Grant Database

Investing in Children ’92: To provide education and advocacy on behalf of children to expand the impact of the Florida Children’s Campaign; expand their ability to disseminate their publications to a wider audience; to promote the ability of staff to provide technical assistance to appointed commissions, task forces, and committees; and to expand their ability to promote the children’s advocacy agenda before civic, business, professional, religious and governmental groups.

Citizen Review Replication Project: To replicate the Dade County Florida Foster Care Review Project to provide technical assistance and professional support to other areas of the state in establishing citizen review programs and in developing a statewide network of those interested in the implementation of citizen review.

Florida Guardianship Oversight Board: To provide staff support, travel and per diem for board members.

For continued general support of statewide law-related projects targeted primarily to elementary and secondary school students to heighten awareness and practical understanding of our law and legal institutions.

Legal Fellowships in Community Development: To fund a pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility of legal fellowships for experienced young lawyers, with the backing of their law firms, to work with community development corporations in low-income neighborhoods. The pilot program would fund four fellows, each for two years, to serve four successful CDC’s in Dade County.

Planning Grant for Florida Correctional Reform: Support for a part-time coordinator to organize meetings, draft plans for review, prepare proposals for funding and obtain agreement on a reform program in an effort to reduce Florida’s prison population and costs, consistent with protection of public safety.

Support for the activities of the Corrections Working Group.

Judicial Selection and Tenure Conference: To discuss selection of county and circuit court judges, and issues relating to tenure for all judges.

Public Opinion Survey on Corrections Reform: To sponsor an in-dept, focus-group public opinion study.

Judicial Clerkship Program: Funding over two years for scholarships to law students participating in the Judicial Clerkship Program.

Affordable Housing Project

Florida Oversample of Legal Needs Study

Leqal Director Project: For support of the Legal Director Project in defense of fundamental rights and to conduct legal rights public education programs to increase its case load throughout the state and broaden the array of cases taken; expand and better utilize the volunteer cooperating attorneys; establish unique principles of law as they relate to the ability of Florida Courts to redress civil rights violations.

Support of Florida Corrections Working Group: For a full time staff director for one year to work with the National Council on Crime and Delinquency and others in support of the work of the Florida Corrections Working Group

Prosecutor/Public Defender Skills Advocacy Training: To teach assistant state attorneys and assistant public defenders with little experience the complete skills of advocacy so they will better represent their clients.

To provide free civil legal services to individuals infected with the HIV virus, To provide proper training to case managers; conduct community education meetings; design a brochure to inform clients of the civil legal issues which are most often encountered; and develop a video providing basic legal advice and potential legal remedies.

Investing in Children 1993: To expand the impact of the Florida Children’s Campaign; expand their ability to disseminate their publications to a wider audience; to promote the ability of staff to provide technical assistance to appointed commissions, task forces, and committees; and to expand their ability to promote the children’s advocacy agenda before civic, business, professional, religious and governmental groups.

Poverty Law Call-A-Law Program: To develop and distribute educational audio tapes and material on issues such as: SSI, disability benefits, Medicaid and food stamps for low and moderate income individuals.

General Program Support

Long Range Strategic Planning I