Effective Monday, March 1, 2021, SJI’s new office address will be: 12700 Fair Lakes Circle Suite Suite 340 Fairfax, VA 22033 703-660-4979 For questions, please email contact@sji.gov
Read MoreThree grant deadlines remain for FY 2021 SJI Grant funding: February 1, 2021 (2nd QTR) May 1, 2021 (3rd QTR) August 1, 2021 (4th QTR) All new SJI grant applications must be submitted via the online Grant Management System (GMS). Refer to the Grant Application Guide for additional information. The SJI Funding Toolkit provides support to local courts, state …
Read MoreCoined by Michigan Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack (MI), the expression “not the disruption we wanted, but the disruption we needed” captures the ongoing impact the pandemic has had on America’s state courts. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Conference of Chief Justices/Conference of State Court Administrators Rapid Response Team (RRT) and the …
Read MoreThrough a Request for Applications (RFA) process launched in FY 2020, SJI funded multiple projects that will assist state courts in their response to, and recovery from, COVID-19, with a look towards the future of court operations. SJI gave priority consideration for RFA funding to projects that focused on institutionalizing and/or replicating practices that have been implemented …
Read MoreThe SJI Board of Directors met virtually on December 7, 2020 to make decisions on quarterly grant applications, and approved a total of ten new grants. Two Strategic Initiatives Grants were approved in support of SJI’s Pandemic Response and Recovery Request for Applications (RFA); the Texas Office of Court Administration to assess the impact of remote hearings on judicial …
Read More“A man who became comatose after a fall counted on his daughter, who was assigned to be his guardian, to oversee his finances. However, she withdrew $10,000 from her father’s savings account and made $20,000 in cash advances from another account. When questioned, she said that her father always gave her generous gifts and would …
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