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Program provides free legal representation to immigrant children in removal proceedings. Includes representation in Florida State Courts, Immigration Court, Asylum Office and USCIS.

Clay Williams / April 16, 2025

Program provides free legal representation to immigrant children in removal proceedings. Includes representation in Florida State Courts, Immigration Court, Asylum Office and USCIS. Read More »

Partner Organization: Three Rivers Legal Services. JALA and TRLS propose a project offering proactive and innovative legal services to promote the lifelong earning potential of at-risk members of the community. The project will provide free legal assistance to seal or expunge arrest records for low-income adults and juveniles in the Third and Fourth Judicial Circuits of Florida. This project seeks to proactively link clients with services earlier, to encourage the acceptance of advantageous diversion options that avoid conviction and ineligibility for sealing/expunging criminal records. In furtherance of this goal, this project will also produce an innovative tool that will be shared with other organizations for efficient referral of the accused. JALA started developing electronic branch-logic software to enable social service and government agencies to determine eligibility for sealing/expunging criminal records for adults (currently in beta testing). This project proposes to build on this tool by adding a juvenile seal/expunge component, and honing its functionality to include intake and referral – qualifying this project as a Florida Innovation Grant. The tool will be integrated into FloridaLawHelp.org and eventually the Florida Legal Access Gateway. Ultimately, at its highest development, the tool could incorporate document assembly capability and facilitate self-screening and generation of pro se petitions for sealing/expunging criminal records.

Clay Williams / April 16, 2025

Partner Organization: Three Rivers Legal Services. JALA and TRLS propose a project offering proactive and innovative legal services to promote the lifelong earning potential of at-risk members of the community. The project will provide free legal assistance to seal or expunge arrest records for low-income adults and juveniles in the Third and Fourth Judicial Circuits of Florida. This project seeks to proactively link clients with services earlier, to encourage the acceptance of advantageous diversion options that avoid conviction and ineligibility for sealing/expunging criminal records. In furtherance of this goal, this project will also produce an innovative tool that will be shared with other organizations for efficient referral of the accused. JALA started developing electronic branch-logic software to enable social service and government agencies to determine eligibility for sealing/expunging criminal records for adults (currently in beta testing). This project proposes to build on this tool by adding a juvenile seal/expunge component, and honing its functionality to include intake and referral – qualifying this project as a Florida Innovation Grant. The tool will be integrated into FloridaLawHelp.org and eventually the Florida Legal Access Gateway. Ultimately, at its highest development, the tool could incorporate document assembly capability and facilitate self-screening and generation of pro se petitions for sealing/expunging criminal records. Read More »

Statewide Migrant Component

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This project has two goals: to keep children out of adult prisons and jails through policy advocacy and to keep children safe if they are housed in adult prisons and jails through conditions.

Clay Williams / April 16, 2025

This project has two goals: to keep children out of adult prisons and jails through policy advocacy and to keep children safe if they are housed in adult prisons and jails through conditions. Read More »

Partner Organization: Legal Services of North Florida. Two-day, state-wide Summit to educate and train advocates, including legal aid attorneys, social service providers, and government agency personnel, to identify systemic issues faced by the LGBTQ community; to build the capacity of these advocates to address these issues; and to collaborate among these groups to identify issues and to develop materials, trainings and a strategy to meet and address the current needs as well as to continue to address issues as they arise in the future.

Clay Williams / April 16, 2025

Partner Organization: Legal Services of North Florida. Two-day, state-wide Summit to educate and train advocates, including legal aid attorneys, social service providers, and government agency personnel, to identify systemic issues faced by the LGBTQ community; to build the capacity of these advocates to address these issues; and to collaborate among these groups to identify issues and to develop materials, trainings and a strategy to meet and address the current needs as well as to continue to address issues as they arise in the future. Read More »

Clay Williams / April 16, 2025

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Through legislative and administrative advocacy, impact litigation, and education, this project seeks to reform state systems and policies that limit children’s access to health care.

Clay Williams / April 16, 2025

Through legislative and administrative advocacy, impact litigation, and education, this project seeks to reform state systems and policies that limit children’s access to health care. Read More »