To provide general support of the Society’s administrative expenses ($25,000), and matching grant to secure a private donation ($10,000).
To provide general support of the Society’s administrative expenses ($25,000), and matching grant to secure a private donation ($10,000).
Justice by the People Project: To provide funds for Florida activities of a web-based four-lesson curriculum which teaches young people the history, the process and the value of trial by jury.
Justice by the People Project: To provide funds for Florida activities of a web-based four-lesson curriculum which teaches young people the history, the process and the value of trial by jury.
To identify and free innocent inmates from Florida’s prisons through DNA testing.
To identify and free innocent inmates from Florida’s prisons through DNA testing.
Evaluation of the Foster Care Project: The provide partial support of an evaluation by the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago to examine the impact of the legal services provided by Legal Aid’s Foster Children’s Project on achieving permanency for foster children, develop an understanding of the program elements most instrumental to the Foster Care Project’s services in order to replicate the program in other jurisdictions, including other legal aid programs in Florida, and to provide needed documentation of impact of the Foster Children’s Project to potential replication funders.
Evaluation of the Foster Care Project: The provide partial support of an evaluation by the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago to examine the impact of the legal services provided by Legal Aid’s Foster Children’s Project on achieving permanency for foster children, develop an understanding of the program elements most instrumental to the Foster Care Project’s services in order to replicate the program in other jurisdictions, including other legal aid programs in Florida, and to provide needed documentation of impact of the Foster Children’s Project to potential replication funders.
Criminal Justice and Mental Health Special Project: To provide funds for a project that implements a Special Order of the Florida Supreme Court assigning a Miami-Dade Circuit Judge to act as a Special Advisor to the Supreme Court dealing with mental health issues of criminal defendants. The Project is a collaboration between the Courts and Secretary of the Department of Children and Families.
Criminal Justice and Mental Health Special Project: To provide funds for a project that implements a Special Order of the Florida Supreme Court assigning a Miami-Dade Circuit Judge to act as a Special Advisor to the Supreme Court dealing with mental health issues of criminal defendants. The Project is a collaboration between the Courts and Secretary of the Department of Children and Families.
Modest Means Program: To provide funds to conduct additional marketing and outreach in the community for the Modest Means Project.
Modest Means Program: To provide funds to conduct additional marketing and outreach in the community for the Modest Means Project.
Juror Appreciation Billboards: To provide funds to improve the image of jury service by thanking those who have served and raising the awareness of the importance of jury service. The message will appear on approximately 50 billboards throughout Pasco and Pinellas counties
Juror Appreciation Billboards: To provide funds to improve the image of jury service by thanking those who have served and raising the awareness of the importance of jury service. The message will appear on approximately 50 billboards throughout Pasco and Pinellas counties
Joint Conference: Access to Appellate Justice Institute
Joint Conference: Access to Appellate Justice Institute
Justice Teaching: To provide funding for a statewide initiative that seeks to pair a legal professional with every school in Florida in order to provide continuous law related education to Florida’s youth.
Justice Teaching: To provide funding for a statewide initiative that seeks to pair a legal professional with every school in Florida in order to provide continuous law related education to Florida’s youth.
Reporting on the Courts and the Law: To provide partial support for the journalists, who are new to the court and legal beats, to attend an intensive two-day workshop to educate them on the third branch of government and related legal matters. A Workshop for Journalists
Reporting on the Courts and the Law: To provide partial support for the journalists, who are new to the court and legal beats, to attend an intensive two-day workshop to educate them on the third branch of government and related legal matters. A Workshop for Journalists
To provide funds to be used to help the committee develop a report for delivery to the Supreme Court.
To provide funds to be used to help the committee develop a report for delivery to the Supreme Court.
Matching Funds for Affiliate Public Service Project Awards: To provide matching funds for the 2007 ($15,000) and 2008 ($25,000) Young Lawyers Affiliate Public Service Project Awards.
Matching Funds for Affiliate Public Service Project Awards: To provide matching funds for the 2007 ($15,000) and 2008 ($25,000) Young Lawyers Affiliate Public Service Project Awards.
Contribution to the endowment established at the University of Florida Foundation to support the annual Gerald Bennett Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training Seminar. Support includes an outright grant of $150,000 plus an additional $100,000 if matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Contribution to the endowment established at the University of Florida Foundation to support the annual Gerald Bennett Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training Seminar. Support includes an outright grant of $150,000 plus an additional $100,000 if matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
Mock Trial Courtroom: To provide funding for a plan to dedicate an existing classroom to a state-of-the-art courtroom for use by the University of West Florida and area high school mock trial teams, UWF and high school classes and debate teams, criminal justice practitioners, the legal community, are area human service agencies.
Mock Trial Courtroom: To provide funding for a plan to dedicate an existing classroom to a state-of-the-art courtroom for use by the University of West Florida and area high school mock trial teams, UWF and high school classes and debate teams, criminal justice practitioners, the legal community, are area human service agencies.
Court Care: A Better Place to Be: To provide funds to expand their child-care program into the Miami-Dade Criminal Courts by 2007. The program would serve children brought into the criminal court as victims or witnesses or because their parents or caregivers do not have childcare options.
Court Care: A Better Place to Be: To provide funds to expand their child-care program into the Miami-Dade Criminal Courts by 2007. The program would serve children brought into the criminal court as victims or witnesses or because their parents or caregivers do not have childcare options.
Juvenile Justice Center’s Trial Skills Training: For partial scholarships of up to 50% of the cost of juvenile public defenders to attend a two-day trial skills training. Program for Florida Juvenile Defenders
Juvenile Justice Center’s Trial Skills Training: For partial scholarships of up to 50% of the cost of juvenile public defenders to attend a two-day trial skills training. Program for Florida Juvenile Defenders
Funds would support Brennan Center’s Legal Financial Obligations Project in Florida, including project personnel and overhead expenses proportionate to the project including the continued investigation and reform of the fees and fines policies in the criminal justice system in Florida. Legal Financial Obligations Project
Funds would support Brennan Center’s Legal Financial Obligations Project in Florida, including project personnel and overhead expenses proportionate to the project including the continued investigation and reform of the fees and fines policies in the criminal justice system in Florida. Legal Financial Obligations Project
Provision of Basic Needs Items for Serene Harbor Domestic Violence Shelter
Provision of Basic Needs Items for Serene Harbor Domestic Violence Shelter
The Latest Objection, A Young Lawyer’s Essay Contest
The Latest Objection, A Young Lawyer’s Essay Contest
Funds will support direct and indirect costs of developing and disseminating non-partisan, independent, objective, and independent analyses of the November 2008 proposed amendments to the Florida constitution.
Funds will support direct and indirect costs of developing and disseminating non-partisan, independent, objective, and independent analyses of the November 2008 proposed amendments to the Florida constitution.
Grants reflect the amount approved but may not reflect the amount paid or if grant funds were returned. Grant data prior to 2008 may be incomplete.
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