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Pew Awards $4M to Support Housing, Legal Services for Older Philadelphians

Pew
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
... will include stable housing and improved health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness, including older adults; supporting a new approach to provide housing and care for older adults ... (DBHIDS), the organization will implement an innovative model that integrates tailored 24/7 behavioral health ...

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

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
... their scope of support for the legal aid community with a 22 percent increase in grants awarded to nearly 40 ... rights lawyers to construct an alternative legal service model for low-income individuals affected by criminal ... poverty, abuse, and discrimination. We accomplish this mission by providing grants and technical assistance in ...

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
... and social-service non-profits to become Member Tenants in a first-of-its-kind collaboration known as the Philadelphia ... These partnerships have strengthened the collective mission of equal access to justice through direct services ... executive director of Community Legal Services.  “The model of the Equal Justice Center will ensure that we are ...
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Philadelphia Bar Foundation Announces Release of Emergency Funding

Monday, April 20, 2020
... on the public interest community and to provide support for future needs. The Philadelphia Bar Foundation will ... U.S. created by the coronavirus pandemic is poised to have a significant and negative impact on the nonprofit sector in ... poverty, abuse, and discrimination. We accomplish this mission by providing grants and technical assistance in ...
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Philadelphia Bar Foundation Expands Board of Trustees

Tuesday, June 19, 2018
... – The Philadelphia Bar Foundation welcomes Mark A. Gittelman, Esq. and Ira Lefton, Esq. to join their Board ... respectively, as the Bar Foundation advances their mission of equal access to justice and develops the Equal ... Chief Counsel of Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization for PNC Bank, National Association. He provides legal ...
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New $65M legal center hopes to be game changer for Philly’s poor

Jessica Hilburn-Holmes
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
By Aaron Moselle for WHYY Low-income residents in need of free legal services ... aim of the Equal Justice Center, which will put more than a dozen of the city’s civil legal aid groups under one roof ... a first in Philadelphia. It’s hoped the one-stop-shop model will cut operating costs for member tenants, make it ...
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Funders and Grantees celebrate PA is Ready!

Tuesday, October 10, 2017
On October 10,  The Philadelphia Foundation  hosted a  Funder/Grantee Reception  to celebrate the ... Click  here  to see photos from the event and  here  for slides highlighting  PA is Ready! funders and member ... an article featuring the  PA is Ready!  and the funding model.  Read more about it  here .  For more information ...
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Under Threat: The State of Support for the Trans Community

Thursday, April 17, 2025
10:00am - 11:30am
Webinar
... of Pennsylvania, Corinne Goodwin from the Eastern PA Trans Equity Project, Jasper Liem from the Attic Youth Center, and Tatyana Woodard from Ark of Safety for an informative conversation about the current legislative ... Philanthropy, 03.31.25) Under Threat: The State of Support for the Trans Community ...

Fund Established to Support Law Student Exchange Program Between Lyon and Philadelphia

Tuesday, April 24, 2018
... Philadelphia Bar Association (“ILC”) have established a fund to provide stipends to students participating in the ... this program. This new fund will provide financial support for the exchange program. In addition, the ILC will arrange ... poverty, abuse, and discrimination. We accomplish this mission by providing grants and technical assistance in ...
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