The office of state courts administrator (OSCA) will use FY 2025 consolidated national criminal history improvement program funding for contractual work to: enhance the statewide court case management…

The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics awarded a $2.150850 million Cooperative Agreement to the Executive Office of the State of Missouri, operating as the Office of State Courts Administrator (OSCA), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, under the National Criminal History Improvement Program (CFDA 16.554).

OSCA will use the funding to enhance the statewide Show Me Courts case management system and conduct National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks. The Show Me Courts enhancements will implement case management tools for associate and circuit-level criminal case processing, particularly those tied to civil, family court, juvenile, and probate cases. OSCA will also hire a contractor to conduct timely and accurate NICS background checks requested for juvenile and mental health cases. Work is performed in Jefferson City, Missouri. These projects address criminal history improvement challenges in Missouri and expand the share of eligible records available to NICS.

The office of state courts administrator (OSCA) will use FY 2025 consolidated national criminal history improvement program funding for contractual work to: enhance the statewide court case management system (show me courts) and conduct NICS background checks. The enhancements to show me courts would implement case management tools for associate and circuit-level criminal case processing - particularly those tied to civil, family court, juvenile, and probate cases. In addition, OSCA will use funding to hire a contractor to conduct timely and accurate national instant criminal background check system (NICS) background checks requested of juvenile and mental health cases. These projects are highly relevant to addressing criminal history improvement challenges in missouri and making a greater share of eligible records available to the NICS.