Colorado Municipal Court Successfully Appeals Grant Funding Denial to Purchase Case Management

Silt Municipal Court Appeals JAG/BYRNE Grant Application Denial and Receives
Funding to Procure Case Management from New Dawn Technologies
SILT, Colo.--(Business Wire)--
Silt Municipal Court in Silt, Colorado, applied for a JAG/BYRNE grantin February
2009. In July, they received notification that their grant application was
denied stating that the court should have budgeted for needs stated in the
application. Budgeting was out of the question, "Because our community is so
small, our budgets are tight. Our budgets pay for our staff, and we don`t have
much extra. Purchasing case management was something we desperately needed but
couldn`t budget for," said Janet Bodrogi, Silt Court Clerk. Bodrogi appealed the
grant denial in August and by the end of the month, was notified they would be
awarded grant money.

The grant money was used to procure JustWare | Municipal Court from New Dawn
Technologies. Prior to selecting the JustWare case management solution, Silt
Municipal Court tracked cases with Microsoft Office products. "We picked
JustWare because it's easy-to-use, had the financials package we needed, and the
New Dawn team was great," said Bodrogi.

"Our old process was difficult. We had case information in different places,
making it a mess to take to court," said Bodrogi. "Before we applied for the
grant, we knew we wanted JustWare. Our District Attorneys told us of their
success with JustWare and with its configurability we knew it would be a good
fit. With JustWare, our court will have one case file where everything is
located. We won`t have to follow the paper trail anymore."

The U.S. Government [JAG/BYRNE program] requires the Municipal Court to submit
quarterly reports on grant money allocation, and how they are meeting the goals
and objectives as described in the grant application. "JustWare will track
everything the grant requires us to track-automatically. We`re so excited for
how this will streamline our court!" said Bodrogi.

Silt Municipal Court will go live with JustWare in early 2010. In the future
they plan to incorporate JusticeBroker, New Dawn`s data sharing tool kit to
share data with the Silt Police Department.

For more information on the JAG/BYRNE Grant visit the Office of Justice Programs
website.

To learn how your court or agency can find and obtain a grant for your court or
agency`s needs, register for a free Webinar from New Dawn Technologies on
October 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM PDT/2:00 PM EDT.

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