Bureau of Justice Assistance and SJI Partner on Drug Court Training

SJI recently finalized a Partner Grant with the Department of Justice/Office of Justice Programs/Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), for the Drug Court Planning Initiative; a BJA-funded training initiative that helps communities implement effective drug court programs.  The Drug Court Planning Initiative is designed to fulfill three interconnected goals for the state or local drug court teams: 1) educate the team on the basic concepts of drug courts, including information on building the components of a drug court; 2) provide the team with the fundamental skills necessary for the paradigm shift from standard case processing to drug court case processing; and 3) encourage and educate the team to build their program with an emphasis on cultural competency, while integrating the court and treatment  programs.  As in prior years, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP) will develop and deliver this training to drug court teams seeking to implement a drug court in their jurisdictions.

This Partner Grant will allow BJA and SJI to leverage the funds available for training drug court planning teams.  These combined resources will enable drug court teams who have limited resources to attend the training; and/or enable additional drug court teams, who would not have been included prior to the Partner Grant, to receive training. 

BJA and SJI are continuing to work together on various projects impacting the courts.  This Partner Grant marks the second year BJA and SJI have combined resources to support a project, and SJI is looking forward to future efforts.