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The PDF version of the December issue of SJI News is available here.
SJI Grant to NASJE to Support Training Activities
The State Justice Institute Board of Directors met in early December and approved an award to the National Association of State Judicial Educators to provide funds to cover some faculty and related training expenses for the 2010 annual conference, similar to the activities supported last year. The focus is on the ever-changing needs of both educators and learners around the diverse technological advances and devices existing today. Additionally, the committee is looking to include educational content on change management – a vital component given the continued financial uncertainties facing the judicial branches, immigration, law and literature, poverty, and presentation skills. This year’s conference will be centered on the theme “Keeping Pace with Technology.” SJI is happy to be able to provide the additional funds to support this educational agenda.
Changes in SJI Guidelines for 2010 Grants
SJI would like to remind all state judicial educators that the guidelines for grant applications have changed slightly for 2010. In view of the serious budget problems faced in most states, SJI has changed two of its small grant programs in hopes of providing additional help for the educational programs for court personnel. In the past the Curriculum Adaptation and/or Training Grants (CAT) included up to $20,000 for single jurisdictions or states to support training programs for their staff. This year, considering the serious budget shortfalls, SJI raised the amount to $30,000. The Technical Assistance (TA) Grants now provide up to $50,000. Both of these small grant programs require a small cash match. In fact the 50% match is still in effect, but only 20% of the match needs to be cash. Therefore, a grant of $30,000 would require a $15,000 total match, but only $3,000 in cash. The balance of the total match ($12,000) would be in-kind match.
A number of jurisdictions have turned to these small grant programs to offset the cuts often being taken in the judicial educational programs by the state or local jurisdictions. TA grants have allowed a number of states to work with the National Center for State Courts to bring ICM training programs into their jurisdiction, thus reducing the need for travel funds while still being able to offer the needed educational programs. In other cases, jurisdictions have used the CAT grants to support bringing in faculty for a specific program designed for a specific jurisdictional issue. Both of these grant programs are seeing increased requests and SJI is pleased to be able to provide support for these activities.
The next application deadline is February 1, so if anyone has questions about the programs, please feel free to give SJI a call. Either Janice Munsterman (ext. 202) or Jonathan Mattiello (ext. 210) will be happy to discuss the programs with you.
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