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Access Living (Chicago)
To provide information to people with disabilities about their legal rights. |
$30,000 |
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AIDS Legal Council of Chicago (Chicago)
For legal representation in housing and family law matters to low-income Chicago residents. |
40,000 |
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Cabrini Green Legal Clinic (Chicago)
For legal representation in housing and family law matters to low-income Chicago residents. |
75,000 |
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Centro Romero (Chicago)
To provide legal counseling and representation to refugees from Guatemala and El Salvador. |
20,000 |
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Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Chicago)
To support the Employment Opportunity Project. |
25,000 |
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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. |
48,000 |
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Chicago Legal Clinic (Chicago)
To support legal services to low-income Chicagoans through offices in Pilsen, South Chicago & Austin. |
250,000 |
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Chicago Volunteer Legal Services (Chicago)
To support Illinois' oldest and largest pro bono program, with 2,000 volunteer lawyers and paralegals. |
575,000 |
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Community Economic Development Law Project (Chicago)
For pro bono legal assistance to non-profit organizations serving low-income Chicago neighborhoods. |
40,000 |
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Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services (Chicago)
For Cook County's legal aid hotline, which answers legal questions and refers callers to other sources of help. |
517,500 |
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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. |
57,500 |
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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. |
25,000 |
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DuPage Bar Legal Aid Service (Wheaton)
To support the pro bono project of the DuPage County Bar Association. |
48,000 |
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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. |
175,000 |
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Evanston Community Defender Office (Evanston)
For legal assistance to low-income Evanston youth and their families. |
18,600 |
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Guardianship Referral & Services (Decatur)
To provide evaluations and legal assistance to people who may need a guardian to help manage their affairs. |
12,500
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Health & Disability Advocates (Chicago)
To assist low-income Illinois resident related to public benefits programs, including medicaid and social security. |
75,000
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Illinois Coalition for Equal Justice (Chicago/Rockford)
To allow the statewide collaborative planning body for the legal aid system in Illinois to hire a full-time executive director & for related expenses. |
200,000
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Illinois Legal Aid Online (Chicago)
For a new collaborative project to provide comprehensive, Internet-based resources for legal aid advocates, pro bono lawyers and members of the public seeking legal information. |
550,000
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Immigration Project (Granite City)
For immigration-related legal assistance to residents of Central and Southern Illinois. |
75,000
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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. |
1,357,500 |
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Lawyers Committee for Better Housing (Chicago)
To support the provision of pro bono representation to tenants facing eviction. |
90,000 |
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Legal Aid Bureau (Chicago)
For legal assistance to low-income Chicagoans in family law matters. |
125,000 |
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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. |
550,000 |
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Life Span Center for Legal Services & Advocacy (Chicago)
For legal assistance and representation to victims of domestic violence. |
250,000 |
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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. |
250,000 |
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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. |
1,385,000 |
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Public Interest Law Initiative (Chicago)
General operating support for the agency that provides summer interns to legal services agencies. |
25,000 |
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Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law (Chicago)
To provide information and training to legal services organizations regarding public benefits issues. |
25,000 |
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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. |
35,000 |
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Will County Legal Assistance Program (Joliet)
For the legal aid program serving low-income resident of Will County. |
60,000 |
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| Total Grants for Fiscal Year 2008 |
$7,009,600 |
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