com

Web www.institutefornativejustice.org

DOJ training area of focus:  Juvenile Justice and Tribal Courts

About NCJFCJ
One of the largest and oldest judicial membership organizations in the nation, the NCJFCJ serves over 30,000 professionals each year  in the juvenile and family justice system including state and tribal court judges, referees, commissioners, court masters and administrators, social and mental health workers, police, and probation officers. The organization's mission is to continuously improve the juvenile and family court system and court practices and to raise awareness of the core issues that touch the lives of our nation's children, youth, families and victims of domestic violence.

Recognizing that tribal courts are unique and parallel systems of justice, NCJFCJ has made a commitment to meaningful and ongoing collaboration with tribes, approaching its work from a place of honor, respect, and mutual learning. The NCJFCJ is engaging tribal courts and judges in cultural humility with an understanding that best practices in tribal courts may be different than state courts and diverse perspectives will serve to strengthen solutions.

Services Provided
NCJFCJ provides the resources, knowledge and training to improve the lives of children, youth, families and victims of domestic violence seeking justice. Resources for tribal courts and related stakeholders (e.g. tribal child welfare) include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Cutting-edge training, through local and national conferences and customized training for your  jurisdiction;
• Wide-ranging technical assistance;
• Research and evaluation services, through NCJFCJ and NCJFCJ's research partner, the National Center on Juvenile Justice and;
• Unique advanced degree programs for judges and other court professionals offered in conjunction with the University of Nevada, Reno and the National Judicial College.

Current major NCJFCJ initiatives and project support partnerships include:

• Child Victims Act Model Courts Project–a network of dependency-focused tribal and state courts that serve as models and mentors to jurisdictions nationwide.
• Juvenile Justice Model Courts Project–a network of state courts that seek to improve practice in delinquency cases through implementation of the Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines.
• Juvenile Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance Project–working in collaboration with Office of Justice Programs to help juvenile drug courts implement or enhance their juvenile drug courts.
• Courts Catalyzing Change Initiative (CCC) - a continuing focus of NCJFCJ's CCC work is in the area of ICWA compliance and ongoing training, TA and research and evaluation on disproportionality and disparities among youth of color in the foster care system.
• National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues–a partnership between NCJFCJ, the American Bar Association and the National Center for State Courts that delivers critical training and technical assistance to jurisdictions around the country, including the foundational judicial leadership curriculum, training evaluation guide and customized training, technical assistance and research and evaluation services for tribal courts and stakeholders.
• National Center for Juvenile Justice–NCJFCJ's research arm, based in Pittsburgh, Pa., is the country's only non-profit research organization dedicated to the juvenile justice system.

Target Audience/Eligibility
NCJFCJ provides TTA resources for tribal court personnel and related stakeholders (e.g. tribal child welfare) as it relates to juvenile justice.   NCJFCJ is able to provide Training and Technical to all federally recognized tribes, not only those tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Contact Information:

Melissa Gueller, Program Director (Child Abuse and Neglect)
P (775) 507-4826 | mgueller@ncjfcj.org

Victoria Sweet, Senior Program Attorney
P (775) 507-4863 | vsweet@ncjfcj.org

Adrea Korthase, Site Manager
P (775) 507-4856 | akorthase@ncjfcj.org

DOJ training area of focus:  Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Program (TCCLA)

About NAICJA
NAICJA is an a national Native § 501(c)(3) organization and national association comprised of tribal justice personnel & others devoted to supporting and strengthening tribal justice systems through education, information sharing, and advocacy.

Services Provided
In FY 2011, BJA funded NAICJA, to serve as a training and technical assistance (TTA) provider to FY 2010 and 2011 TCCLA grantees (civil and criminal), indigent defense services, tribal leaders, and those organizations seeking to provide civil legal assistance or public defender services for tribal communities and Alaska native villages. NAICJA's National Tribal Justice Resource Center  (Resource Center) is its training and technical assistance arm and provides TTA to tribal justice systems through: federally-funded projects, referrals (telephonically and via email), and onsite TTA.

Target Audience
NAICJA and its Resource Center work with modern and traditional tribal justice systems and their staff including tribal judges, court administrators, court clerks, prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers, Guardian Ad Litems and more.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact Information:

Tina M. Farrenkopf, Executive Director
P (303) 449-4112 | tina@naicja.org

Catherine A. Bryan, Associate Director
P (303) 449-4112 | catherine@naicja.org

Web www.naicja.org

DOJ training area of focus:  Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Program (TCCLA)

About APPA
The American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) is an international association composed of members from the United States, Canada and other countries actively involved with probation, parole and community-based corrections, in both adult and juvenile sectors. The association represents a voice for the field of community corrections whose mission is to serve, challenge and empower its members and constituents by educating, communicating and training; advocating and influencing; acting as a resource and conduit for information, ideas and support; developing standards and models; and collaborating with other disciplines. APPA is committed to improving probation and parole practices at all levels by fostering the development of necessary knowledge, skills, resources and legislation for the most effective and realistic probation, parole and community-based correctional programming. APPA develops a variety of resources each year, including publications, bulletins, audio-teleconferences, guidebooks, etc., related to community corrections that are available on its website www.appa-net.org.

Services Provided
In FY 2012, BJA funded the Council of State Governments and the APPA, in partnership with the University of North Dakota Tribal Judicial Institute and the National Tribal Judicial Center at the National Judicial College, to assist in tribal justice systems enhancements. APPA and its partners will develop and disseminate a training needs assessment focusing on three areas:  1) indigent defense, 2)TLOA enhanced sentencing authority  implementation and 3) concurrent criminal jurisdiction implementation; deliver two national/regional trainings addressing the three topics above and comprised of jurisdictional teams (prosecutors, judges, defense and community corrections personnel); provide on-site technical assistance; and provide office-based technical assistance.

Target Audience/Eligibility
Tribal probation officers, tribal court judges, tribal correctional staff, and other tribal court personnel involved in the community supervision of defendants and probationers. Tribes that are DOJ grantees and tribes who have an interest in strengthening their tribal justice systems are eligible for these TTA resources.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact Information:

Nan Benally, Tribal Program Grants Manager
P (859) 244-8056 | nbenally@csg.org

Web www.appa-net.org

DOJ Training area of focus: Reentry

About NRRC
The National Reentry Resource Center provides education, training, and technical assistance to states, tribes, territories, local governments, service providers, non-profit organizations, and corrections institutions working on prisoner reentry. The NRRC's mission is to advance the reentry field through knowledge transfer and dissemination and to promote evidence-based best practices.

Established in 2008 by the Second Chance Act (Public Law 110-199), the NRRC is administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice, and is a project of the Council of State Governments Justice Center, along with key project partners including the Urban Institute, the Association of State Correctional Administrators, and the American Probation and Parole Association.

Services Provided
NRRC provides the following services:

• A one-stop, interactive source of current, evidence-based, and user-friendly reentry information.
• Individualized, targeted technical assistance for Second Chance Act grantees.
• Training, distance learning, and knowledge development to support grantees and advance the reentry field.

Target Audience/Eligibility
NRRC provides Training and Technical Assistance to states, federally recognized Indian tribes, territories, local governments, service providers, nonprofit organizations, and corrections institutions working on prisoner reentry.
DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact Information:

P (877) 332-1719| info@nationalreentryresourcecenter.org

Web www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/

DOJ training area of focus: Juvenile Justice, Community Analysis, Reentry, and Corrections

About EDC
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) is a global nonprofit organization with over 50 years designing, delivering, and evaluating innovative programs to address some of the world's most urgent challenges in education, health, and economic opportunity. EDC's services include research, training, educational materials and strategy, with activities ranging from seed projects to large-scale national and international initiatives.

For the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), EDC's Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center (TYTTAC) and Tribal Juvenile Detention and Reentry Training and Technical Assistance Center (TJDR) provides customized training and technical assistance to more than 120 American Indian and Alaska Native communities across the country.  

Services Provided
EDC's TTA Centers concentrate on needs and resource assessment, strategic planning, implementation, evaluation, and sustainability to decrease delinquency and provide a wider array of culturally specific and tribal best practices intervention and prevention services for the community.

Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center: TYTTAC provides  TTA  to OJJDP Tribal Youth grantees   and TTA is also available all federally recognized tribes to increase AI/AN communities' skills and knowledge about programs and strategies, building tribes' capacity to develop effective and sustainable programs for reducing juvenile crime and increasing youth potential in tribal communities.

Tribal Juvenile Detention and Reentry Training and Technical Assistance Center: TJDR provides TTA to OJJDP TJDR grantees, tribal juvenile detention centers, and to all federally recognized tribes seeking to improve services to tribal youth in detention and reentry or improving their tribal juvenile justice systems. TJDR also provides resources for tribes interested in developing green and sustainable economic projects involving detained or reentering tribal youth.  For more information, please visit www.justice.gov/tribal/tta-edc.html. 

EDC TYTTAC and TJDR TTA Center achieve these goals through the following methods:

One-on-One Assistance - Open to all federally recognized tribes, this type of TA utilizes phone and e-mail consultation tailored to meet each tribe's individual needs through expert guidance, resources, materials, and referrals.

Trainings and Conferences - Our Trainings and Conferences provide opportunities for OJJDP-funded Tribal Grantees to network with other tribes and learn about specific topics of interest, such as strategic planning, implementation, sustainability, and programming.

Webinars and Online Learning- These online learning opportunities bring in professionals from across Indian Country to lend their expertise and provide resources and guidance on topics based on the needs of AI/AN Communities.

Websites and E-Newsletter - Updated daily and sent out weekly, both mediums provide information on tribal research and resources, grant opportunities, conferences, trainings and special events, OJJDP news, and grantee stories.  

Site Visits - On-site technical assistance for all federally-recognized tribes address those specific needs identified by tribes and allow for all important stakeholders to participate in consultant-facilitated, intensive training on various topics from staff capacity building, strategic planning, and coalition building.

Target Audience/Eligibility
EDC's TYTTAC and TJDR are able to provide Training and Technical to all federally recognized tribes, not only those tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.   EDC TYTTAC and TJDR work with various stakeholders within Tribal communities including those in the juvenile justice and tribal court system, mental and behavioral health providers, social services, tribal law enforcement,  tribal leadership, elders and families.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Contact Information:

P (651) 291-2972 | sautumn@edc.org

Web www.tribalyouthprogram.org, www.tribalreentry.org

DOJ Training area of focus: Law Enforcement, Community Analysis, Indian Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders, Corrections, Alternatives to Incarceration, and Reentry

About FVTC

Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) is one of the leading national trainers and educators in law enforcement today. Through its criminal justice centers and programs, it has been delivering best-practice training and technical assistance since 1983. To better serve its customers including law enforcement, corrections and courts, FVTC recently reorganized these programs and centers of the college and structured them within the new National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC). The programs implemented through NCJTC encompass federally funded training and technical assistance programs and services, contract and cost recovery training. Each operation within NCJTC specializes in a particular set of issues critical to the criminal justice field. The training and technical assistance programs are dedicated to improving the knowledge, skills, capability, capacity, and leadership potential of our nation's criminal justice professionals and systems.

Services Provided

The cornerstone of NCJTC's philosophy is reliance on community partnerships to develop strategies targeted to meet community challenges and needs. NCJTC conducts trainings that help the criminal justice community analyze needs, identify gaps and assets, and create community-based solutions that ensure ownership, pride, and sustainability.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance funds NCJTC to provide training and technical assistance to tribal communities focused on addressing illicit substance use and related crime and enhancing institutional and community corrections capacity. Additionally, NCJTC is funded to support Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) outreach, training, and coordination efforts. 

NCJTC's earliest projects remain the cornerstone of the Center's work, including development of regional and national multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary law enforcement training, courthouse safety and security, as well as community analysis as a precursor to effective justice system planning strategies. NCJTC takes pride in its close ties to the law enforcement community which enables Center staff to develop, promote, and deliver high-quality training and technical assistance programs that address today's diverse and challenging issues.

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) previously funded NCJTC to deliver Tribal Oriented Policing Strategies: A Community Policing Approach to Reducing Crime in Indian Country training course. This course was designed specifically for the Native American community policing practitioners. The training demonstrates how to strengthen relationships between law enforcement, tribal agencies, and the community to improve quality of life and enhance the community safety, through community policing efforts. This training can be requested through the Collaborative Reform Initiative – Technical Assistance Center. NCJTC is currently working with COPS to develop an updated Public Law 280 online training course as well as a curriculum on tribal cultural awareness training for tribal and non-tribal law enforcement professionals.

NCJTC Helping Communities

Program Support

• Peer-to-peer support (information exchange and mentoring for individuals and groups or with multiple jurisdictions)
• Publication drafting and dissemination
• Workshops and training events (agenda development, speaker identification, and logistical support)
• Curriculum development

Program Development

• Diversion and prevention programs
• Treatment and services for justice-involved individuals and families
• Resource development and grant writing strategies to promote sustainability

Strategic Planning

• Community development and assessment strategies
• Capacity and team building

Specialized Training Topical Areas

• Tribal law enforcement
• Tribal corrections/Tribal Probation and Reentry Academy
• Working with justice-involved juveniles
• Gang awareness/Native youth gangs
• Drug and alcohol identification and recognition
• Restorative justice
• Peacemaking
• Community policing

Additional conference and training opportunities include:

• Community Analysis Process for Planning Strategies (CAPPS)
• Crimes Against Children in Indian Country Conference
• Drugs: Identification, Recognition, and Legal Update Training
• Highly Effective Grant Program Management Training
• Multi-Jurisdictional Law Enforcement Conference
• Native American Law Enforcement Summit (NALES)
• Selling and Sustaining Your Program: Successful Grant Writing
• Tribal Faculty Development

Target Audience/Eligibility

NCJTC offers services to Native American and Alaska Native communities who have Department of Justice (DOJ) and/or CTAS funding. Tribes not receiving these funding may also be eligible for these TTA resources.

Funding Agency(s)

• Bureau of Justice Assistance
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
• Office for Victims of Crimes (OVC)
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

Contact Information:

Justine Souto, Program Specialist (Community Analysis TTA)
P (920) 993-5175 | justine.souto2963@fvtc.edu 

Lynn Chernich, Program Manager (Indian Alcohol and Substance Use Disorder and Law Enforcement TTA)
P (920) 225-5906 | lynn.chernich6443@fvtc.edu

Greg Brown, Program Manager (Corrections, Alternatives to Incarceration, and Reentry TTA)
P (303) 579-7944 | greg.brown3306@fvtc.edu

Web www.fvtc.edu/tribal

DOJ Training area of focus: Tribal Justice System Infrastructure

About UND
The University of North Dakota (UND) School of Law established the Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI) in 1993 with an award from a private foundation, to provide training and technical assistance to twenty tribal courts in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. The University of North Dakota School of Law is a leader amidst law schools in the advancement of tribal legal studies through established curricula and through the implementation of an Indian Law Certificate Program that is offered to J.D. candidates. Since its inception and with the support of the School of Law, the Institute has expanded to become a national institute and has conducted over 500 local, regional and national training sessions. In 1998, the Institute became one of the initial grantees of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under BJA's Tribal Court Assistance Program (TCAP).

Services Provided
Currently, UND TJI serves as BJA's operational planning TTA provider under the Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program (TJSIP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program.  This program is designed to assist tribes with the 1) identification of justice system needs and the planning process for renovating, expanding, and building correctional facilities, multi-purpose justice centers, courts, police departments, treatment centers, transitional housing, domestic violence shelters/transitional living facilities, or correctional alternative facilities, and 2) development, implementation, or enhancement of community-based correctional alternatives to address the incarceration and rehabilitation of juvenile and adult offenders subject to tribal jurisdiction.

UND TJI provides operational planning TA services for BJA Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program recipients to assist with:  

• Assessing the proposed usage of the planned facility for impacts on the tribal justice system to include reviewing the number of clients/individuals to be served, the staffing requirements, and programming resources required for each individual project. These projects may be correctional facilities, multipurpose justice centers, courts, police departments, transitional housing facilities, treatment centers, alternative to incarceration facilities, and/or domestic violence shelters/programs on tribal lands;
• Developing sustainability plans for the operations and maintenance of programs developed;
• Assessing needs for programming and other space needs within facilities to accommodate the services to be provided within the facility;
• Developing plans for staffing, operations, and management of facilities; and
• Establishing policies, procedures, and data management systems. 

Target Audience/Eligibility
Target audience includes tribal corrections (institutional and community) practitioners, tribal court personnel, tribal treatment providers, tribal leaders, tribal attorneys, and tribal law enforcement officials who are interested in tribal justice infrastructure operational planning efforts.  Training and Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact Information:

BJ Jones, Director
P (701) 777-6176 |  b.jones@und.edu

Lynnette Morin, Program Coordinator
P (701) 777-6306 |  lynnette.morin@und.edu

Web www.law.und.edu/TJI

DOJ training area of focus: Alaska Native Youth Delinquency

About RurAL CAP
Founded in 1965, the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. is a private, statewide, nonprofit organization working in 83 communities across Alaska. Its mission is to empower low-income Alaskans through advocacy, education, affordable housing and direct services that respect our unique values and cultures. RurAL CAP recognizes the unique values and ways of rural Alaskans. It plans its activities with input from and respect for the people it serves. It follows the belief that rural Alaskan communities have the right to maintain their cultural heritage and close relationship to the land while protecting their economic and human potential.

RurAL CAP is OJJDP’s provider for the TTA project, The Resource Basket—Alaska Native Youth Provider Network and Community Connection. The project’s mission is to reduce Alaska Native youth delinquency rates by increasing tribal community and youth-serving organization capacity to nurture positive youth development and support strength-based and data-driven juvenile justice approaches. The Resource Basket TTA Center works to serve rural communities to support healthy, resilient and culturally connected Alaska Native Youth.

Services Provided
The Resource Basket works to support Tribes, Youth Program Staff, volunteers, parents and Juvenile Justice Professionals.  The project provides technical assistance to grantees and rural communities in supporting the development and success of their youth-serving projects.  Training is provided through on-site travel sponsored training and webinars. Technical assistance is provided by phone, email, networking, and referrals. The project works to support diversion initiatives for youth offenders; facilitate peer-to-peer sharing among youth workers; and gather, curate, and promote resources.

Target Audience/Eligibility
This project is specifically designed for Alaska Native tribal community and youth-serving organizations that focus on nurturing positive youth development and support strength-based and data-driven juvenile approaches. 

DOJ Funding Agency(s)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Contact Information:

Tara Stiller, Program Manager
P (907) 865-7361 | tstiller@ruralcap.com

Greg Anelon, Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator
P (907) 865-7399 | ganelon@ruralcap.com

Web www.ruralcap.com

About the OJJDP Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center
The OJJDP Tribal Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center (TY TTA Center) provides comprehensive and culturally appropriate training and technical assistance  to support OJJPD Tribal Grantees. The TY TTA Center staff is composed of an interdisciplinary team of clinicians and legal experts experienced in tribal juvenile justice program development, trauma-informed care, and positive youth development. The TY TTA Center supports Tribal communities as they work to address the limitations of Tribal infrastructure, and the complex challenges associated with policy and law impacting Tribal-State-Federal relations. The TY TTA Center provides TTA based in the values of Indigenous knowledge, and promotes the value of culturally-based/Tribal specific interventions, teachings and practices which support empowered, safe, and health communities.

Services Provided 
The OJJDP TY TTA Center provides trauma-informed and culturally appropriate services to address the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native youth served by OJJDP Tribal Grantees and other Federally Recognized Tribes. The TY TTA Center emphasizes the development and implementation of processes and systems that are trauma-informed with an understanding of the impact of historical trauma. The TY TTA Center provides trauma-informed juvenile justice resource development,   training materials, newsletters, peer-to-peer learning opportunities, webinars, resource/fact sheets,  and virtual simulation training modules. The TY TTA Center utilizes technology to connect with the target audience through virtual meetings, teleconference and may assist through on-site consultation.

Target Audience/Eligibility
This projects primarily focuses services toward OJJDP-funded Tribal grantees and Federally recognized Tribes or youth-serving organizations that focus on nurturing positive youth development and support strength-based and data- driven juvenile approaches. Contact the project for more information.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Contact Information:

Dolores Subia Bigfoot, Ph.D., Director
P (405)-271-8858 | dee-bigfoot@ouhsc.edu

Anna Rangel Clough, JD, Asst Director
P (405)-271-8858 | anna-rangel@ouhsc.edu

Web www.tribalyouthprogram.org

DOJ training area of focus:  Juvenile Justice and Tribal Courts

About NCJFCJ
One of the largest and oldest judicial membership organizations in the nation, the NCJFCJ serves over 30,000 professionals each year  in the juvenile and family justice system including state and tribal court judges, referees, commissioners, court masters and administrators, social and mental health workers, police, and probation officers. The organization's mission is to continuously improve the juvenile and family court system and court practices and to raise awareness of the core issues that touch the lives of our nation's children, youth, families and victims of domestic violence.

Recognizing that tribal courts are unique and parallel systems of justice, NCJFCJ has made a commitment to meaningful and ongoing collaboration with tribes, approaching its work from a place of honor, respect, and mutual learning. The NCJFCJ is engaging tribal courts and judges in cultural humility with an understanding that best practices in tribal courts may be different than state courts and diverse perspectives will serve to strengthen solutions.

Services Provided
NCJFCJ provides the resources, knowledge and training to improve the lives of children, youth, families and victims of domestic violence seeking justice. Resources for tribal courts and related stakeholders (e.g. tribal child welfare) include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Cutting-edge training, through local and national conferences and customized training for your  jurisdiction;
• Wide-ranging technical assistance;
• Research and evaluation services, through NCJFCJ and NCJFCJ's research partner, the National Center on Juvenile Justice and;
• Unique advanced degree programs for judges and other court professionals offered in conjunction with the University of Nevada, Reno and the National Judicial College.

Current major NCJFCJ initiatives and project support partnerships include:

• Child Victims Act Model Courts Project–a network of dependency-focused tribal and state courts that serve as models and mentors to jurisdictions nationwide.
• Juvenile Justice Model Courts Project–a network of state courts that seek to improve practice in delinquency cases through implementation of the Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines.
• Juvenile Drug Court Training and Technical Assistance Project–working in collaboration with Office of Justice Programs to help juvenile drug courts implement or enhance their juvenile drug courts.
• Courts Catalyzing Change Initiative (CCC) - a continuing focus of NCJFCJ's CCC work is in the area of ICWA compliance and ongoing training, TA and research and evaluation on disproportionality and disparities among youth of color in the foster care system.
• National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues–a partnership between NCJFCJ, the American Bar Association and the National Center for State Courts that delivers critical training and technical assistance to jurisdictions around the country, including the foundational judicial leadership curriculum, training evaluation guide and customized training, technical assistance and research and evaluation services for tribal courts and stakeholders.
• National Center for Juvenile Justice–NCJFCJ's research arm, based in Pittsburgh, Pa., is the country's only non-profit research organization dedicated to the juvenile justice system.

Target Audience/Eligibility
NCJFCJ provides TTA resources for tribal court personnel and related stakeholders (e.g. tribal child welfare) as it relates to juvenile justice.   NCJFCJ is able to provide Training and Technical to all federally recognized tribes, not only those tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Contact Information:

Melissa Bahmer, Director (Child Abuse and Neglect)
P (775) 784-7709| mbahmer@ncjfcj.org

Gina Jackson, Site Liaison
P (775) 784-7040| gjackson@ncjfcj.org

Web www.ncjfcj.org/our-work/tribal-work

DOJ Training area of focus: Gangs

About the National Gang Center
The National Gang Center Web site features the latest research about gangs; descriptions of evidence-based, anti-gang programs; and links to tools, databases, and other resources to assist in developing and implementing effective community-based gang prevention, intervention, and suppression strategies. Visitors can read and download publications related to street gangs. An online form allows communities to request training and technical assistance as they plan and implement anti-gang strategies. Users can register for a variety of anti-gang training courses. The Web site also hosts a database of gang-related state legislation and municipal codes; a list of newspaper articles on nationwide gang activity, updated daily; and GANGINFO, an electronic mailing list for professionals working with gangs. For a list of all resources on this Web site, see Index to Site Content.

Services Provided
The National Gang Center offers four classes for law enforcement—Gangs in Indian Country, Basic Training for Street Gang Investigators, Gang Unit Supervision, and an Anti-Gang Seminar for Law
Enforcement Chief Executives. These classes are provided on a regional basis to include participants from all law enforcement agencies (police and sheriff) within a geographical region.

Gangs in Indian Country: In this three-day class, participants are provided with basic information about various gangs throughout the United States and receive specific, in-depth information about national and regional Native American gangs. Training topics include gang intelligence collection, investigative techniques, interviewing techniques, suppression strategies, and legal considerations in prosecuting gang crimes. For more information visit: http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Training-and-Technical-Assistance/Gangs-in-Indian-Country

Basic Training for Street Gang Investigators: In this 3½-day class, participants are provided with basic information about the different types of gangs throughout the United States and receive specific, in-depth information about gangs in their region. They will learn about collecting gang intelligence, interviewing techniques, investigative techniques, suppression strategies, case-building strategies, and legal considerations in prosecuting gang crimes. http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Training-and-Technical-Assistance/Street-Gang-Investigators

Gang Unit Supervision: This two-day class will enable participants to discuss and apply fundamental principles of effective gang unit supervision. Through the review and evaluation of best practice strategies, participants will be better prepared to develop the most appropriate organizational and management strategies for their department's gang unit. The information presented is applicable to participants who are forming new gang units as well as those operating existing gang units and multijurisdictional partnerships. For more information visit: http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Training-and-Technical-Assistance/Gang-Unit-Supervision

Anti-Gang Seminar for Law Enforcement Chief Executives: This one-day seminar will allow police chiefs, sheriffs, and other law enforcement chief executives to discuss a variety of gang-related topics relevant to law enforcement executives. It is designed to be a collegial, facilitated event in which the participants' experiences are shared and constitute the educational value. Through discussions, brief scenario-based exercises, and shared resources, participants will learn from their peers while sharing their own experiences. For more information visit: http://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Training-and-Technical-Assistance/Chief-Executives

Additionally, the National Gang Center receives funding from the Office of Juvenile Delinquency Prevention to offer training and training in regard to the OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model.  Visitors to the website will find an online overview that provides a 23-minute overview of the Model for individuals exploring strategies to assess and address their communities' gang problems. Key concepts covered include a brief overview of the nation's gang problem, a discussion of theory behind the Model and its five core strategies, a discussion on assessing the gang problem, and tools to assist community leaders in implementing the Model in their communities

Target Audience/Eligibility
The National Gang Center Offers training courses and resources that are designed for law enforcement officials such as police, sheriffs, and prosecutors.  Resources are available to DOJ grantees and non-grantees.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Juvenile Delinquency and Prevention

Contact Information:

P (850) 385-0600 | information@nationalgangcenter.gov

Web www.nationalgangcenter.gov

DOJ Training area of focus: Victim Services

About T-VSTTA

T-VSTTA (Tribal Victim Services Training and Technical Assistance) is a capacity-building program for American Indian and Alaska Native victim services providers who have, or are eligible for, specific DOJ grants.*  T-VSTTA provides tailored, victim-centered, and trauma-informed assistance to grantees and potential grantees as they develop sustainable victim service programs. The U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) funds the T-VSTTA program, available at no cost to OVC grantees and the victim services field. 

* Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside (TVSSA), Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Purpose Area 6, and Developing Future Victim Specialists to Serve American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Crime (DFVS)

Services Provided

With over 100 years of experience in the victim service field, the T-VSTTA team trains, coaches, and supports American Indian and Alaska Native victim services providers. Our support methods range from convening large conferences to hosting small gatherings to providing individual assistance from dedicated technical assistance specialists assigned to grantees based on their regions.

Capacity Building

T-VSTTA advises American Indian and Alaska Native victim service programs on how to build capacity of victim service programs, including—

• Direct victim services
• Outreach and awareness
• Partnership development
• Policies and procedures
• Program design and strategic planning
• Community needs assessments
• Data tools, processes, and evaluation practices
• Survivor-informed service delivery and client feedback mechanisms
• Organizational change
• Staff, leadership, and board development and retention

Partnership Development

T-VSTTA engages American Indian and Alaska Native victim services programs in community, regional, and national partnership development, including—

• Healing-centered collaboration
• Uplifting grantee experiences through peer learning
• Wrap-around support of victims (e.g., law enforcement, social services, housing)

Program Sustainability

T-VSTTA offers support to achieve program sustainability, including—

• Integrated traditional healing/victim services practices
• Braided funding
• Long-range strategic planning
• Community engagement and education
• Data and evaluation plans
• Public awareness campaigns

Grant Navigation

T-VSTTA helps navigate the grant process, providing guidance on—

• Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside (TVSSA) grant applications
• Performance Management Tool (PMT) reporting
• Program documentation

Direct Services Coaching and Training Topics

T-VSTTA provides no-cost customized support on a wide range of topics relevant to victim service providers and allied professionals, including but not limited to—

• Domestic violence
• Polyvictimization
• Adult assault
• Elder abuse
• Vicarious trauma
• Child physical abuse and neglect
• Child sexual abuse
• Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons
• Youth and adult survivors of sex and/or labor trafficking
• Bullying

Culturally Focused Training Options

T-VSTTA delivers tailored support through an evolving range of activities, including—

• Individual Coaching and Assistance
• Regional Gatherings
• Indian Nations
• Talking Circles
• Communities of Care

Target Audience/Eligibility

T-VSTTA supports victim services providers in American Indian and Alaska Native communities with Office for Victims of Crime and/or CTAS funding. Entities not receiving this funding may also be eligible.

Funding Agency(s)

• Office for Victims of Crimes (OVC)

Contact Information:

Susannah Numa, Program Manager
P (833)-887-8820 | support@t-vstta.org

DOJ Training area of focus: Intergovernmental Collaboration

About CEP
The Center for Evidence-based Policy is a national leader in evidence-based decision making and policy design. We work with federal, state and local policymakers to use high-quality evidence to guide decisions, maximize resources and, improve health outcomes.  The Center, established in 2003 by Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, M.D., works with a wide range of stakeholders to improve public policy through innovation, collaboration, and evidence-based policy. In fulfilling its mission, the
Center:

• Identifies existing research relevant to the needs of decision makers in government and nonprofit sectors;
• Works with researchers to conduct original research that provides evidence-based answers to policy questions;
• Facilitates collaborations of like-minded parties interested in using evidence in decision-making;
• Engages diverse and relevant stakeholders in policy development.

Services Provided
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has funded CEP through the Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM) project to:

• Assist tribes, state, and local governments with developing collaborative initiatives
• Improve client outcomes and make more effective use of jurisdictional resources;
• Improve site understanding of and readiness to collaborate with jurisdictional partners;
• Enhance site capacity through tool development and ongoing support of collaboration efforts; and
• Engage in widespread dissemination of a “how-to” manual to foster collaborative  efforts between tribal and non-tribal entities.

Target Audience/Eligibility
TEAM project staff will document the collaborative work of the Leech Lake/Cass County Joint Jurisdictional Court, develop a “how-to” manual for replicating similar collaborations, and provide onsite training and technical assistance to one pilot site that has expressed intent to work on tribal, state, and/or local jurisdictional collaboration. Lessons learned will be disseminated through web site posting of the “how-to” manual, webinars, and conference presentations. Examples of collaboration may include joint-jurisdictional courts, restorative justice sentencing circles, avoiding double prosecution of defendants, issues of community and social determinants of health, and others.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact Information:

Scott Warnick, Deputy Director
P(503) 494-9447 | warnick@ohsu.edu

Web www.ohsu.edu

DOJ Training area of focus: Intergovernmental Collaboration

About NCJA
Based in Washington, D.C., the NCJA is a nonprofit membership organization representing state, tribal and local governments on crime prevention and crime control issues. Its members represent all facets of the criminal and juvenile justice community, from law enforcement, corrections, prosecution, defense, courts, victim-witness services and educational institutions to federal, state and local elected officials. The NCJA is a national voice in shaping and implementing criminal justice policy since its founding in 1971. As the representative of state, tribal and local criminal and juvenile justice practitioners, the NCJA works to promote a balanced approach to communities' complex public safety and criminal and juvenile justice system problems. The NCJA recognizes the importance of interrelationships among criminal and juvenile justice agencies and between these agencies and the community and the strong, steady advocacy necessary to achieve comprehensive planning and policy coordination goals.

Services Provided
The intergovernmental collaboration TTA project is a joint project of the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) and the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI).

Project Goals and Strategies

• Continue to collaborate with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) on project objectives to guide tribal and state representatives and criminal justice stakeholders in building tribal-state collaboration efforts in justice areas;
• Conduct two training programs using a team approach.  Teams from states will be led by the state agency administrator (SAA) and tribal teams within the states will be led by elected tribal leaders with justice system stakeholders from each. At least one will be conducted in and with PL-280 states.
• Provided onsite and distance technical assistance to assist in implementing interagency collaborations;
• Conduct webinars and online training session to reach states and tribes unable to participate in the pilot trainings and to disseminate promising practices.
• Collect and disseminate promising practices in tribal-state collaboration and strategic justice planning using the membership organizations of both national organizations and other national organizations of key stakeholders.
• Continue to update the resource materials, toolkits and information on the website.

Target Audience
The trainings will target teams from state and local governments and tribe in a state aimed at enhancing collaboration on law enforcement and other criminal justice issues specific to each state. Tribal and state jurisdictions will be able to compete for these training opportunities. The selection of sites will be done in consultation with BJA, tribes, states, and the NCJA-NCAI project team. The state teams will include the State Agency Administrator (SAA) as lead along with other key stakeholders including local law enforcement, courts, substance abuse treatment providers, and other appropriate justice practitioners. The tribal teams will include tribal leaders and tribal law enforcement, courts, treatment and service providers, and other tribal justice practitioners. Training and technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

Contact Information:

Cabell Cropper, Executive Director
P (202) 628-8550 | ccropper@ncja.org

Web www.ncja.org

Area of focus: Intergovernmental Collaboration

About NCAI
Founded in 1944, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is the nation's oldest, largest, and most representative national Indian organization. NCAI was initially formed as a national body to combat the federal government's detrimental policies of termination and assimilation against Tribes, and to this day, it remains steadfast in its mission to protect and enhance tribal sovereignty. NCAI serves to secure for Indian peoples and their descendants the rights and benefits to which they are entitled; to enlighten the public toward a better understanding of Indian people; to preserve rights under Indian treaties or agreements with the United States; and to promote the common welfare of American Indians and Alaska Natives. It does so by hosting forums to debate and deliberate on pressing political issues and providing Tribes with a platform in the nation's capital from which their voices can be heard. The NCAI, largely through its 501(c)(3) affiliate the NCAI Fund, has been working for over 10 years to promote intergovernmental cooperation between states and tribes, first through a State-Tribal Relations Project in partnership with the National Conference of State Legislators, and currently through its Tribal-State Collaboration and Justice Capacity Building Project with the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA).

Services Provided
NCAI's current Tribal-State Collaboration project with the NCJA aims to increase awareness by tribal and state government officials of the benefits of collaborative problem solving and planning and replicate promising practices for improving public safety in tribal communities through tribal-state collaboration methods. To accomplish this goal, NCAI is assisting NCJA with the development and implementation of a national training and technical assistance program with several training components, including working groups, webinars, pilot trainings, a mentoring program, and educational materials.  For more information, please visit www.justice.gov/tribal/tta-ncai.html.

Target Audience/Eligibility
NCAI's primary target audience includes tribal leaders and criminal justice stakeholders (e.g., tribal law enforcement officials, tribal judges, tribal prosecutors, victim advocates, etc. ). Training and Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact Information:

P (202) 466-7767 | ncai@ncai.org

Web www.ncai.org

DOJ Training area of focus: Law Enforcement and Intergovernmental Collaboration

About WCPI
Western Community Policing Institute (WCPI) was established in 1996 as one of the national networks of Regional Community Policing Institutes (RCPI). Located on the campus of Western Oregon University in
Monmouth, OR, WCPI maintains the highest standards of training development by delivering national training courses that adhere to the adult learning principles, including problem-based learning, effectiveness of law enforcement agencies, and the communities they serve.

Services Provided
WCPI provides national training and technical support on issues vital to community safety.
Existing training topics include:

• Homeland Security
• Community Policing
• Ethics
• Crime Prevention
• Weed and Seed
• Tribal Youth Leadership
• Tribal Policing
• Developing Teams
• Domestic Violence

WCPI receives funding from the Office of Community Oriented Policing (COPS) to provide tribal-specific training, including those focused on youth, executive leadership, and regional collaboration (Tribal Youth Leadership, Tribal Inspired Leadership Training, and Regional Collaboration and Tribal Partnerships).

Tribal Inspired Leadership Training (TILT): This course is designed to increase Tribal Leaders’ capacity to leverage community policing in responding to the effects of local economic distress on public safety, and increase their capacity to address unique issues in a culturally sensitive and comprehensive community policing approach.

Tribal Youth Leadership (TYL): This training is devised to advance the practice of community policing as an effective strategy in a communities’ efforts to improve public safety. TYL is designed to train and equip American Indian youth (middle and high school level) with the leadership skills necessary to address the public safety problems that plague tribal communities.

Regional Collaboration to Embrace, Engage, and Sustain Tribal Community Policing Partnerships: This course is designed to provide technical assistance and regional training that focuses on building effective and efficient collaborative partnerships throughout Indian Country to address the unique public safety threats to tribal communities and their neighboring jurisdictions.

Tribal Community Police/Teams: This training is designed to bring together Tribal Government, community members, and law enforcement in order to learn techniques on how to empower their communities to ethically identify and solve community problems through the use of community policing concepts, advocacy, and problem solving

Also, WCPI receives from BJA to provide a proactive, comprehensive, and user-friendly BJA tribal training and technical assistance program that fosters collaboration among tribal, state, federal, and local governments.  TTA will focus on assisting tribes and or state, federal, and local governments in building collaborative partnerships, understanding and developing mutual aid agreements, protocols for inter-jurisdictional relationships, protocols for conducting community corrections-related activities, full faith, credit agreements, and any other associated activities.  TTA will also include core strategies or themes for developing collaborative tribal partnerships, team building, increasing coordination and communication among federal, state, tribal and local governmental agencies, and how to integrate and respect rich community values of tribal cultures.

Target Audience/Eligibility
WCPI’s primary target audience is federally recognized Native American and Alaskan Native tribes (“Tribes”) that have received grant funding through CTAS.  The target audience may include:

• Public safety personnel
• Governmental and non-governmental organizations
• School and postsecondary education officials
• Medical professionals
• Tribal leaders
• Community members

Training and Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Contact Information:

Brian Kaufman, Executive Director
P (503) 751-4008 | kauffmab@wou.edu

Ashley Jackson, Administrative Assistant
P (503) 751-4011| jacksona@wou.edu

Web www.westernrcpi.com

Web www.tribaltraining.com

DOJ Training area of focus: Information Sharing

About NCRLE
The Tribal Justice Information Sharing System (TJISS) is administered by the National Center for
Rural Law Enforcement, a center within the Criminal Justice Institute, a division of the University of
Arkansas System. The TJISS program provides training and technical assistance to tribal law enforcement and tribal criminal justice practitioners. A two day hands-on course titled Crime Data Collection and Reporting is delivered at tribal locations nationwide. Technical assistance is available on-line from the program website at www.tjiss.net or by calling (800) 635-6310. Numerous resources for tribal law enforcement agencies are also available by request from the program website. Tribes interested in hosting the crime data collection and reporting training should contact the program administrator by e-mail or call the toll free help desk.

Services Provided
The Tribal Justice Information Sharing System is a project designed to provide training and technical assistance resources to Tribal law enforcement and other Tribal criminal justice practitioners nationwide. Technical assistance is available on-line from our existing web site www.tjiss.net or by calling our toll free help desk at 1-877-47-TJISS (85477). A Crime Data Collection and Reporting video tutorial and an electronic manual for training purposes are also available from the project web site. The tutorial and video provide Tribal law enforcement personnel with tools to assist them in learning to collect and report their crime data by use of UCR or NIBRS. Technical assistance available upon request includes the following:

• Model policies and procedures
• Job descriptions
• Mutual aid agreements
• Work schedules
• Agency technology self -assessment work sheets
• Tribal Justice Information Sharing Training and Technical Assistance Needs Assessment
• Mentoring for new Tribal chiefs of police
• Tribal Share list serve available to Tribal Criminal Justice Practitioners

In addition to the Crime Data Collection and Reporting video tutorial and an electronic manual for training purposes the project staff is in the process of developing a two (2) day hands-on Crime Data Collection and Reporting training course which will be delivered at ten (10) Tribal locations nationwide. The dates and locations of these course deliveries are not yet determined, however will be marketed nationwide and posted to the project web site well in advance of each training date. This course will be delivered utilizing a blended learning approach that incorporates instructor led classroom lecture in conjunction with hands-on lab applications by use of a mobile computer training lab.

Target Audience/Eligibility
The National Center for Rural Law Enforcement target audience includes Tribal law enforcement personnel and Tribal criminal justice practitioners. Training and Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)
Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact Information:

Dr. Cheryl May, Director
P (501) 570-8052 | cpmay@cji.edu

Jimmy Nobles, Program Administrator
P (501) 570-8058 | jwnobles@cji.edu

Web www.tjiss.net

DOJ Training area of focus: Criminal Justice Research, Training, Technical Assistance, and Information Sharing

About IIR
The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) specializes in developing and implementing strategic solutions that promote greater efficiency and effectiveness among federal, state, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies.  IIR excels in providing research, training, and technical assistance in the areas of intelligence gathering, grants administration, information sharing, and privacy concerns.

Services Provided
IIR hosts and manages the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS) and the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW).  TTSORS assists eligible Native American tribes with substantially implementing the technical requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).  TTSORS provides participating tribes with a full-functioning sex offender management system and public sex offender registry website that complies with the provisions of SORNA.  NSOPW is a national sex offender search website that provides users with access to the public sex offender information from over 150 registration jurisdictions from a single search interface.  NSOPW users can search for registered sex offender by name, city, county, zip code, state, and address.    

Target Audience/Eligibility
IIR's primary target audience for these services is states, U.S. Territories, the District of Columbia, and federally recognized Native American tribes that have elected to become sex offender registration jurisdictions under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART)

Contact Information:
 P (850) 385-0600| AWA-Request@iir.com

Web www.iir.com

DOJ Training area of focus: Criminal Justice Research, Training, Technical Assistance, and Information Sharing

About IIR
The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) specializes in developing and implementing strategic solutions that promote greater efficiency and effectiveness among federal, state, local, and tribal criminal justice agencies.  IIR excels in providing research, training, and technical assistance in the areas of intelligence gathering, grants administration, information sharing, and privacy concerns.

Services Provided
IIR hosts and manages the Tribe and Territory Sex Offender Registry System (TTSORS) and the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW).  TTSORS assists eligible Native American tribes with substantially implementing the technical requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).  TTSORS provides participating tribes with a full-functioning sex offender management system and public sex offender registry website that complies with the provisions of SORNA.  NSOPW is a national sex offender search website that provides users with access to the public sex offender information from over 150 registration jurisdictions from a single search interface.  NSOPW users can search for registered sex offender by name, city, county, zip code, state, and address.    

Target Audience/Eligibility
IIR's primary target audience for these services is states, U.S. Territories, the District of Columbia, and federally recognized Native American tribes that have elected to become sex offender registration jurisdictions under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART)

Contact Information
 P (850) 385-0600| AWA-Request@iir.com

Web www.iir.com

DOJ Training areas of focus: Victim Advocacy, Tribal Courts, Program Capacity Building, Sustainability Planning, Safety Planning and Practice For Courts And Individuals, Networking and Community Response, Incorporating Culture into Practice and Response, Ethical and Confidential Advocacy Practice
About the Institute for Native Justice

The Institute for Native Justice (INJ) was created as a new division of the American Indian Resource Center in 2005; located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the purpose of INJ is to offer training and technical assistance to improve the safety and justice response for victims of domestic and sexual violence in Indian Country.  This effort is in response to DOJ reports and reports from Amnesty International that American Indian and Alaska Native women were being sexually assaulted at a rate two to three times that of any other racial or ethnic group.  INJ offers on-site, telephonic and conference workshops focused on creating improved victim-centered safety, privacy and practice for tribes who serve victims of domestic and sexual violence.  INJ’s focus is on promoting the agency of tribal women and leaders to address the issues facing them with crimes of domestic and sexual violence; focused on culture specific strategies that support victims and hold offenders accountable.  The TTA efforts of INJ are dedicated to improving the knowledge, skills, leadership and capacity of tribal programs and their staff. 

Services Provided

To reach tribal communities, INJ has developed online training offering basic skills instruction to tribal victim advocates and tribal court judges.  This online training project entitled “Advocacy Online Training” provides a “head start” allowing tribal court and advocate staff to more effectively utilize precious training dollars.  They are given a basic overview prior to attending advanced training at regional and national conferences. 

The Native Voices Project is a focused discussion format designed to improve the working relationships with and for advocates and law enforcement charged with responding to crimes of domestic and sexual violence in Indian Country.  The Native Voices project offers the first video series of crime scenarios that utilize cases from Indian Country, performed by identifiable Native American actors.  The discussion series is designed to be facilitated by a local training team comprised of an advocate and a law enforcement officer.

The programs implemented through INJ encompass federally funded training and technical assistance programs and services targeting tribal and rural communities and their development.  Each project of INJ specializes in a particular focus such as advocacy or tribal court development.

INJ relies on three foundational strategies to provide TTA services for tribal communities—Safety, Ethics and Sustainability.  INJ services help to analyze needs, identify gaps in services and assets, and create community-based strategies that promote community driven, culture specific responses to crimes of domestic and sexual violence. 

Safety is considered at all levels and is the centerpiece of our effort. INJ’s curriculums of effective safety practices include planning, strategies, and community networking that emphasize confidentiality and privacy at all levels of development.  Ethical practice is interwoven into all of our TTA services providing guidance to tribes to support the independence and agency of Native American women in need of crisis and safety services.  Sustainability, the third component of our work, supports the safety and ethics part of INJ TTA services.  Sustainability is about offering safe, effective, confidential and ethical services that tribal communities trust and rely on for a consistent continuum of care.

INJ promotes effective TTA services by partnering with several national TTA providers.  Current partners include but are not limited to:

• International Association of Forensic Nurses
• National Center for Victims of Crime
• South West Center for Law and Policy
• Mending the Sacred Hoop
• Tribal Law and Policy Institute
• ACKCO
• Unified Solutions
• Red Wind Consulting
• National Alliance for Cyber-security
• National Criminal Justice Association
• Fox Valley Technical College
• University of North Dakota

The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) funds INJ to deliver TTA services for grantees of the Grants to Tribal Governments program and ARRA grantees.  The Bureau of Justice Assistance supports the Tribal Resources and Court Enhancement Strategies project which delivers TTA services for tribal courts which focus on court safety.

The Work of INJ in Tribal Communities

Program Support

• Peer-to-peer support (information exchange and mentoring for individuals and groups or with multiple jurisdictions)
• Outreach Tool Box with Public Service Announcements, fact sheets, educational handouts
• Workshops and training events (agenda development, speaker identification, and logistical support)
• Curriculum development

Program Development

• Diversion and prevention programs
• Resource development and grant writing strategies to promote sustainability

Strategic Planning

• Community development and assessment strategies
• Capacity and team building

Specialized Training Topical Areas

• Victim Advocacy Skills Development
• Safety Planning for Individuals
• Incorporating Culture into Programs
• Overview of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking and Dating Violence
• Restorative justice
• Tribal Court Safety Assessment and Planning
• The Impact of Policy on Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims

Target Audience/Eligibility
The Institute for Native Justice is authorized to provide TTA services for OVW Grants to Tribal Government grantees, federally recognized tribes with tribal courts or desiring to develop tribal courts and tribal programs funded under ARRA.

Funding Agency(s)

Office on Violence Against Women
Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact Information:

Pam Moore, Institute Director, Institute for Native Justice
P: 918.207.9177 | Iwaduli@yahoo.com

Darrell Dowty, TRACES Project Director
P: 918.931.8455 | dowtyd@sbcglobal.net

Robin Gann, Training Coordinator
P: 918.708.1708| rgann@aircinc.org

John Sawney, Project Specialist
P: 918.774.5675 | johnsawney@gmail.com 

Shawn Soulsby, IT Specialist
P: 972.369.4248 | ssoulby@iaiwa-us.com  

Web:  www.institutefornativejustice.org

DOJ Training area of focus: Transitional housing and shelter development and implementation, sexual assault response teams, sexual assault services, protocol development.

About RED WIND
Red Wind is a 501c3 nonprofit, incorporated in Colorado, August 2005, and works extensively with Tribes and Alaskan Native villages on addressing violence against Native women.

Red Wind's vision is to strengthen Tribal programs and Native organizations' ability to develop and enhance local responses to address and prevent domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. In this effort, Red Wind is committed to building the leadership of indigenous women, defining and guiding its work from traditions and values that carry the strength and essence of native women while recognizing that we must work across our community to bring everyone back into our circle of life.

To this end, Red Wind recognizes the power nature of domestic violence and sexual violence, as well as the role of community leadership in guiding and shaping responses to healing years of oppression playing itself out today. Red Wind is well versed in understanding the kinds of issues, practices and activities that may compromise victim safety and has a depth of experience working with Tribes to address victim survivor safety and confidentiality.

Services Provided
Red Wind Consulting offers a range of methods for supporting and enhancing your ability to conduct your work. There is no one-way to do things and Red Wind recognizes that each community is unique in its own way. We are very skilled at being able to work with you across great distances.

Red Wind was developed to bring additional resources to ending violence against women work while enhancing the capacity of Tribal and Native specific programs. Red Wind has partnerships with a range of highly experienced and knowledgeable consultants. Many have experience being involved in the development of local programs and responses to end violence against indigenous women as well as offering national technical assistance and training. We match consultants to bring you the level of expertise you want to meet your local needs.

Program Support

• Peer-to-peer support (information exchange and mentoring for individuals and groups or with multiple jurisdictions)
• Publication drafting and dissemination
• Workshops and training events (agenda development, speaker identification, and logistical support)
• Curriculum development

Program Development

• Developing programs and organizations
• Long range planning, strategic planning
• Visioning, designing mission/vision for your program or organization
• Designing and implementing shelters and transitional housing (from the ground up including property and program)
• Designing and implementing supervised visitation centers
• Emergency shelter and transitional housing programs
• Supervised visitation programs
• Resource development and grant writing strategies to promote sustainability

Strategic Planning

• Long term visioning and planning
• Community development and assessment strategies
• Capacity and team building Advocacy
• Developing advocacy responses
• Core philosophies for providing advocacy for victims of DV and SA
• Developing and facilitating women's groups for DV victims
• Safety planning
• Technology safety planning

Criminal Justice System

• Designing and implementing Coordinated Community Response (CCR)
• Advocate role in coordinating, managing, leading a CCR
• Working across multidisciplinary teams

Sexual Assault

• Victim care and support
• Developing Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
• SART protocol development and implementation strategies
• Developing Sexual Assault Forensic Exam protocols

Public Awareness and Outreach

• Building community support to address DV and SA
• Designing materials
• Designing your message
• Developing public awareness campaigns

Program Evaluation

• Developing logic models
• Designing program evaluation strategies
• Provide evaluation tools
• Conduct evaluation analysis

Target Audience/Eligibility
RED WIND offers services for federally recognized tribes to:

• Develop and/or improve tribal justice and public safety programs through comprehensive planning;
• Create programs that prevent, address and reduce domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse related crime; and
• Assist tribal governments to build the capacity to operate criminal justice responses to enhance victim safety and hold offenders accountable.

Tribes do not have to receive CTAS or other DOJ funding to be eligible for these TTA resources.

Funding Agency(s)

Office on Violence against Women (OVW)

Contact Information

Victoria Ybanez, Executive Director
P (866) 599-9650 x214 | ybanez@red-wind.net

Ronald Templin, Administrative and Logistical Coordinator
P (866) 599-9650 x212 | ronte@red-wind.net

Web www.red-wind.net

DOJ/OVW Training areas of focus: Legal training and technical assistance to improve safety and justice for American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/NA) victims of sexual and domestic violence, stalking, elder abuse, teen dating violence, firearms violence, elder abuse, and abuse of persons with disabilities.

About Southwest Center for Law and Policy
The Southwest Center for Law and Policy (SWCLAP) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization based in Tucson, Arizona. Since 2002, SWCLAP has been providing legal training and technical assistance, on a national level, to OVW grantees serving American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) victims of sexual and domestic violence, stalking, elder abuse, teen dating violence, firearms violence, elder abuse, and abuse of persons with disabilities.  SWCLAP is the parent organization of the National Tribal Trial College (NTTC), The National Indian Country Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NICCSA), and SAFESTAR (Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations, Services, Training, Access, and Resources).

Services Provided
National Tribal Trial College (NTTC): Southwest Center for Law and Policy provides free legal training on domestic and sexual violence, stalking, abuse of persons with disabilities, federal firearms violations, and elder abuse through the National Tribal Trial College (NTTC). Free, interactive, skills based legal training at the NTTC is held at locations across the country for criminal and civil justice professionals, courts, law enforcement, healthcare providers, advocates and allied professionals.  All courses are taught by Indian Country experts on the effective litigation and investigation of violence committed against American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women. Participants learn important legal skills in small, discipline specific groups to advance safety and justice for American Indian/Alaska Native victims. Free Continuing Legal Education, Law Enforcement Training Units, CEUs, and CMEs are available.  Priority for enrollment in the free, 2 day, interactive courses is given to Office on Violence Against Women grantees.  Tentatively scheduled upcoming Free Legal Training Institutes are as follows:

• Litigating and Asserting Victim Rights in Tribal, State, Federal, and CFR Courts (tentatively scheduled for August 2013 in Seattle, Washington)
• Qualifying and Testifying Effectively as an Expert Witness on Domestic Violence in Tribal, State, and Federal Courts (tentatively scheduled for October/November, 2013 in Tucson, Arizona)
• Legal and Victim Advocacy for Special Needs American Indian/Alaska Native Victims of Sexual Violence: Seriously Mentally Ill and Cognitively Impaired Victims (With or Without a History of Substance and/or Alcohol Abuse) (tentatively scheduled for Albuquerque, New Mexico in March 2014)
• Effective Litigation of Protection Orders for American Indian/Alaska Victims (tentatively scheduled for Anchorage, Alaska in Summer of 2014 and focusing on the special needs of Alaska Native victims)

National Indian Country Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NICCSA): NICSSA is currently in the final development and approval phase and is anticipated to launch in 2013.  The project includes a toll-free, national hotline staffed by Indian Country legal, healthcare, and advocacy experts as well as an expansive, user-friendly website containing resources, articles, and information on effective responses to and prevention of sexual violence against American Indian/Alaska Native women.
The National Indian Country Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault (NICCSA) is a comprehensive, one-stop resource for Indian Country legal practitioners, victim advocates, law enforcement officers, judges, and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners that is accessible by dial-up, high speed internet, and smart phones.    Once completed, NICCSA will offer:

• A user-friendly, easy to navigate website that serves as a compendium of pertinent federal statutes, tribal codes, state laws, federal policies, court rules, federal and tribal case law, articles, policy papers, directives, and other resources
• A hotline for answering legal, advocacy, and forensic questions available toll free to Indian Country practitioners eight hours per day. 

NICCSA Advocacy: SWCLAP will expand the training offered by the National Indian Country Clearinghouse on Sexual Assault by developing and delivering a free, three-part national course on basic and advanced sexual assault advocacy for American Indian/Alaska Native victims. 

This 3-part course will utilize Native American adult learning principles and will feature:

• 12 webinars on topics related to effective sexual assault victim advocacy for American Indian/Alaska Native victims
• An on-line, interactive tribal legal and advocacy course able to be accessed by dial-up and high speed internet
• A weeklong, 40 hour, in-person training Institute for up to 20 victim advocates who have successfully completed the on-line course and webinar series.

SAFESTAR (Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations, Services, Training, Access, and Resources): SAFESTAR is a unique model of care that draws upon the strength and resilience of Indigenous women to improve safety and justice outcomes for victims of sexual violence and to provide long-term, compassionate, culturally meaningful, holistic care.  Those American Indian/Alaska Native communities that currently have the capacity to support a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) are provided with free, comprehensive technical assistance to develop an effective Sexual Assault Response Team and protocol that includes seamless access to SANE services.  For those American Indian/Alaska Native communities currently without the capacity to support universal access to SANE services, the SAFESTAR project provides intensive training and technical support to specially selected laypersons and traditional healthcare providers to:

• Deliver emergency First Aid to sexual assault survivors
• Provide referrals for follow-up medical and other care
• Educate communities on the harm caused by sexual violence and lead the way back to healthy, respectful ways of living
• Collect sexual assault forensic evidence to promote increased accountability for perpetrators

Southwest Center for Law and Policy offers a SAFESTAR Office on Violence Against Women approved 40-hour, intensive training course delivered by Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs), lawyers, Native community health experts, advocates, traditional healers, and experts on tribal governance and community organizing. The 40-hour course covers emergency First Aid (utilizing the American Heart Association's curriculum); anatomy;  an overview of the prevalence, dynamics and responses to the epidemic of sexual violence in American Indian/Alaska Native communities;  forensic evidence collection; health care referrals; confidentiality; federal and tribal sexual assault laws; service referrals; and community outreach.  The curriculum incorporates many of the same components of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) certification course, but is designed for qualified laypersons in American Indian/Alaska Native communities. The SAFESTAR course is delivered on-site and is free of charge to American Indian/ Alaska Native communities that have successfully completed an application process through the Southwest Center for Law and Policy and the Office on Violence Against Women.

Target Audience/Eligibility
Southwest Center on Law and Policy (www.swclap.org) provides telephonic, email, and on-site legal training and technical assistance on effective responses to domestic and sexual violence, stalking, abuse of persons with disabilities, firearms prohibitions, protection orders, and abuse of elders committed against American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) victims.  Customized, United States Department of Justice (Office on Violence Against Women) approved training curricula can also be delivered on-site to tribal nations. Free Continuing Legal Education, Law Enforcement Training Units, CEUs, and CMEs are available for most training modules. SWCLAP can also assist in developing multi-disciplinary and/or inter-jurisdictional responses to violence against AI/AN victims.

For a more complete list of available training and technical assistance topics, please visit:  http://www.swclap.org/uploads/file/292ebc49e92841a9ba86f96c772fb1b5/List%20of%20available%20training%20with%20new%20address.pdf

Funding Agency

Office on Violence Against Women

Contact Information

Hallie Bongar White, Executive Director
P (520) 623-8192 | bongarwhite@swclap.org

Arlene O'Brien (Tohono O'odham Nation), Director of Programming
P (520) 623-8192 | obrien@swclap.org

Web: www.swclap.org, www.safestar.net

DOJ Training area of focus: Tribal Justice System Infrastructure

About Blue Trident

Blue Trident, LLC is an 8(a) and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. Since 2012, Blue Trident has successfully delivered a variety of architecture, engineering, construction, and professional services projects to public sector clients.  With numerous successfully completed projects in a variety of construction types, phases, and locations, and with design and construction resources on staff, Blue Trident is uniquely qualified to provide TA services for your projects.

Blue Trident’s organization structure and management approach reflects their design and construction philosophy.  They employ Lean and Agile practices and tools to scale management to the complexity of each project, yet remain flat.  These practices encourage client coordination/collaboration, information sharing, and responsiveness to quickly adjust to changing priorities or emerging risk.  Though Blue Trident is primarily located in WA and CA, the organization and processes are agile and deployable.  To date, Blue Trident has performed projects in WA, OR, AK, CA, WY, TX, MS, and FL. 

Services Provided

Blue Trident partners with Nisqually Construction to provide Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program and  Office for Victims of Crime Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program grant recipients with technical assistance (TA) as it relates to project and construction management. Specifically, Blue Trident and Nisqually Construction will:

• Conduct a general assessment of the project’s feasibility and the grantee’s preparedness for the project and facility that the tribe proposes to renovate, expand, or replace.  The assessment will be based on the grantee’s response to a questionnaire, which requires the grantee to perform a detailed visual inspection, provide a description of the facility’s structural systems, condition, and photos.  TJI and Blue Trident will provide and report to the BJA in coordinated separate reviews on feasibility of the grant project and facility that the tribe proposes to renovate and/or expand.     
• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the grant recipient’s project delivery plan to ensure that the grantee is implementing the project on schedule, in a cost-effective manner, and meeting the proposed project timelines.
• Work with grant recipients to ensure that renovation, expansion, or replacement projects are being completed according to the proposed schedule in the timeline, including satisfying National Environmental Policy Act requirements as a prerequisite to any site activity.
• Ensure that grant recipients are using efficient and cost-effective strategies to achieve their project goals as they proposed in their grant applications.
• Identify possible areas where TA is needed and facilitate access to it when necessary.
• Collect and review relevant project information and documents such as, but not limited to, schedules, budgets, cost estimates, consultant and contractor Request For Qualification/Request For Proposals, agreements and contracts, meeting minutes, construction drawings and specifications, payment applications and invoices, project reports and logs, project photos, quality, safety, and close-out documentation.
• Conduct meetings with the grantee’s project directors and/or managers to ascertain the status and progress of the renovation and construction projects.
• Ensure that the proposed facilities are being renovated, expanded, or replaced in accordance with appropriate facility standards.

Target Audience/Eligibility

Training and technical assistance is limited to tribes that have been awarded BJA Tribal System Infrastructure Program and OVC Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program grantees only.

Contact Information:

Bob Clark, Project Director

P (703) 965-2873 |  bob.clarke@blue-trident.com

Web www.blue-trident.com

DOJ Training area of focus: Tribal Justice System Infrastructure

About UND
The University of North Dakota (UND) School of Law established the Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI) in 1993 with an award from a private foundation, to provide training and technical assistance to twenty tribal courts in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. The University of North Dakota School of Law is a leader amidst law schools in the advancement of tribal legal studies through established curricula and through the implementation of an Indian Law Certificate Program that is offered to J.D. candidates. Since its inception and with the support of the School of Law, the Institute has expanded to become a national institute and has conducted over 500 local, regional and national training sessions. In 1998, the Institute became one of the initial grantees of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under BJA's Tribal Court Assistance Program (TCAP).

Services Provided
Currently, UND TJI serves as BJA's operational planning TTA provider under the Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program (TJSIP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Program.  This program is designed to assist tribes with the 1) identification of justice system needs and the planning process for renovating, expanding, and building correctional facilities, multi-purpose justice centers, courts, police departments, treatment centers, transitional housing, domestic violence shelters/transitional living facilities, or correctional alternative facilities, and 2) development, implementation, or enhancement of community-based correctional alternatives to address the incarceration and rehabilitation of juvenile and adult offenders subject to tribal jurisdiction.

UND TJI provides operational planning TA services for BJA Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program recipients to assist with:  

• Assessing the proposed usage of the planned facility for impacts on the tribal justice system to include reviewing the number of clients/individuals to be served, the staffing requirements, and programming resources required for each individual project. These projects may be correctional facilities, multipurpose justice centers, courts, police departments, transitional housing facilities, treatment centers, alternative to incarceration facilities, and/or domestic violence shelters/programs on tribal lands;
• Developing sustainability plans for the operations and maintenance of programs developed;
• Assessing needs for programming and other space needs within facilities to accommodate the services to be provided within the facility;
• Developing plans for staffing, operations, and management of facilities; and
• Establishing policies, procedures, and data management systems. 

Target Audience/Eligibility
Target audience includes tribal corrections (institutional and community) practitioners, tribal court personnel, tribal treatment providers, tribal leaders, tribal attorneys, and tribal law enforcement officials who are interested in tribal justice infrastructure operational planning efforts.  Training and Technical assistance is not limited to tribes that have been awarded federal grants such as CTAS.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Contact Information:

BJ Jones, Director
P (701) 777-6176 |  b.jones@und.edu

Lynnette Morin, Program Coordinator
P (701) 777-6306 |  lynnette.morin@und.edu

Web www.law.und.edu/TJI

DOJ Training area of focus: Tribal Justice System Infrastructure

About The Clark Group

The Clark Group (TCG) is a woman owned small business that has been providing environmental compliance support to governments, businesses, and non-profits for the past two decades.  Our professionals hold advanced degrees in business, policy, science, and law. Many TCG staff are former government advisors and managers, having worked within  agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Army, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).

Since our founding in 2001, the Clark Group has utilized our expertise to develop environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) guidance documents, and NEPA trainings to support environmental compliance for government agencies, Tribes, private developers, and federal grant applicants. As former government employees, our experts have unique experience working with agencies to identify process efficiencies that reduce administrative burdens and improve overall decision-making processes for better compliance outcomes. The Clark Group has been working to support BJA applicants comply with NEPA for the past four years.

Services Provided

The Clark Group provides technical assistance to Bureau of Justice Assistance Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program and Office for Victims of Crime Tribal Victims Services Set-Aside Program grant recipients with TA as it relates to environmental planning and compliance. Specifically, TCG:

• Conducts a review of grant projects to determine what level of NEPA analysis will be required. Note that some levels of analysis will require a public comment period.
• Determines whether any other requirements apply to grant projects beyond NEPA (e.g., National Historic Preservation Act, Federal Flood Risk Management Standard etc.)
• Works with grantees to gather project and site-specific information necessary to complete compliance under NEPA.
• Prepares the required environmental analyses and work with BJA to determine whether the project will result in significant environmental impacts. 
• Identifies any required mitigation and/or permits that will need to be completed prior to or during construction.

Target Audience/Eligibility

Training and technical assistance is limited to tribes that have been awarded BJA Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program and Office for Victims of Crime Tribal Victim Services Set-Aside Program grantees only.

DOJ Funding Agency(s)

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Office for Victims of Crime

Contact Information:

Lisa Mahoney, President

P (802) 225-5945 |  lisamahoney@clarkgroupll.com

Web www.clarkgroupllc.com

DOJ Training area of focus: Grants financial management

About OVC TFMC

The OVC Tribal Financial Management Center (TFMC) provides no cost, culturally humble, trauma-informed technical assistance, training (TTA), and resources to support American Indian and Alaska Native communities as they enhance their capacity to manage the financial aspects of their federal awards.

TFMC, in close coordination with Grant Managers and programmatic TTA providers, supports grantees throughout the life cycle of an award – from application preparation to award acceptance, and ultimately the effective financial implementation, management, and reporting of the award. A strong financial foundation supports each community’s service to victims of crime while enhancing the consistency and sustainability of tribal victim service programs. 

Services Provided

TFMC Technical Assistance Specialists meet grantees where they are offering virtual and onsite customized financial management support on specific needs such as Grant Award Modifications (GAMs), addressing award conditions, preparing for site visits and desk reviews, reallocating funds to meet project goals, providing orientation to new grant administration personnel, preparing for an OIG audit, and award closeout. Email TFMC@OVCTFMC.org with your request and one of our specialists will respond to set-up a time to connect.

TFMC also provides financial management training resources on topics such as accounting, bookkeeping, budgeting, development of policies and procedures, financial systems, fraud prevention, oversight, records retention, and reporting. Visit the TFMC website for plain-language, easy to use financial management tools, FAQ’s, guide sheets and recorded webinars.

Target Audience/Eligibility

TFMC serves American Indian and Alaska Native Office of Justice Program applicants and grantees.

Contact Information:

P (703)462-6900

TFMC@OVCTFMC.org

Web: OJP.gov/TFMC

DOJ Training Area of Focus: Pre-planning and project management assistance for grants funding construction and renovation projects.

About Blue Trident, LLC: Blue Trident, LLC is a leading Pacific Northwest, SBA Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) / 8(a) firm that provides a wide array of engineering and construction services to federal, state, and private clients. Through the OVC Tribal Victim Services Set Aside (TVSSA) Program Construction Project Management Technical Assistance contract with the Department of Justice, Blue Trident provides construction project management assistance to grantees for renovation, expansion, permanent modular, and new construction (where permitted) tribal victim services facility projects. Our support includes assistance with site planning, architecture, procurement strategy, project monitoring, and construction closeout.

Services Provided: In collaboration with OVC and other OVC technical assistance providers, Blue Trident assists grantees with various phases of the construction management process from pre-planning to project completion. Blue Trident provides a range of pre-planning support including but not limited to, one-on-one technical assistance with development of construction budgets and project timelines, educating grantees on DOJ and construction industry requirements (through new grantee orientations and other means), and assisting grantees with the development of construction procurement related documents. Blue Trident reviews proposed grantee construction, renovation, expansion, prefabrication, or permanent modular implementation plans and budgets to ensure the most cost-effective strategy is being implemented to complete the project and avoid cost overruns. We help by conducting on-site and/or telephonic meetings and periodic site visits with grantee project staff at various stages of the construction project to assess progress, discuss challenges, and help grantees craft solutions to challenges encountered. Our services are offered during every step of the construction process to help ensure a successful project.

Target Audience/Eligibility: Blue Trident’s primary target audience are grantees that have received grant funding through either BJA, NIJ, or OVC.

DOJ Funding Agency(s): Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Institute of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime

Contact Information: 

Website: http://blue-trident.com

Email: meghan.rhodus@blue-trident.com  

Phone #: (619) 847-0370

DOJ Training Area of Focus: Technical assistance on environmental and historic preservation compliance for all grants, with a focus on those projects funding construction and renovation activities.

About The Clark Group LLC: The Clark Group, LLC (TCG) is a woman-owned small business founded in 2001 as an environmental compliance and policy firm. Since our founding, we have used our extensive environmental compliance solutions and strategies, regulatory experience, technical expertise, and project management skills to support public and private entities by providing environmental support services. We help our clients plan and execute projects with informed decision-making and stakeholder buy-in, resulting in sustainable and resilient solutions. Our core service areas include environmental planning and compliance, communications and public engagement, regulatory and policy development and implementation, sustainability and resilience, and training.

Services Provided: TCG currently provides comprehensive environmental compliance support and technical assistance for BJA, NIJ, and OVC grants. As part of our support, TCG assists with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance as well as other environmental laws, regulations, and policies (including, but not limited to, Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Executive Order (EO) 11988, EO 11990, and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act(CWA)) that must be addressed as a condition of the grant award. TCG’s support includes annual funding cycle and ad hoc grant application and project reviews, Categorical Exclusion (CATEX) and Environmental Assessment (EA) compliance requirement determinations, grant applicant coordination, training, and technical assistance, CATEX documentation, and EA development for grant projects (including ESA and NHPA consultation, permitting, public notices, resolution of public comments, and development of findings and government decision documents).

TCG regularly performs direct coordination and outreach to grant applicants to communicate environmental requirements and to assist in the development of Environmental Assessments (EAs) and associated compliance needs. Working with applicants across the U.S., TCG ensures compliance at every step, including the review of the grant application scope of work and project description, coordination with the grantee to get accurate and up to date project descriptions, locations and site information, and recommendations for the correct type of compliance and implicated laws (e.g., NEPA, ESA, Section 404 of the CWA, NHPA & Resource Conservation and Recovery Act). In addition, TCG frequently drafts EAs, public notices, decision documents and public outreach materials on behalf of grantees. Projects reviewed for grantees range from small projects such as the construction of prefabricated buildings to major construction and research projects. TCG’s coordination efforts frequently involve working directly with Tribal applicants and local communities on their projects, and all stakeholder outreach efforts are designed with consideration of environmental justice requirements in mind.

Target Audience/Eligibility: TCG’s primary target audience are grantees that have received grant funding through either BJA, NIJ, or OVC.

DOJ Funding Agency(s): Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Institute of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime

Contact Information: Phone- 802-917-0584 | info@clarkgroupllc.com

Web: https://clarkgroupllc.com