Board Awards Grants For The 1st Quarter

The SJI Board of Directors met on December 11, 2009, to award grants for the 1st quarter of FY 2010. Twenty (20) new grants were awarded, totaling $967,543. Three (3) Project Grants were awarded, including: support to the National Association for Court Management (NACM) for a national curriculum development project to provide education for court managers and leadership judges; funding for the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to assist the state courts with the use of videoconferencing technology; and, a grant awarded to the Wisconsin Director of State Courts Office for an evidenced-based sentencing project to enhance public safety, hold offenders accountable, and reduce court and correctional costs.

Ten (10) Technical Assistance (TA) Projects were awarded, including: an assessment of alternative dispute resolution services in New Mexico; an organizational review of the Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts; a rural justice re-engineering project in Minnesota; support to the Vermont Supreme Court for implementation of an action plan for the court interpreter program; a review of the administrative infrastructure of the South Dakota Unified Judicial System; support to the Kentucky AOC to develop a formula for reimbursement of Title IV-D child support services; and a courthouse security assessment for the 4th Judicial District in Nebraska. Seven (7) Curriculum Adaptation & Training (CAT) Grants were awarded, including: faculty training and certification for the Arizona AOC; judicial training for the Florida Office of the State Courts Administrator; updating an appellate judges course for the National Judicial College (NJC); and support for training programs provided by the National Association of State Judicial Educators (NASJE).