CTAS solicitation is now closed for FY 2012.

See the Open Solicitations page for additional grant resources.

The Department of Justice launched its Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) in Fiscal Year 2010 in direct response to concerns raised by Tribal leaders about the Department’s grant process that did not provide the flexibility tribes needed to address their criminal justice and public safety needs.

Through CTAS, federally-recognized Tribes and Tribal consortia were able – for the first time ever – to submit a single application for most of the Justice Department’s Tribal grant programs. The Department of Justice designed this comprehensive approach to save time and resources and allow tribes and the Department to gain a better understanding of the Tribes’ overall public safety needs. The first coordinated Tribal grant process launched in Fiscal Year 2010, through the collaborative efforts across many Department components, bureaus and offices including the:

• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
• Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA)
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
• Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison (OIPL)
• Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Office of Tribal Justice (OTJ)
• Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) and
• Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

The Department has two primary goals in mind with this program: increasing access and streamlining the grant process. We developed communications strategies to encourage more Tribes to look at the CTAS funding programs and see if these programs could help meet their public safety needs. Please visit our technical assistance resources or the other tabs in this section to apply and manage all your tribal grants.