2011-12 General Support Grants

The Foundation's Legal Assistance for the Poor (LAP) Grant Program, supported primarily by IOTA funds, provides general support and special purpose grants to a network of organizations providing free civil legal services to the poor. Together, this network provides at least basic access to the justice system for low-income individuals and families residing in every Florida county. LAP grants also support legal assistance for specific client services and to specific client groups. The map below shows the locations of the 32 LAP general support grantees within their service delivery regions. Beneath the map is a list of the grantees and the amount of funding they received in 2011-12 LAP general support grants.

Grantee	Award
1. Americans for Immigrant Justice, Inc. Cheryl Little Executive Director Miami	$634,433
2. Bay Area Legal Services Richard C. Woltmann Executive Director Tampa	$277,527
3. Brevard County Legal Aid Robert L. Johnson, Jr. Executive Director Rockledge	$83,428
4. Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida Barbara J. Prager Executive Director Plantation	$25,970
5. Community Law Program Kimberly Rodgers Executive Director St. Petersburg	$31,850
6. Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida William H. Abbuehl Executive Director Daytona Beach	$360,959
7. Cuban American Bar Association Pro Bono Project Raul Flores Staff Counsel/Executive Director Miami	$50,219
8. Dade County Bar Association Legal Aid Society Sharon L. Langer Executive Director Miami	$387.412
9. Florida Equal Justice Center Sally G. Schmidt Executive Director Fort Myers	$454,377
10. Florida Institutional Legal Services Christopher M. Jones Executive Director Newberry	$587,754*
11. Florida Justice Institute Randall C. Berg, Jr. Executive Director Miami	$362,660*
12. Florida Legal Services Kent R. Spuhler Executive Director Tallahassee	$2,059,423*
13. Florida Legal Services Migrant Farmworker Justice Project Kent R. Spuhler Executive Director Lake Worth	$602,736*
14. Florida Rural Legal Services Donald Isaac Executive Director Lakeland	$380,708
15. Guardianship Program of Dade County Jerry Santeiro Executive Director Miami	$64,800
16. Gulfcoast Legal Services John P. Cunningham Executive Director St. Petersburg	$1,012,991
17. Heart of Florida Legal Aid Society Alina Gonzalez-Dockery Executive Director Bartow	$112,442
18. Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Michael G. Figgins Executive Director Jacksonville	$835,418
19. Lee County Legal Aid Society Kathryn E. Pugh Executive Director Fort Myers	$56,316
20. Legal Advocacy Center of Central Florida Mary Raspet Executive Director Sanford	$603,657
20. The Legal Aid Foundation of the Tallahassee Bar Association Kathy Arrant Executive Director Tallahassee	$42,968
22. Legal Aid of Manasota Linda Harradine Executive Director Sarasota	$31,850
23. Legal Aid Service of Broward County Anthony J. Karrat Executive Director Plantation	$899,949
24. Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association Mary Anne De Petrillo Executive Director Orlando	$534,306
25. Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County Robert A. Bertisch Executive Director West Palm Beach	$353,740
26. Legal Services of Greater Miami Marcia K. Cypen Executive Director Miami	$640,909
27. Legal Services of North Florida Kristine E. Knab Executive Director Tallahassee	$224,885
28. The North Florida Center for Equal Justice Edward J. Grunewald Executive Director Tallahassee	$75,145
29. Northwest Florida Legal Services C.V. Ford, Jr. Executive Director Pensacola	$392,660
30. Seminole County Bar Association Legal Aid Society Silvia McLain Executive Director Longwood	$65,238
31. Southern Legal Counsel Jodi Siegel Executive Director Gainesville	$314,014*
32. Three Rivers Legal Services Allison P. Thompson Executive Director Gainesville	$65,324
Total	$12,626,068

* Non-poverty-population-based general support grant

Grants approved at the Foundation's Dec. 2, 2011 board of directors meeting; this page updated Dec. 19, 2011.