Ohio Court Backlog Reduction Program Grant Summaries In 2022

Ohio Court Backlog Reduction Program Grant Summaries

In 2022, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine launched the Ohio Court Backlog Reduction program to

help local courts process increasing numbers of court cases. The list below summarizes the

awards. This list was compiled by the Ohio Department of Public Safety. Members of the media

with general questions about the grant program should contact DPS Communications Director

Bret Crow at [email protected] or 614-769-4779. Those with questions about specific grant

awards should contact the court receiving the award.

Ashtabula

• The Ashtabula County Juvenile/Probate Court will receive $309,623.57 to hire a deputy

clerk and law clerk and to buy equipment.

Athens

• The Athens County Municipal Court will receive $155,633.28 to hire a security officer.

Butler

• The Butler County Common Pleas Court will receive $183,783.60 to hire an investigator

and a file room clerk.

• The Butler County Domestic Relations Court will receive $425,000 to hire a

magistrate/mediator and a staff attorney.

• The Hamilton Municipal Court (Butler County) will receive $318,273.35 to upgrade its

case management system.

Champaign

• The Champaign County Family Court will receive $80,043.60 to implement an online

case document imaging system.

Crawford

• The Crawford County Municipal Court will receive $71,199.88 to implement the Ohio

Community Supervision System case management tool and to fund a traffic clerk and a

probation clerk.

Cuyahoga

• The Cleveland Heights Municipal Court (Cuyahoga County) will receive $72,249 to

upgrade its case management system.

• The Cleveland Municipal Court (Cuyahoga County) will receive $425,000 to hire pretrial

services staff and/or magistrates.

• The Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court will receive $400,000 for a new case management

system.

• The Lakewood Municipal Court (Cuyahoga County) will receive $425,000 to hire staff

that could include an IT project manager, two part-time law clerks, and a public defender.

• The Shaker Heights Municipal Court (Cuyahoga County) will receive $169,093.37 to

hire a probation officer.

Delaware

• The Delaware Municipal Court (Delaware County) will receive $26,780 to implement a

text messaging service.

Erie

• The Huron Municipal Court (Erie County) will receive $36,200.40 to hire a deputy clerk.

Fairfield

• The Fairfield County Common Pleas Court will receive $147,426.47 to hire a probation

support specialist, to implement electronic notifications, and to perform mental health and

substance use disorder assessments for in lieu of conviction cases.

• The Fairfield County Domestic Relations Court will receive $46,800 to increase the use

of contract mediators.

Franklin

• The Franklin County Municipal Court will receive $425,000 to expand pretrial services

staff and/or to increase the use of contract interpreters.

Gallia

• The Gallia County Probate/Juvenile Court will receive $63,416 to upgrade its case

management system by implementing a text messaging service and buying new hardware.

Geauga

• The Geauga County Common Pleas Court will receive $5,000 to implement a text

messaging service.

Greene

• The Fairborn Municipal Court (Greene County) will receive $21,860.40 to hire a paid

intern to help with the warrant backlog.

• The Greene County Common Pleas Court will receive $341,280 to add video to

courtrooms and to update its case management systems to increase the efficiency of court

case processing.

• The Greene County Domestic Relations Court will receive $46,327.50 to hire a domestic

violence coordinator.

Hamilton

• The Hamilton County Common Pleas Court will receive $425,000 to implement

initiatives that could include hiring two bailiffs, updating courtroom technology, or

contracting with forensic psychologists.

• The Hamilton County Juvenile Court will receive $253,885.14 to hire a clerk for pretrial

services and to hire an intervention specialist for pre-sentencing/disposition services.

Hocking

• The Hocking County Municipal Court will receive $53,615.46 to use GPS tracking in lieu

of jail and to provide equipment for a new risk assessment unit.

Jackson

• The Jackson County Municipal Court will receive $63,304.80 to hire a probation officer.

Lake

• The Lake County Domestic Relations Court will receive $344,418.21 to rehire a law clerk

position and to hire a new magistrate.

Lawrence

• The Lawrence County Bureau of Community Corrections will receive $425,000 to

implement initiatives that could include hiring pretrial services officers, increasing the use of

GPS equipment, implementing kiosks, or upgrading its case management system to increase

its efficiency.

Licking

• The Licking County Domestic Relations Court will receive $12,070.41 to buy

audio/visual equipment for the courtroom.

• The Licking County Probate/Juvenile Court will receive $91,755.97 to hire a full-time

probate clerk.

Logan

• The Logan County Common Pleas Court will receive $425,000 to upgrade its case

management system.

Lorain

• The Lorain County Domestic Relations Court will receive $425,000 to implement

initiatives that could include hiring a director of court services and a program/data analyst,

contracting with Ohio Legal Help, or upgrading its case management system to increase the

efficiency of court case processing.

• The Lorain Municipal Court (Lorain County) will receive $37,460 to integrate its case

management system with the jail system.

Mahoning

• The Struthers Municipal Court (Mahoning County) will receive $131,479 to hire a full-

time clerk and a part-time clerk.

• The Youngstown Municipal Court (Mahoning County) will receive $87,984 to hire a

full-time pretrial services staff member.

Marion

• The Marion County Common Pleas Court will receive $425,000 to hire one pretrial

services officer and to expand its use of GPS.

Medina

• The Medina County Probate/Juvenile Court will receive $16,250 to support the

implementation of a new case management system.

Montgomery

• The Montgomery County Common Pleas Court will receive $143,515.05 to implement an

automated docket system.

• The Montgomery County Juvenile Court will receive $31,922.82 to implement a kiosk

check-in system.

Morrow

• The Morrow County Common Pleas Court will receive $160,802.24 to hire legal assistants

for the judges and to implement the use of GPS.

Ottawa

• The Ottawa County Common Pleas Court will receive $202,200 to hire a court reporter,

to implement a self-represented litigants clinic, and to implement the use of GPS.

Perry

• The Perry County Juvenile/Probate Court will receive $30,000 to contract with an

attorney/mediator for self-represented litigant help.

Portage

• The Portage County Common Pleas Court will receive $27,074 to implement a kiosk

check-in system.

Ross

• The Ross County Common Pleas Court will receive $153,609.48 to hire a pretrial case

manager.

Scioto

• The Scioto County Adult Probation Department will receive $413,388.60 to hire a

pretrial services officer and a diversion officer.

Summit

• The Akron Municipal Court (Summit County) will receive $425,000 to hire a mediator, a

project manager, and a technical analyst.

• The Summit County Common Pleas Court will receive $425,000 to hire a

magistrate/mediator and a bailiff.

Union

• The Union County Probate/Juvenile Court will receive $93,600 to hire two

probation/diversion officers.

Vinton

• The Vinton County Court will receive $11,970.60 to hire a deputy clerk.

Washington

• The Marietta Municipal Court (Washington County) will receive $275,217.31 to hire a

deputy bailiff and a pretrial services/diversion probation officer.

Williams

• The Williams County Juvenile Court will receive $376,556.25 to hire two deputy clerks

and one truancy/diversion officer.