This grant application is submitted in statewide category

The Judicial Council of California (JCC) received a $410,614 federal Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585). The grant will fund the development of practical tools to identify and address equity and inclusion issues in California's collaborative courts over a four-year period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2028.

The key deliverables include a California-specific assessment tool, a data collection and analysis plan to investigate outcomes by race, a California-specific guide to diversion law, and a set of program resources translated into five languages. These outputs are designed with long-term sustainability in mind, with oversight from the JCC and support from the Racial Justice Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee of the Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee. The project aims to better ensure collaborative courts can identify and address inequities in participation and outcomes among specific populations, thereby improving equal access to these programs.

With requested funding over a three year period, the judicial council of california (JCC) purposes to create practical tools to identify and address equity and inclusion issues in california's collaborative courts. This project will support a longstanding JCC priority to expand access, fairness, diversity, and inclusion across california's judicial branch and the communities IT serves as well as adult treatment court best practice standard #2 equity and inclusion. Better assuring treatment courts can identify inequities in participation and outcomes among specific populations is a key factor in ensuring equal access. The proposed program will bring together superior courts and their local racial equity and inclusion subject matter expert partners for training events that will ultimately produce: a california specific assessment tool; a data collection and analysis plan specific to the data elements necessary to investigate outcomes by race; a california specific guide to diversion law; and a set of program resources translated into five different languages. The project's key deliverables will be designed with long term sustainability in mind, with oversight from JCC and support from the racial justice equity and inclusion subcommittee of the collaborative justice courts advisory committee.