Award Information
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2010, $356,727)
The Bureau of Justice Assistance's (BJA) Tribal Civil and Criminal Legal Assistance (TCCLA) grants program, authorized by 25 USC 3651, et seq., enhances tribal court systems and improves access to those systems. In general, the TCCLA program provides for direct legal services for indigent defendants and respondents in tribal justice systems. More specifically, the TCCLA program provides civil legal assistance services for Indian tribes, members of Indian tribes, and tribal justice systems, pursuant to the federal poverty guidelines; criminal legal assistance services for Indian tribes, members of Indian tribes, and tribal justice systems, pursuant to the federal poverty guidelines; and deliver national or regional scope advocacy training and technical assistance to tribal justice systems.
The Tulalip Tribes Foundation will expand the capacity of their program to represent indigent Tribal members in civil legal matters at the Tulalip Tribal Court by adding a full time attorney and paralegal, and will fund the ability of the program to develop and implement a database system to track case numbers, outcomes, and client satisfaction. The Tulalip Foundation will address the unmet critical need for representation in civil matters at the Tulalip Tribal Court by providing competent, culturally sensitive and holistic representation to assist Tribal members to ensure they have full access to due process and justice within the Tulalip judicial system. The program will focus on legal issues that effect Tribal members' safety, family integrity, health, and access to services and education. It will provide holistic representation by providing legal representation and assistance to the individual while simultaneously attempting to help the client identify other legal or non-legal needs in order to work collaboratively with the client and other Tribal service provider organizations to ensure these needs are addressed and met.
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