Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance Grants, Training and Technical Assistance

Program goal(s): Improve civil and criminal legal services. Program goal(s) description: Build and enhance capacity and improve delivery of civil and criminal legal services to individuals and tribes, as well as develop policies that improve access to tribal justice systems; and provide training and technical assistance for development and enhancement of tribal justice systems. Program objective(s) name: Improve prosecution and defense capacity and address gaps in tribal civil and criminal legal assistance. Program objective(s) description: Identify needs and deliver customized services, including trial skills training to grantees; Build additional prosecution capacity to reflect current authorities (i.e., TLOA and VAWA); Build additional holistic defense capacity for defendants in tribal courts and in other justice systems and reduce collateral consequences, fees, and penalties; Review, identify and summarize gaps in knowledge, research, and data collection to inform tribal civil and criminal legal assistance needs.