Judicial Council Approves Trial Court Budget Advisory
Committee Recommendations
The Judicial Council has approved recommendations from its Trial
Court Budget Advisory Committee to allocate funding for general
court operations and specific costs of the trial courts from the
Trial Court Trust Fund (TCTF) and General Fund. These
recommendations include new funding for general court operations,
court employee benefits cost increases, court security, and
workload costs associated with Proposition 47. For additional
information please click
here.
Judicial Council Accepts Report on the California Community
Corrections Performance Incentives Act of 2009: Findings from the
SB 678 Program (2016)
The Judicial Council recently accepted the
Report on the California Community Corrections Performance
Incentives Act of 2009: Findings from the SB 678 Program
(2016). The SB 678 program was designed to allay state prison
overcrowding and provide the state financial savings by reducing
the number of adult felony probationers sent to state prison. The
program allocates a portion of the savings to county probation
departments to support the use of evidence-based supervision
practices and attain a reduction in the amount of supervised
felony offenders revoked to state prison.
The report consists of a brief background on the program,
documents changes made to the program as a result of public
safety realignment and Proposition 47, provides results from the
first six years of the program including funding allocations to
the counties, and provides information on county probation
departments’ reported use of funds and implementation of
evidence-based practices.
Judicial Council Approves Funding for Collaborative and Drug
Court Projects in 49 Courts
The Judicial Council approves Substance Abuse Focus Grants and
Dependency Drug Court Augmentation Grant funding for 49
Collaborative and Drug Court Projects throughout the state. This
funding allocation enables interested courts to expand and
enhance collaborative justice court programs that focus on
improved services and outcomes for all court users. Grants are
awarded to all proposed projects that meet the required criteria
and courts are permitted to apply for grants for more than one
project and at more than one site.
The Substance Abuse Focus Grant Program is a non-competitive
grant program available to all local collaborative justice courts
that have a substance abuse focus and incorporate collaborative
justice court principles. The program is funded annually from the
State Budget Act and is available to local courts. The Dependency
Drug Court Augmentation Grant is funded with federal monies that
are awarded to courts seeking additional funds to support
dependency drug courts. For additional information please click
here.
