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Leading Philadelphia Civil Legal Aid and Social-Service Agencies Sign On to Become Founding Member Tenants in the First Collaborative Center of its Kind

Friday, March 8, 2019
... The Philadelphia Bar Foundation has secured commitments from many of the city’s leading civil legal aid agencies ... task of finding free or low-cost legal services for all members of the community regardless of an individual or a ...
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Pew Awards $4M to Support Housing, Legal Services for Older Philadelphians

Pew
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... particularly those with low incomes or suffering from mental illness or substance use disorder, are a ... 5 Philadelphians are 60 and older—an almost 25% increase from 2011—and of those, 1 in 5 live below the federal ...
17Apr2025

Under Threat: The State of Support for the Trans Community

Thursday, April 17, 2025
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
In partnership with Philanthropy Network members Gender Justice Fund and Homeless Assistance Fund, ... City Councilmember Rue Landau , Naiymah Sanchez from the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Corinne Goodwin from the Eastern PA Trans Equity Project, Jasper Liem from ...

Philadelphia Bar Foundation Posts Largest Grant Distribution Increase in Nearly a Decade

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... due to “Cy Pres,” the disposition of residual funds from class action settlements. Cy Pres is an unfixed source ... its largest grant allocation increase of 20 percent from 2010 to 2011 and its largest historical increase of 60 ... the Bar Foundation has raised millions to provide annual grants and other support for legal aid agencies. In ...

New $65M legal center hopes to be game changer for Philly’s poor

Jessica Hilburn-Holmes
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

In a first for the city, the Equal Justice Center aims to connect low-income residents in need of free legal services with Philadelphia’s network of non-profit resources. by putting more than a dozen civil legal aid groups under one roof (via WHYY).

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Philadelphia Bar Foundation Announces Release of Emergency Funding

Monday, April 20, 2020
... Providing instructions on how to obtain a Protection from Abuse Order (aka a restraining order) while the courts are closed from Women Against Abuse, Philadelphia Legal Assistance, ... foster care system to adjust during the COVID-19 outbreak from Education Law Center and Juvenile Law Center in ...
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PA is Ready! grants expand support for Immigrant communities across Pennsylvania

PA is Ready!
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
... This year’s grant recipients will educate community members and allies about immigrant rights, build immigrant ...