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### Supporting the Nation's Judicial System & the Public it Serves

## SJI News & Announcements

## SJI was established by federal law in 1984 to improve the quality of justice in state courts, and foster innovative, efficient solutions to common issues faced by all courts. To fulfill this mission, SJI awards grants that benefit the nation’s judicial system and the public it serves.

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### New Online Resource Available on State Courts and the Opioid Crisis

The National Judicial Opioid Task Force (NJOTF) has launched an online resource center to provide judges and court staff one place to go for easy access to opioid-related information and materials.  The task force is supported with funding from SJI and is staffed by the National Center for State Courts. The resource center offers the … 

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### Latest JTC Bulletin Addresses Social Media Marketing for Courts

The Joint Technology Committee (JTC), established by the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA), the National Association for Court Management (NACM) and the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), released a resource bulletin in December 2018. The publication covered several aspects of utilizing social media as a means by which to achieve effective court communication.  … 

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### SJI Awards FY 2018 Fourth Quarter Grants

The SJI Board of Directors met on December 10, 2018 to make decisions on quarterly grant applications and awarded a total of 14 new grants. Four (4) Strategic Initiatives Grants were awarded: the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA)/National Association for Court Management (NACM) Joint Technology Committee (JTC), in partnership with the Court Chief Information … 

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### Introduction to the Enhanced Juvenile Justice Guidelines

In 2005, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) published the Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines: Improving Court Practice in Juvenile Delinquency Cases (JDG).  Over the years, the Guidelines have been used as a major resource by juvenile courts across the country. With grant support from SJI, the NCJFCJ has updated this seminal publication.  This update … 

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### New Guide to Improve Court Responses to Mental Illness

Justice-system involvement for those with mental illness has broad-reaching implications.  For courts and communities to effectively respond to individuals with mental and behavioral health issues who are involved in the justice system requires committed stakeholders across a spectrum of services and time. In collaboration with Arizona’s Fair Justice Subcommittee on Mental Health and the Criminal … 

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### Texas Courts Revise Collection Practices

When the Texas courts revised ways for economically disadvantaged people to resolve minor offenses — such as traffic tickets — by reviewing the defendants’ ability to pay, they got an unexpected result: court collections jumped by nearly 7 percent. NCSC board member and Texas Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht has been leading this effort, along … 

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#### SJI GRANTEE SPOTLIGHTS

                  -  Update to the Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines – Processing Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Courts
		    	June 1, 2024 					
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                  -  Reducing Conflict with Families in Transition
		    	May 1, 2024 					
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                  -  The Housing Navigator Program
		    	April 1, 2024 					
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                  -  Judicial Innovation Fellowship Program
		    	March 1, 2024 					
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#### SJI NEWSLETTER

June 2024 Vol.34 No.9

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