2010-11 Children's
Legal Services Grants
- Overview
- Legal Assistance for the Poor (LAP)
- General Support Grant Program
- Loan Repayment Assistance Program
- Legal Assistance Disaster Relief Grants
- Special Purpose Grant Program
- Children's Legal Services Grant Program
- Staff Attorney Salary Supplementation Grants
- Equal Justice Works Fellowship Program
- Affordable Housing Grant Program
- Regional Grant Program
- Small Program Special Needs Grant Program
- Pilot Pro Bono Grant Program
- Florida Leadership Development Institute
- Law Student Assistance (LSA)
- Improvements in the Administration of Justice (AOJ)
- Grantees
| Grantee | Award |
|---|---|
| Bay Area Legal Services Tampa 813-232-1343 L. David Shear Children's Law Center Richard C. Woltmann, Executive Director |
$164,800 |
| Brevard County Legal Aid Rockledge 321-639-2933 Independent Living Project Robert Johnson, Jr. ,Executive Director |
$51,500 |
| Community Law Program St. Petersburg 727-582-7402 Transitioning Dependent Youth Project Kimberly Rodgers, Executive Director |
$44,000 |
| Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida Daytona Beach 386-255-6573 The Child Advocacy Project William H. Abbuehl, Executive Director |
$175,100 |
| Dade County Bar Association Legal Aid Society Miami 305-579-1024 Teen Legal Collaborative Project (Joint project with Lawyers for Children America) Sharon Langer, Executive Director |
$103,000 |
| Florida Equal Justice Center Fort Myers 239-277-7060 Schoolhouse-Safehouse Sally G. Schmidt, Executive Director |
$158,585 |
| Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center Miami 305-573-1106 FIAC's Children's Legal Project Cheryl Little, Executive Director |
$78,315 |
| Florida Institutional Legal Services Newberry 352-375-2494 Children in Custody Project Christopher M. Jones, Executive Director |
$97,850 |
| Florida International University College of Law Miami 305-348-7484 Children's Education Advocacy Clinic Margaret Maisel, Director of Clinical Programs |
$113,300 |
| Florida's Children First Coral Springs 954-796-0860 Florida's Children First Children's Systemic Initiatives Andrea Moore, Executive Director |
$285,150 |
| Florida Legal Services, Inc. Tallahassee 850-385-7900 Children's Statewide Litigation and Policy Kent R. Spuhler, Executive Director |
$159,650 |
Florida State University College of Law, Public Interest Law |
$184,650 |
| Gulfcoast Legal Services St. Petersburg 727-821-0726 GLS Child (Children's Immigration Legal) John P. Cunningham Executive Director |
$72,100 |
| Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Jacksonville 904-356-8371 Crisis in Duval Foster Care Education Systems Project Michael G. Figgins, Executive Director |
$82,400 |
| Lawyers for Children America, Inc. Miami 305-577-4771 Teen Legal Collaborative Project (Joint project with Dade County Bar Association Legal Aid Society) Melissa Buckner, Regional Director |
$103,000 |
| Lawyers for Children America, Inc. Miami 305-577-4771 Miami Youth S.H.I.N.E. Project *Striving High for Independence and Empowerment Melissa Buckner, Regional Director |
$72,100 |
| Legal Aid Service of Broward County Plantation 954-736-2424 Children's Advocacy Program - Education Legal Rights Project, Broward and Collier Anthony J. Karrat, Executive Director |
$139,050 |
| Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County West Palm Beach 561-655-8944 Children's Educational Advocacy Law Project Robert A. Bertisch, Executive Director |
$144,200 |
| Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association Orlando 407-841-8310 Guardian Ad Litem Project Mary Anne De Petrillo, Executive Director |
$138,020 |
| Legal Services of Greater Miami Miami 305-576-0080 Special Education Advocacy Project Marcia K. Cypen, Executive Director |
$58,300 |
| Legal Services of North Florida Tallahassee 850-385-9007 Children's Legal Representation Project (CLRP) Kristine E. Knab, Executive Director |
$119,480 |
| Southern Legal Counsel Gainesville 352-271-8890 Education Advocacy Project Jodi Siegel, Executive Director |
$154,500 |
| University of Miami School of Law Children & Youth Law Clinic Coral Gables 305-284-3123 Statewide Foster Children's Advocacy Project Dean Dennis O. Lynch |
$133,000 |
| Total | $2,832,050 |