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: Proposed Grant Guideline. SUMMARY: This Guideline sets forth the administrative, programmatic, and financial requirements attendant to Fiscal Year 2006 State Justice Institute grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts. DATES: September 30, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Linskey, Executive 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. Pending appropriations legislation passed by the House (H.R. 2862) would appropriate $2.0 million to SJI in fiscal year 2006; the Senate-passed version of the bill proposes to appropriate $5.0 million. Additional funds may be made available to SJI either through Congressional action or agreements with the Department of Justice. Regardless of the final amount provided to SJI for fiscal year 2006, the Institute's Board of Directors intends to solicit project grant applications for certain strategic priorities, discussed further below, to invite selected applicants to apply for grants in key areas, and to continue the most important project grants currently assi…