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November 2022 | Vol. 33, No. 2

Grantee Spotlight: Convening County, Court & Justice

Leaders: A Framework for Cross-System Collaboration

Initiative

In January 2022, the National Association of

Counties, Rulo Strategies, and Praxis

Consulting launched a new initiative to support justiceoriented strategic planning co-led by judges and elected

county leaders. This timely project leveraged the

renewed interest many courts have, coming out of the

pandemic, in partnering with local stakeholders to

expand the resources available to the courts. Ten

diverse local and regional sites served as pilots. Some

sites aligned their work under an existing planning

group... Read more

In the News

Judicial Task Force Releases Final Report on State Courts' Response to

Mental Illness

Funded by State Justice Insititute, the Judicial Task Force releases the final report from the

National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness.

Continued collaboration between the courts, government agencies, mental health

providers and others is critical to affect the systemic change needed to improve how courts

respond to individuals with serious mental illness. That was the message echoed during

Tuesday’s release of the final report from the National Judicial Task Force to Examine

State Courts’ Response to Mental Illness. The virtual event drew about 900 participants,

including court officials, behavioral health professionals, and members of the news media...

Read more

New Toolkit Provides Guidance for Adopting Pandemic Era Procedural
Improvements

During the pandemic, courts stepped out of their normal routine and comfort zones to find

new ways of doing business. These new procedures benefitted both courts and court

customers. The National Center for State Courts (NCSC)’s new Pandemic Era Procedural

Improvements toolkit outlines tips and examples that your court can adopt to enhance

operations in the post-pandemic era. This toolkit contains a high-level summary of

procedural improvements that courts implemented between 2020 and 2022 that courts

should adopt permanently... Read more

Announcements

Upcoming

Webinar! The National

Center for State Courts

(NCSC) will be

hosting: Recipe for

Strong Court Workforce on

December 13th, 2022, at 3:00PM

EST. What makes a successful

employee engagement strategy for

state and local courts? How do you

learn how to implement those core

elements of success into your

business? Not only has the

pandemic required a re-examination

of roles in court workforces, it also

demands a continued reexamination of how courts attract

and retain their workforce.

Register here.

Upcoming Webinar!

The National Center

for State Courts

(NCSC) will be

hosting: What to

Expect from the Industry, and What

the Industry Expects from You

on November 14th, 2022, at 3:00PM

EST. How can a court tell that their

solution provider can meet and is

meeting the terms of the

agreement? Are there standards

and templates for these

agreements? In this webinar, you

will hear from industry professionals

as they address what courts should

expect from solution providers. In

addition, you will learn what solution

providers are expecting of their

customers. Register here.

Upcoming Webinar!

Hosted by SAMHSA’s

GAINS Center on

Monday, November

21st, 2022, from 2:30-4:00PM

EST. Black Robes and White Coats:

Using Project ECHO to Increase

Judiciary Knowledge about

Substance Use Disorder. High rates

of substance use and overdoses

November is

National Veterans

and Military

Families Month.

This month, our

Nation honors the

strength and sacrifices of the

families, caregivers, and survivors

of our veterans and our current

service members. SJI is proud to
among people interfacing with the

criminal justice system have

highlighted a need for judges to be

more informed and aware of

substance use disorders and

optimal treatment approaches.

Register here.

support this, as it is one of our

Priority Investment Areas. To read

about our Military Families in

Juvenile and Family Courts project

with the National Council for

Juvenile and Family Court Judges

(NCJFCJ), please visit here.

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.

The next deadline to submit a

grant application to SJI

is Feb 1, 2023.

Learn more about SJI grants and apply

today!

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