Grants update
The Florida Bar Foundation has provided its legal aid grantees with updated projections for anticipated grant cuts through the 2015-16 fiscal year. By then, the Foundation anticipates that it will […]
Speaking of Justice
Legal services icon Paul Doyle retires
After 40 years at the forefront of local, statewide and national efforts to strengthen systems for providing civil legal services to the poor, Paul C. Doyle, 77, a graduate of
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Speaking of Justice Summer 2013
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Please consider a charitable donation to help provide legal assistance to Florida’s most vulnerable children
Florida Bar Foundation Children’s Legal Services grants support legal assistance to poor children in critical areas that affect their safety, well-being and future development. Children’s Legal Services include help for
President’s Message Summer 2013
Think about what your life would be like if you had not had access to education, health care, and a safe living environment as a child. Now imagine having a
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Children’s legal services projects in dire need of funding
A single mother waiting tables in Daytona Beach, Michelle Gonska rarely saw two days go by without getting a call from her first-grader’s school about his behavior. “I was trying
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Children’s Campaign 2013
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Protecting the legal rights of Florida’s migrant farmworkers
Pedro Hernandez Perez, 51, has had his wallet stolen twice once from a migrant farmworker boarding house and the second time on a bus. “They took my money and my
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Project that secured Medicaid benefits for autistic children receives inaugural Paul Doyle Children’s Advocacy Award
A Miami-based legal aid project that enabled more than 8,000 autistic children to gain coverage under Florida Medicaid for the only effective, evidence-based treatment for their condition was recognized with
Lawyers partner with libraries in innovative pro bono effort
As fallout from the recession lingers, legal problems from foreclosure to divorce continue to haunt low-income Floridians just as the resources of legal aid organizations dwindle, which is why volunteer
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