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ABA Grants: Improved Legal Services for Needy

Wed, 08/30/2000 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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The Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly of the American Bar Association (ABA) has announced a program of mini-grants of up to $7,500 for bar associations, legal services providers, elder rights advocates, and other local non-profit organizations who create programs to enhance the legal awareness of older persons, and to improve their access to the legal system. The Commission is interested in supporting programs such as pro se clinics; targeted outreach, education and pro-bono assistance to isolated elders; senior attorney volunteer projects; mediation projects; training on elderlaw issues for non-lawyer professionals; elderlaw hotlines; state-specific editions of national materials, plus professional training legal website for older consumers; and multidisciplinary ethics committees for long-term care facilities. The program is designed to fund only community-based, collaborative, legal services-oriented projects targeted to older persons in great social and economic need.

The Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly of the American Bar Association (ABA) has announced a program of mini-grants of up to $7,500 for bar associations, legal services providers, elder rights advocates, and other local non-profit organizations who create programs to enhance the legal awareness of older persons, and to improve their access to the legal system. The Commission is interested in supporting programs such as pro se clinics; targeted outreach, education and pro-bono assistance to isolated elders; senior attorney volunteer projects; mediation projects; training on elderlaw issues for non-lawyer professionals; elderlaw hotlines; state-specific editions of national materials, plus professional training legal website for older consumers; and multidisciplinary ethics committees for long-term care facilities. The program is designed to fund only community-based, collaborative, legal services-oriented projects targeted to older persons in great social and economic need.