Overview

What Is TYP?

Supported by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the Tribal Youth Program (TYP) Mental Health Initiative provides mental health services to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth residing in tribal communities.

How Do I Apply?

You must submit your application for funding through the Office of Justice Program's (OJP's) Grants Management System (GMS). This online application system will expedite and streamline the receipt, review, and processing of your request for funding. To learn how to begin the online application process, please see the Quick-Start Guide of this Program Announcement. A toll-free telephone number (888-549-9901) has been established for you to receive technical assistance as you work through the online application process. If you do not have access to the Internet and wish to apply, please contact Laura Ansera, Tribal Youth Program Manager, at 202-307-5911.

Who Is Eligible?

Applications are invited from federally recognized tribes. Only federally recognized tribes that have a tribal resolution showing the tribe's endorsement of this application are eligible to apply. Applicants must attach an unsigned tribal resolution. Before an applicant receives final notice of award, the applicant will be required to submitted a copy of the tribal resolution to OJJDP via fax. Failure to submit an official tribal resolution will jeopardize an applicant's chance to receive funding.

If two or more federally recognized tribes apply as a partnership, one tribe must be clearly identified as the "primary agency" and applicants must identify a total service population in the application narrative.

Note: To qualify as a federally recognized tribe, the applicant's tribe name must appear in the Federal Register (Vol. 68, No. 234; pp. 68179-68184). (See appendix C). Federally recognized tribes eligible to apply must not have an active grant to be eligible for funding.

Important Dates

• Eligible applicants must initiate their online applications by 8:00 p.m. ET, May 27, 2004.

• Eligible applicants must complete and submit their applications by 8:00 p.m. ET, June 1, 2004.

What Else Do I Need To Know?

Applicants selected for awards will be funded for a 3-year budget and project period. Up to $225,000 in funding (total for a 3-year budget period) is available.