The National Center for State Courts will present a webinar on “From Dashboard to Dollars: Insights into Treatment Court Funding Strategies” Wednesday, November 12, from 1 to 2 p.m.

Insights on treatment court funding structures in New York, Georgia, and Arizona will be offered during this interactive session.  Presenters will discuss funding processes, partnerships, and lessons learned. Attendees will also hear about NCSC’s new "Funding Insights for Treatment Courts" interactive dashboard that provides an overview of the various funding streams and structures used by states to support and expand treatment court programs and resources. 

Speaking at the webinar will be 

• Krista Forster, program services manager, Arizona Supreme Court

• Taylor Jones, executive director, Council of Accountability Court Judges of Georgia

• Dennis Reilly, statewide drug court coordinator, New York Unified Court System

• Kendall Friend, senior court management consultant, NCSC

• Lisa Williams, senior court management consultant, NCSC

To register for the webinar, visit www.ncsc.org and click on “Education &?events.”

Nessel secures order permanently blocking conditions on transportation funding from DOT

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, along with a coalition of 19 attorneys general, has secured an order permanently blocking the Trump Administration from illegally coercing states into sweeping immigration enforcement by threatening to withhold billions in federal transportation funding. Following the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island’s earlier preliminary injunction issued in May, the Court has now granted the coalition’s motion for summary judgment, declaring the Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) immigration cooperation requirement unlawful, vacating the term from all USDOT grant agreements and permanently enjoining the Department from enforcing or implementing it.   

The coalition initially filed a lawsuit in May after the Administration imposed the new conditions requiring state agencies to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts or risk losing crucial funds used to maintain and protect transportation infrastructure.  

Joining Nessel in securing this injunction are the AGs from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai?i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.

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