Grant Guideline

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. State Justice Institute AGENCY: State Justice Institute. ACTION: Final grant guideline. SUMMARY: This Guideline sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and financial requirements attendant to Fiscal Year 2003 State Justice Institute grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. EFFECTIVE DATE: December 2, 2002. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David I. Tevelin, Executive Director, or Kathy Schwartz, Deputy Director, State Justice Institute, 1650 King St. (Suite 600), Alexandria, VA 22314, (703) 684-6100. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the State Justice Institute Act of 1984, 42 U.S.C. 10701 , et seq. , as amended, the Institute is authorized to award grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to State and local courts, nonprofit organizations, and others for the purpose of improving the quality of justice in the State courts of the United States. Complete information about the Institute and its grant programs, including tutorials, forms, and instructions for all grant applications, can be found at http://www.statejustice.org . This Guideline is being published at a time when the Institute is operating on a Continuing Resolution (CR) that expires on January 11, 2003. The Guideline is contingent on further action by Congress to either extend the CR or enact an appropriations bill funding the Institute in FY 2003 at no less than the level approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee ($3.1 million). Types of Grants Available and Funding Schedules SJI offers fi…