2007grant

Grants For Fiscal Year 2007 (First Cycle)
Applicant Name	Project Name	Amount Awarded	Project Description
Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum	Introduction to Family Law DVD	$5,000.00	To prepare a DVD instructing attorneys about family law in the hopes of recruiting attorneys to accept family law cases on a pro bono basis.
Indiana State Bar Association	We the People	$16,000.00 (awarded $11,000 in last cycle)	To fund the 2006 We the People summer institute program.
Lake Circuit Court	The Children’s Room	$ 5,000.00 (resubmit request during next cycle)	To provide for a part-time child-care worker supervising children whose parents are in court.
Robert Maley Pro Bono Foundation	Staff Counsel Position	$7,500.00	To fund a staff counsel position, enabling the Foundation to provide pro bono services to indigent persons in Richmond and Wayne county.
Volunteer Advocates for Seniors	VAS elderly guardianship program	$5,000.00 (already approved)	To provide matching funds to support a program to provide court-appointed limited guardians to the elderly in Lake county and northwest Indiana.
TOTAL GRANT MONEY REQUESTED		$38,500.00

Grants For Fiscal Year 2007 (Second Cycle)

Applicant Name

Project Name

Award Amount Recommended

Project Description

Allen Superior Court

Family Relations Division

Allen County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program

$10,000

To purchase billboards promoting the goal of the CASA program—to provide representation for abused or neglected children in Allen county and services in the best interests of the children.

Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum

Trial Advocacy Skills College Scholarships

$5,250

To provide scholarships to attorneys of limited means, allowing these attorneys to attend the week-long program in mid-March.

Middle Way House, Inc.

Legal Advocacy for Battered Women

$12,000

To provide legal services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic

NCLC Preventative Law Education Program

$10,000

To educate low income families in Marion county about such topics as landlord/tenant issues, domestic violence, family law, credit repair and schemes/scams via brochures, workshops and newspapers.

Notre Dame

Notre Dame Law School Alternative Spring Break Project

$1,500

To fund a trip to New Orleans during Spring Break for Notre Dame law students. These students will provide legal services to residents affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Parents and Friends, Inc.

La Porte County Council on Aging

$5,000

To provide written materials for decision-impaired individuals in La Porte county ($1,350) and to allow four program coordinators to attend Elder Law Conferences and other training sessions ($3,650).

Protective Order Pro Bono Project of Greater Indianapolis, Inc.

same

$6,250

To provide legal assistance to low-income victims of domestic violence and to increase the number of individuals thereby assisted through service promotion.

TOTAL GRANT MONEY REQUESTED

$50,000

The Foundation of our Profession

The Children’s Room