Williamsburg, Va. (October 20, 2009) — The National Center for State Courts (NCSC) has been awarded nine grants totaling more than $3.3 million from the U.S. Department of Justice to carry out projects related to court performance and organization as well as court response to issues like domestic violence and elder abuse. The majority of the funding, which came from various offices and bureaus with the Department of Justice, is for fiscal 2010.
· Translating Drug Court Research into Practice — $499,536Bureau of Justice Assistance
· A Curriculum to Promote High-Performing Courts — $450,000Bureau of Justice Assistance
· A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Red Hook Community Court — $438,065National Institute of Justice
· Court Statistics Project 2009 — $414,962Bureau of Justice Statistics
· National Leadership Summit on State Court Responses to Domestic Violence — $399,963Office on Violence Against Women
· National Instant Criminal Background Check System State Records Estimates Development and Validation Project — $399,694Bureau of Justice Statistics
· State Court Organization 2009 — $375,559Bureau of Justice Statistics
· Risk and Needs Assessment Instruments: A Guide to Courts — $264,747Bureau of Justice Assistance
· Elder Abuse Toolkit for the Courts — $149,555Bureau of Justice Assistance
The National Center for State Courts, headquartered in Williamsburg, Va., is a nonprofit court reform organization dedicated to improving the administration of justice by providing leadership and service to the state courts. The National Center, founded in 1971 by the Conference of Chief Justices and Chief Justice of the United States Warren E. Burger, provides education, training, and technology, management, and research services to the nation’s state courts.
National Center for State Courts, 300 Newport Avenue, Williamsburg, VA 23185-4147