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State Bar of Texas Litigation Section - applications open for grants

By Michael C. Smith

The State Bar of Texas Litigation Section annually awards grants to deserving groups and organizations - information on the grants and past recipients can be found here.  If readers know of any deserving applicants, please suggest that they look at the application information there.  To see the sorts of groups that have received funding recently, here's a list of last year's grant recipients:

Advocacy, Inc. (Austin)
$3,000 in support of a program to represent Medicaid beneficiaries under the age of 21 who are challenging denials of medically necessary healthcare and treatment.  The grant will pay for travel expenses to allow staff to represent clients in-person at fair hearings on the challenges.

CASA of Harrison County (Marshall)
$2,400 in support of the expansion of CASA into Marion County to provide trained, court-appointed volunteers to serve as advocates for the best interest of abused and neglected children.

Mosaic Family Services (Dallas)
$3,500 to support their Multicultural Legal Services Program which provides direct legal services to low income immigrant victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.

Human Rights Initiative of N. Texas (Dallas)
$3,500 for legal assistant to help immigrant women and children who are victims of human rights abuses apply for immigration relief and legalize their status.

Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid (El Paso)
$3,900 to support TRLA¡¦s Community Justice Program in El Paso, a joint project with the El Paso County Bar Association to improve access to legal services for the poor.  The funds will be used to purchase equipment for a portable office to use at bi-monthly divorce clinics.

Lone Star Legal Aid (Houston)
$3,700 to purchase hardware to aid expansion of consumer rights outreach efforts targeting low-income residents of Fort Bend County.

Texas Appleseed (Austin)
$2,500 to train immigration judges, federal government attorneys and immigration attorneys on issues related to mental disability and the immigration process in order to provide better safeguards for immigrants whose mental disabilities diminish their capacity to participate in removal proceedings.

Central Dallas Ministries (Dallas)
$3,500 to support the Legal Action Works Program, which provides legal services for low-income women including assistance in obtaining protective orders and divorce and child custody representation.

 

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on November 18, 2010 (boomark / email).