Tribal Courts Assistance Program, FY 2004

About BJA

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), a component of the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, supports innovative programs that strengthen the nation's criminal justice system. Its primary mission is to provide leadership and a range of assistance to local criminal justice strategies to make America's communities safer. BJA accomplishes this mission by providing funding, training, technical assistance, and information to state and community criminal justice programs and by emphasizing the coordination of federal, state, and local efforts. BJA's specific goals are to help communities reduce and prevent crime, violence, and drug abuse and to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system.

BJA will work with OJP’s American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Desk, DOJ’s Office of Tribal Justice, and other federal agencies and culturally appropriate organizations to maintain focus with the field and to ensure that the program’s goals and objectives are achieved.