The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). CTAS was created in response to Tribal leaders' requests to improve and simplify the DOJ grantmaking process, and since FY 2010 has combined DOJ's Tribal government-specific competitive funding opportunities into a single notice requiring only one application from each Tribe or Tribal consortium.
To assist those interested in applying for a CTAS grant, a comprehensive webinar series has been scheduled. All webinars are available to any interested CTAS applicant. The webinars are free of charge. Below is a list of the offerings that will be presented in the 2026 series:
CTAS Overview, Thursday, August 27 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET
FY 2026 Updates: JustGrants and Submitting an Application, Monday, August 31 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET
Budget Development and Budget Worksheet Completion, Thursday, September 3 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET
Purpose Areas 2, 3, 4, & 5 Comprehensive Tribal Justice Systems Strategic Planning; Tribal Justice Systems; Tribal Justice System Infrastructure Program; and Adult Tribal Treatment Courts (Bureau of Justice Assistance), Wednesday, September 16 from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. ET
Purpose Area 6 Children’s Justice Act Partnerships for Indian Communities (Office for Victims of Crime), Monday, September 21 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. ET
Purpose Area 1 Public Safety and Community Policing (Office of Community Oriented Policing Services), Wednesday, September 23 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. ET
Purpose Area 8 & 9 Youth Healing to Wellness Courts and Tribal Youth Justice Program (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention), Monday, September 28 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. ET
Application Checklist Review, Wednesday, September 30 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET
FY 2026 CTAS JustGrants Final Upload Q&A, Monday, October 5 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET
If you have any questions regarding this training, contact Lamesha Bowman at Lamesha.Bowman@usdoj.gov, Deborah Thomas at Deborah.Thomas@usdoj.gov, or Leslie A. Hagen at Leslie.Hagen3@usdoj.gov.
