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February 2023 | Vol. 33, No. 5

Grantee Spotlight: The National Council of Juvenile and

Family Court Judges – DV AWARE Dissemination

Project: Building the Training Capacity of States, Meeting

the Security Needs of Courts and Families

DV AWARE stands for Domestic Violence Analysis,

Warning, Action, Recovery, and Engagement.

Perpetrators of domestic violence can threaten the

safety and well-being not only of their intimate partners

and children, but also courts and communities.

Beginning with a grant from SJI in 2021, the DV AWARE

Project sought to support juvenile and family court

systems around the country anticipate, identify, and

mitigate violent incidents in their courthouses associated

with domestic violence. It addresses two of SJI’s Priority

Investment Areas... Read more

In the News

Keys to Youth Justice Improvement: Demonstration of Practical, Sustainable,

Measurable, and Replicable Solutions

The RFK National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice is pleased to announce the

release of Keys to Youth Justice Improvement: Demonstration of Practical, Sustainable,

Measurable, and Replicable Solutions. The new Innovation Brief highlights the replicable

processes and achievements of the Dennis M. Mondoro Probation and Juvenile Justice

System Enhancement Project* (Mondoro Project). The findings illustrate how

other state and local jurisdictions are enabled to replicate reforms that establish evidenceinformed policies, practices, and stakeholder collaborations to produce... Read more
The Judicial Innovation Fellowship Program

The Judicial Innovation Fellowship (JIF) is an initiative incubated at the Justice Lab at

Georgetown Law Center’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy. The JIF is a year-long

fellowship for technologists, designers, and user testers to transform justice across state,

local, territorial, and tribal courts. It is an exciting new opportunity for technologists, product

people, and designers to use their talents for justice. Partnering with state, local, territorial,

and tribal courts, fellows will have the opportunity to work inside courts to... Read more

New Online Assessment Tool to Guide Future Space Planning

To help courts plan for future space requirements, NCSC has launched a Modern

Courthouse Self-Assessment Tool that examines existing building space and provides

guidance on new courthouse space planning and design trends. Responses collected in

the interactive questionnaire offer insights for potential remodels and new construction by

assessing current courthouse design and current and future service requirements. At the

end of the assessment, courts receive a summary report that can assist with defining,

planning and reforming space needs to support and enhance updated court... Read more

Announcements

Eviction Diversion

Initiative Grant

Application Now Open!

NCSC is now accepting

applications for

the Eviction Diversion Initiative

Grant Program through Friday, April

21st, 2023. Grants will be awarded

to 6-9 state and local courts to

launch or expand eviction diversion

programs and transform the eviction

court experience. EDI grant funds

can be used to hire dedicated court

staff to oversee the eviction

diversion and court reform work and

to build community... Read more

The new year is here

and so is the 2023 grant

season! New federal

solicitations are open,

and more are expected

to come out soon. If you're looking

for funding, make sure you check

out the resources we provide. The

Federal government issues two

kinds of grants: discretionary grants

and formula (or block) grants. For

both categories of funds, courts may

be eligible as the applicant or in

partnership or collaboration with an

eligible partner. For more

information, please visit: Funding

Opportunities - SJI Funding Toolkit.

The Center for Justice Innovation

(formerly known as the Center for

Court Innovation), with funding from

the State Justice Institute, is

Upcoming Webinar!

NCSC will be

hosting Just Horizons

- The Campaign to
surveying criminal

courts nationwide to

better understand the

uses of traumainformed practices. The

results of this survey will inform best

practices in the field, through the

Center's Trauma-Informed Practice

Strategy Lab. Please complete this

survey by March 10th, 2023. Access

the survey here.

Build Future-Ready Courts on

February 23rd, 2023, at 2:00PM

EST. Led by a council of court

leaders and scholars, Just Horizons

has been examining the driving

forces of change in society and

mapping them onto a plan to

prepare courts for the future.

Speakers will identify six key areas

of vulnerability on which courts must

act today, to prepare for tomorrow.

Register here.

Upcoming Course!

The National Judicial

College (NJC) will be

hosting Civil

Mediation from March

27-31st, 2023, in Reno, NV.

Mediation is an important option in

every system of justice. Judges with

mediation skills can have

opportunities open up to them both

on and off the bench. This five-day,

40-hour course is hands-on,

interactive, fast-paced and practical.

For more information and to

register, click here.

New Funding

Opportunity:

Comprehensive Opioid,

Stimulant, and

Substance Use Sitebased Program. The Bureau of

Justice Assistance (BJA) 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... Read more

If you are interested in sharing court related news or announcements in the SJI newsletter,

please send all content to contact@sji.gov by the 10th of the month.

Are you a SJI grantee interested in being featured in our monthly newsletter and on our

website? Follow the instructions on our Grantee Spotlight Submission Instructions page.

The next deadline to submit a

grant application to SJI

is May 1, 2023.

Learn more about SJI grants and apply

today!
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