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Grant Forms
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Grant / Funding Pass- Through
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Pass-Through
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Grant Recipients
- 2008
Justice
Initiatives is
pleased to
provide grant
funding to the
following
projects:
Grants Awarded
Fall 2008
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Google Website Advertisement
Funding was provided to advertise
the I-CAN! web site on the Google
search engine. ICAN! provides
instructions and forms for
addressing family law related
matters in Mecklenburg County. The
revenue ICAN! generates is
reinvested into other innovative
programs and services for the
public.
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Juror Appreciation Week
Justice Initiatives' mission to
"educate the community about the
court system and to advocate,
support and advance its needs and
interests" is directly accomplished
by granting funds for advertising
and supporting the annual Juror
Appreciation Week. The main
objectives of Juror Appreciation
Week are to educate the community
about the judicial system, enhance
public awareness of the importance
of jury service and to show
appreciation to citizens who perform
their civic responsibility. To do
such a billboard ad was purchased
that thanked jurors for their
service throughout the year. In
addition, movies and magazines were
purchased for the Jury Assembly Room
as another means to make juror
service a more pleasurable
experience for those citizens who
perform jury service throughout the
year.
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TCA Continuing Education
Funding was provided to cover the
cost of professional dues and
attendance at professional
conferences for the management staff
of the Trial Court Administrator's
Office. No funds were available for
such activities under the then
current State budget. As a result,
management staff had to incur
personal expense if they wanted to
join professional associations, such
as the National Association for
Court Management, and/or attend
conferences that promote employee
development in the court system. The
expense of the dues and conferences
is such that few were financially
able to take advantage of these
opportunities. The request for
assistance with meeting the
continuing education needs of court
personnel is consistent with Justice
Initiatives' mission and purpose to
advance the needs of the court
system and to advocate for these
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Grants Awarded
Spring 2008
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Family
Court Handbook
The handbook for
self-represented litigants was
originally published in 2001.
Justice Initiatives provided
funding to reprint this valuable
community tool that is designed
to educate and assist pro se
litigants in filing and
responding to claims of divorce,
child custody and visitation.
The handbook was revised with
the collaboration of law
students from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Duke University and Florida
Coastal over a two year period.
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Mecklenburg County Teen Court
Funding was provided for this
alternative judicial program within
the 26th District for youthful
misdemeanor offenders with no
previous convictions. Successful
completion of the program results in
no criminal record for the
participants.
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I-CAN!
In July 2008 Justice Initiatives
and the Family Court SelfServe
Center proudly launched the
I-CAN!TM
Legal low cost online
application that fills out court forms by
asking the user simple questions
and putting his/her answers on
the forms in the correct place.
The website provides help with
divorce and name change forms.
It will be an ongoing project
because Justice Initiatives and
the SelfServe Center plan to
eventually offer domestic
violence, small claims, and
custody forms on the I-CAN!TM
website.
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