At its Annual Meeting in June the Virginia Law Foundation Board of Directors approved twenty-nine grant awards totaling $439,991 to projects which provide civil legal services to low-income Virginians, improvements in the administration of justice, law-related education of the public, and summer internships to law students.
Grants awarded are:
Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter, Leesburg, $20,000
and Samaritan House, Virginia Beach, $25,000
Operation AMEN, Virginia Beach, $15,000
Whitman-Walker Clinic/Legal Services, Arlington, $20,000
Refugee & Immigration Services, $25,000
Immigration Services, Falls Church, $7,500
Legal Services & Pro Bono Referral Network, Richmond, $28,000
Pro Bono Hotline Training, $4,000
Fairfax Bar Foundation, Pro Bono Program, $10,000
Help & Emergency Response , Portsmouth, $15,000
Legal Services for Victims of Domestic Violence, Winchester, $7,500
Domestic Violence Project, Richmond, $12,000
Legal Services Project, Ashland, $2,500
Virginia Legal Aid Conference, Roanoke, $29,446
Capital Defense Workshop, 6th Annual/Charlottesville, $16,550
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Programs:
In-Court Mediation Program, Warrenton, $14,000
Impact of Crime Program, Fairfax County, $8,000
Disaster Legal Assistance Training & Manual Expansion, $2,000
Domestic Violence Legal Support Project Statewide, $10,000
Juvenile Court Centennial Symposiums, $4,000
Public Education about the Bill of Rights, $15,000
Law Related Education Project of the Page County Bar Association, Luray, $1,500
Recordings for the Blind & Dyslexic, Charlottesville, $5,655
Reprint of "Understanding your Domestic Relations Rights in Virginia," $10,000
Print and Distribute "So You're 18 A Handbook on Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities," $20,000
Public Service Internship Program, $60,000