Many state court systems and individual courts take advantage of federal funding under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act to obtain reimbursement for the costs of adjudicating child support and paternity matters when hearings are handled by persons oth ...

The American Bar Association's Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives  chronicles various civil legal aid funding streams including but not limited to legal services, IOLTA, legislative, philanthropic and aother funding sources. Funding Un ...

This report was prepared by the Public Welfare Foundation and the Kresge Foundation, leaders in philanthropy working to reform the civil legal aid field to ensure 100% access to justice for all Americans. Natural Allies: Philanthropy and Civil Legal Aid, ...

These are the power point presentation slides used by Don Reinhart, PhD and Madelynn Herman, MA during their presentation at the 2011 ABA/NLADA Equal Justice Conference (for more conference/preconference materials, please click here). They cover grant wri ...

This paper by the Committee for Modern Courts offers an analysis of the impact of simplification and concludes that in addition to the many substantive advantages of court simplification, including making our courts more understandable to the public and i ...

Funding for SRL services comes from a variety of sources, including: state and local government appropriations; federal funding including  VAWA  for cases involving domestic violence,  Title IV-D funds  for cases involving child support, and a number of o ...

The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) continues to be a driving force in ATJ through a variety of funding strategies that support innovations benefiting self-represented litigants (SRLs) including: IV-D reimbursements Formula Access and Visitatio ...

Since 2000, when Congress first appropriated special funds for the Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) program, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has been a leader in the development and use of technology to more effectively meet the legal needs of low- ...

The Justice in Government Project (JGP) at American University, with support from Pew Charitable Trusts, seeks to support funding for legal aid and improve initiatives that address the access to justice gap. The JGP's Civil Legal System Modernization ...

The Equal Access Unit of the Center for Families, Children & the Courts has materials available for courts, court-­based self-­help programs, and other nonprofit providers of legal self­-help services. The materials include sample instructional handou ...