Grant Database

Assessment of Mental Health Needs for Juveniles subject to Incarceration: To support the contract with the University of South Florida to study and determine the mental health needs of juveniles subject to short term incarceration.

Identifying Youth with Disabilities upon Entry to the Juvenile Justice System: To research, develop, and produce training materials on disability awareness, specifically as it relates to juveniles and provide training to law enforcement and resource officers, prosecutors, juvenile justice department, and other personnel on identifying children with disabilities so they can be referred to appropriate services.

Public Trust and Confidence Training: Partial support of a full-day custom training session, including production of a videotape, addressing customer service, sexual harassment, judicial ethics, workplace diversity, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, and courthouse security. The target audience for the training is trial court administrators, the judiciary and judicial support staff.

Comprehensive Strategy: To support the services of Jean Logan, Project Consultant, for planning and process evaluation, in implementation of the Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders in Dade County.

Education for Children in Jail: Second (of three-year) funding of the project to identify and address deficiencies in the level of educational opportunities available to juveniles incarcerated in adult jails.

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Second (of three-year) funding for implementation of Team Child, a demonstration program designed to assist at-risk youths and their families, by linking legal assistance to the poor offices, public defender offices, and volunteer attorneys and law students to advocate for services in an attempt to resolve or ameliorate the underlying causes of delinquent behavior and break the pattern of escalating delinquent behavior.

Training for Public Safety Coordinating Councils

Building Public Trust and Confidence in the Legal System: For continued general operating support for statewide law-related education projects.

To support a workshop with approximately 80 judicial branch leaders to examine the various roles and functions assumed by the courts and develop consensus with regard to services and programs beyond adjudication and the court’s constitutional mandates.

Training Initiative: To support training initiative for the law enforcement, legal, and mental health communities.

Assessment of Mental Health Needs for Juveniles subject to Incarceration: To support the contract with the University of South Florida to study and determine the mental health needs of juveniles subject to short term incarceration.

Integrated Management Information Systems to Improve Judicial Access to the Appropriate Information Regarding Individual Children and Their Cases: To contract with an information technology consulting group to help the Commission create a technology report and Implementation plan to improve access by judges to information regarding individual children and their cases.

Building Public Trust and Confidence in the Legal System: To provide resources for a statewide law related education (LRE) program to impact students, teachers, judges, attorneys and policy-makers.

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advocacy Project – “Team Child”: To introduce the results of the formal evaluation from the pilot projects into the legislative process for the 2003 legislature.

The New Equation for 21st Century Law: Human & Civil Rights in Context of our Nation’s Response to Terrorist Attacks: To insure human and civil rights in the context of our nation’s response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Free Legal Help for 9-11 Victims: To provide a less complicated way for victims of the 9-11 terrorist attacks to seek compensation through the “September 11th Victim Compensation Fund” – ensuring they have access to free legal service.

Administrative Office of the Courts; Lady Justice Needs You for Jury Service: Production of a two-part informational video to help address: 1) the general public’s apathetic attitude towards the judicial system; and 2) the community’s lack of interest in performing jury service.

Advancing Law Related Education in Florida: To provide resources for a statewide law related education (LRE) program to impact students, teachers, judges, attorneys and policy-makers.

Justice in Teaching Institute: Provides an opportunity for teachers to explore justice and the framework for judicial decision-making in the state courts.

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advocacy Project – “Team Child”. A project designed to assist at-risk youths and their families, by linking legal assistance to the poor offices, public defender offices, and volunteer attorneys and law students to advocate for services in an attempt to resolve or ameliorate the underlying causes of delinquent behavior and break the pattern of escalating delinquent behavior. To provide operating support for three months awaiting the release of ongoing funds from other sources.