SJI Receives Over $1 Million In Grant Applcations For The 3rd Quarter

SJI received a total of $1,374,751 in grant applications for the 3rd quarter of FY 2010. SJI received over $1 million in new grant applications for each of the 1st and 2nd quarters; and the total amount of grant requests for FY 2010 through three quarters is $4,293,416. For FY 2009, SJI received a total of $3,485,034 in grant requests for the entire fiscal year. The amount requested so far in three quarters of FY 2010 has exceeded the FY 2009 total by 23 percent.

The demand for SJI grants has increased dramatically as the state courts are looking for assistance to deal with the ongoing budget crisis. SJI has responded by maximizing its limited grant funding to support critical technical assistance projects, focusing on how to deal with the budget cuts, and by supporting state court re-engineering at a national impact level through its Strategic Initiatives Grants program.