SJI received 18 grant applications requesting a total of $1,349,759 for the 4th quarter of FY 2012. The Board met on September 17, 2012, to make decisions on those grant applications and awarded 15 grants totaling $791,537. Because of the high demand, SJI had to deny some applications due to lack of available funding in …
Read MoreOn September 13, 2012, the House passed a six-month Continuing Resolution (CR) (HJ Res. 117) for FY 2013. The Senate passed the CR on September 22, 2012. The CR will enable SJI to maintain current operations at the FY 2012 funding level, and award 1st quarter FY 2013 grants. On September 21, 2012, the Office …
Read MoreThe 4th National Symposium on Court Management, held at the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) in October 2010, convened a range of state court stakeholders for only the 4th time since 1981. Participation at this symposium was by invitation only; however, the NCSC has recently made the resources from this event available to the …
Read MoreSJI received 23 grant applications requesting a total of $1,349,759 for the 4th quarter of FY 2012. The Board will meet on September 17, 2012, to finalize decisions on grant awards for the last quarter of this fiscal year. The results of this Board meeting will be available that same week. SJI continues to receive …
Read MoreThe SJI-funded Immigration and the State Courts Initiative, led by the Center for Public Policy Studies (CPPS), is alerting state courts that deferred action for childhood arrivals recently announced by the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will likely result in requests for state court records by individuals applying for consideration under …
Read MoreIn 2007, the Arkansas General Assembly adopted the Arkansas Court Security Act to ensure safe and secure courthouse environments through a general program for security and emergency preparedness for the judicial branch. The Act created a court security grant program for cities and counties that have developed security and emergency preparedness plans. In addition, the …
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