Despite presenting challenges to numerous court processes, the pandemic also afforded opportunities for courts to implement innovations that are making family courts more accessible, efficient, high priority – and less adversarial. The innovations are part of the Conference of Chief Justices/Conference of State Court Administrators Family Justice Initiative (FJI), which is celebrating many milestones: Passage …
Read MoreSJI recently released the Grant Guideline for FY 2021. The Grant Guideline appears as part of the National Archives and Records Administration’s Federal Register, and sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and financial requirements for applying for and administering SJI grants. Fiscal Year 2021 Deadlines for Project, Technical Assistance, and Curriculum Adaptation Grants are as follows: 1st Quarter …
Read MoreOn October 1, 2020, the State Justice Institute (SJI) launched the Grant Management System (GMS) to better serve applicants and grantees, and further improve the grant-making process. The GMS is an online, end-to-end system, that spans the entire grant lifecycle. The GMS provides applicants and grantees with the ability to apply for and manage grants, …
Read MoreThe coronavirus pandemic has led to inconvenience, unprecedented case backlogs and issues that the nation’s state courts haven’t faced since the influenza pandemic of 1918-19. It has also led to opportunity. The Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) urge state court officials to view the pandemic with a glass-half-full …
Read MoreThe SJI Board of Directors met virtually on August 31, 2020 to make decisions on quarterly grant applications, and approved a total of 15 new grants. Ten (10) Strategic Initiatives Grants were approved in support of SJI’s Pandemic Response and Recovery Request for Applications (RFA). More information about these innovative projects will be released soon. SJI received over $4.8 …
Read MoreJanuary 2020 marked the start of the Oregon Judicial Department’s two-year Strategic Campaign, developed with SJI support and technical assistance provided by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). This new approach, recommended by the NCSC and focused on identifying short-term, achievable goals – appealed to Chief Justice Martha L. Walters and State Court Administrator …
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