Upcoming Webinar! The National Judicial College (NJC) will be hosting: The Role of Risk Assessments & Evaluations in Sentencing Drug-Impaired Drivers tomorrow: Wednesday, August 17th, 2022, from 3:00-4:15PM EST.
In this webinar, participants will cite the need for, and difference between, DUI specific assessment tools and identify how to best utilize them when sentencing drug-impaired drives.
On behalf of The United States Department of Justice, OJP Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA); the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the State Justice Institute (SJI); the National Association of Counties and the Institute for Intergovernmental Research, we are excited to share with you a new initiative, Reaching Rural: Advancing Collaborative Solutions. BJA, CDC, and SJI are supporting this initiative as part of an ongoing interagency partnership to strengthen public safety and public health collaboration under BJA’s Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP). COSSAP provides funding and training and technical assistance (TTA) to state, local, tribal, and territorial partners to support a comprehensive response to illicit substance use and misuse; reduce overdose deaths; promote public safety; and support access to prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services in the community and justice system.
What is the Reaching Rural initiative?
The Reaching Rural initiative is a one-year initiative. Over the course of the year, the selected individuals and teams will receive coaching and participate in skill-building workshops as well as virtual and in-person learning experiences.
Participation in the Reaching Rural initiative includes:
·Travel and per diem costs to participate in an orientation, a field visit to observe the implementation of evidence-informed practices in a rural setting, and a closing session at the end of the 12 months. This is not a grant opportunity.
· Monthly mentorship and guidance aimed toward your local needs.
· Monthly assignments that help you apply core concepts to your local community or region.
· Access to a diverse network of rural peers, innovative rural communities, and technical assistance providers.
· Formal recognition for completing the planning initiative.
The SJI Board of Directors will be meeting on Monday, August 29, 2022 at 1:00 PM CT. The purpose of this meeting is to consider grant applications for the 4th quarter of FY 2022, and other business.
ADDRESS: Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, 222 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL, 60601.
Upcoming Webinar! Thursday, July 14th, 2022, from 1:30-3:00PM EST. Improving Systems through Collaboration: Top Down or Bottom Up? Both!
Catalysts for change exist at all levels of social service, health, and court systems—from state-level leaders to local agency directors. Sustaining practice and policy changes require local implementation efforts that in turn rely on state support.
The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare’s (NCSACW) upcoming panel discussion highlights the lessons and successes of change implementation.
The panel examines how sustaining system-level change: 1) maximizes implementation efforts, and 2) ensures programs remain effectively and equitably delivered and sustained—from the top down and bottom up. These lessons stem from NCSACW’s specialized technical assistance programs: In-Depth Technical Assistance (IDTA) and Regional Partnership Grant (RPG).
Join this facilitated discussion to ask questions and network with other tribes, states, and communities. Learning objectives include: Understand how to make change at the local and state levels. Identify practice-level strategies necessary to create systems-level change.
Build collaborative capacity with partner agencies and systems. Engage strong leadership to assure collaboratives develop mutually defined goals, make lasting practice changes, and mitigate systemic barriers to improve outcomes for children and families.
The SJI Board of Directors will be meeting on Monday, June 13, 2022 at 10:00 AM ET. The purpose of this meeting is to consider grant applications for the 3rd quarter of FY 2022, and other business.
Need information on current federal funding opportunities? Rulo Strategies, with support from SJI, is releasing weekly updates on open solicitations for federal funding opportunities of potential interest to state courts and their justice system partners, organized by topic. This resource highlights key information to help jurisdictions make decisions about whether to pursue these funding opportunities. Please note that the solicitation or notice of funding that is linked serves as the official guidance on how to apply for the funding, required and allowable expenses, and deadlines. If a funding opportunity looks relevant to the work you are planning for, please read through each solicitation/notice of funding closely to respond to all requirements. The current Federal Grant Programs guide can be accessed here.
The OJP Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), in collaboration with the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) team, is seeking applications to respond to illicit substance use and misuse to reduce overdose deaths, promote public safety, and support access to treatment and recovery services in the criminal justice system. Awards will be made in two categories for the following amounts:
Category 1: Local Applications
Subcategory 1a—An urban area or large county with a population greater than 500,000: up to $1,600,000
Subcategory 1b—A suburban area or medium-size county with a population between 100,000 and 500,000: up to $1,300,000
Subcategory 1c—A rural area or small county or tribal area with a population of fewer than 100,000 or a federally recognized Indian tribe: up to $1,000,000
Category 2: State Applications
Applications from states on behalf of county, local, municipal, or tribal communities: up to $6,000,000
Step 2: Applicants will submit the full application, including attachments, in JustGrants at JustGrants.usdoj.gov. To be considered timely, the full application must be submitted to JustGrants by the JustGrants application deadline.
Register now! Fair Housing Overview for State Courts Webinar: Monday, May 9th at 3PM EST.
For over fifty years, the Fair Housing Act has protected individuals and families in the United States from housing discrimination. State court judges and subject matter experts at the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will discuss fair housing protections, enforcement mechanisms, and implications for state courts.
On behalf of the Rural Justice Collaborative (RJC), we invite you to complete the questionnaire below to inform the development of a Rural Justice Roadmap. This initiative is part of the RJC’s 2022-2023 priorities as outlined here and will communicate the funding, training, technical assistance, and research needs of rural justice and public safety practitioners.
The questionnaire is designed to collect information from rural justice and public safety practitioners (e.g., judges, law enforcement, pretrial and probation officers, corrections, prosecutors, defense attorneys), rural justice and public safety partners (e.g., substance use treatment providers, public health staff, child welfare staff), and rural project coordinators managing cross-sector projects.
The RJC is partnering with the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) and RTI International to develop the Rural Justice Roadmap. IIR and RTI International support the Rural Responses to the Opioid Epidemic initiative sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s (BJA) Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program. This initiative receives funding and other support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Justice Institute (SJI).
The questionnaire should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. The deadline to complete the survey is April 1st, 2022.
The SJI Board of Directors will be meeting on Monday, March 28, 2022 at 1:00 PM ET. The purpose of this meeting is to consider grant applications for the 2nd quarter of FY 2022, and other business.
ADDRESS: The Nathan Deal Judicial Center, 330 Capitol Avenue, SE, Atlanta, GA, 30334.
