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Access Living (Chicago)
To provide legal information and assistance to people with disabilities. |
$82,000 |
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AIDS Legal Council of Chicago (Chicago)
To assist individuals with HIV/AIDS in legal matters involving public benefits, insurance and health care. |
65,423 |
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Cabrini Green Legal Clinic (Chicago)
For legal representation in housing and family law matters to low-income Chicago residents. |
231,180 |
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Centro Romero (Chicago)
To provide legal counseling and representation to immigrants from Central America. |
25,000 |
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Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Chicago)
To support the Employment Opportunity Project. |
30,000 |
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Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (Chicago)
For legal services to assist parents in jail or prison attempting to arrange for their children's care. |
85,907 |
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Chicago Legal Clinic (Chicago)
To support legal services to low-income Chicagoans through offices in South Chicago, Pilsen, Austin and the Loop. |
465,680 |
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Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (Chicago)
To support the work of Illinois’ oldest and largest pro bono program. |
990,453 |
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Community Economic Development Law Project (Chicago)
For pro bono legal assistance to non-profit organizations serving low-income Chicago neighborhoods. |
67,000 |
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Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services (Chicago)
For the legal aid hotline serving Cook County, which provides legal advice and referrals to thousands of callers each year. |
925,408 |
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DePaul University College of Law Asylum & Immigration Clinic(Chicago)
Funding for a special initiative to provide technical assistance to community-based immigration service agencies. |
70,000 |
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Domestic Violence Legal Clinic (Chicago)
To help victims of domestic violence secure civil orders of protection through a court-based clinic. |
45,889 |
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DuPage Bar Legal Aid Service (Wheaton)
To support the pro bono project of the DuPage County Bar Association. |
75,907 |
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Equip for Equality (Springfield & Carbondale)
Support for staff attorneys based in Springfield & Carbondale who serve people with disabilities in Central and Southern Illinois. |
212,000 |
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Evanston Community Defender Office (Evanston)
For legal assistance to low-income Evanston youth and their families. |
37,752 |
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Eldercare Options (Decatur)
To provide evaluations and legal assistance to people who may need a guardian to help manage their affaris. |
15,000 |
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Health & Disability Advocates (Chicago)
To support the Chicago Medical-Legal Partnership for Children, which provides representation to children and families facing serious health-related legal issues. |
150,000
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Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (Chicago)
To support the Equal Justice Illinois Campaign, an effort to educate opinion leaders in Illinois about the importance of state funding for legal aid and related access-to-justice initiatives. |
35,000
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Illinois Legal Aid Online (Chicago)
To provide comprehensive Internet-based information and resources to legal aid advocates, pro bono attorneys and members of the public seeking legal assistance. |
813,339 |
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Immigration Project (Granite City)
For immigration-related legal assistance to residents of Central and Southern Illinois. |
178,038
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Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation (East St. Louis)
For legal services to low-income residents of 65 counties in Southern and Central Illinois through a network of five branch offices. |
2,551,099 |
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Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing (Chicago)
To provide advice and representation to tenants facing housing-related legal problems. |
197,696 |
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Legal Aid Bureau (Chicago)
To support the oldest legal aid program in Illinois, which has been in continuous operation since 1886. |
259,657 |
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Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (Chicago)
To provide legal services to low-income residents of Chicago and suburban Cook County. |
1,189,175 |
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Life Span Center for Legal Services & Advocacy (Chicago)
For legal assistance and representation to victims of domestic violence. |
439,371 |
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National Immigrant Justice Center (Chicago)
To support legal services for immigrants and pro bono representation of refugees seeking asylum in the U.S. |
358,444 |
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Prairie State Legal Services (Rockford)
For legal services to low-income residents of 35 counties in Northern Illinois through a network of nine branch offices. |
2,544,883 |
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Public Interest Law Initiative (Chicago)
To support five summer intern positions at Chicago legal aid agencies. |
31,250 |
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Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law (Chicago)
To support the work of subject-matter experts who provide training and technical assistance to make front-line legal aid attorneys more effective. |
100,000 |
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Southern Illinois University Legal Clinic (Carbondale)
To support the work of law students and faculty serving elderly clients in 13 counties in Southern Illinois. |
40,000 |
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Will County Legal Assistance Program (Joliet)
For the legal aid program serving low-income resident of Will County. |
96,134 |
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Total Grants for Fiscal Year 2009 |
$12,513,685 |
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