SJI received fourteen (14) grant applications requesting a total of $1,285,848 for the 2nd quarter of FY 2025.
The Board awarded four (4) Strategic Initiative Grants to: the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) to further develop the Court Recruitment System – a state court clerkship application portal; the Institute for Intergovernmental Research for ongoing support to the Reaching Rural: Advancing Collaborative Solutions initiative; the NCSC, in partnership with the Conference of State Court Administrators/National Association for Court Management Joint Technology Committee, Court Information Technology Officers Consortium, and the Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute to engage courts and technology vendors in open discussions about common challenges in working together on technology projects, and identify strategies to mitigate those challenges; and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System to launch a national initiative to address how best to provide legal services to self-represented litigants in high stakes/high risks cases.
One (1) Project Grant was awarded to the Missouri Office of State Courts Administrator to assist local courts with developing Continuity of Operations Plans.
Six (6) Technical Assistance Grant applications were awarded: the Kansas Supreme Court for local strategic planning projects; the National Association for Presiding Judges and Court Executive Officers for educational programming; the City of Beaverton, Oregon, Municipal Court for a caseflow and case management system assessment; the District of Columbia Courts for an interactive web system for the Court of Appeals; the Superior Court of Mohave County, Arizona for a strategic planning process; and the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts for an organizational assessment.
Three (3) Curriculum Adaptation and Training Grants were awarded: the Montana Supreme Court to support educational programming for limited jurisdiction judges during the Montana Judicial Institute; the Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeal for educational programming; and the National Association of State Judicial Educators for training programs that enhance judicial education.
The next deadline for grant applications is May 1, 2025.