2021-22 Statewide Grants
The Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF), recently awarded more than $8.3 million in grants to assist women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities, the newly unemployed, and those facing loss of their homes with civil legal aid issues. Civil legal aid is free legal advice, representation, or other legal assistance provided to low-income and vulnerable people who cannot otherwise afford legal help.
LBF has partnered with local nonprofit, civil legal aid organizations who serve the regions poorest citizens. These funds will provide services that go to the very heart of the health, safety, and security issues many citizens experience.
Access to civil legal aid makes our community stronger by helping people avoid foreclosure, protect themselves from domestic violence, gain custody of loved ones, and safeguard economic security.
Below is a list of grants by geographical area. Some agencies serve more than one geographical region of Louisiana and/or receive a grant in more than one funding category. To view grants by funding category, go to www.raisingthebar.org
STATEWIDE GRANTS
Child in Need of Care $3,350,000
Innocence Project New Orleans, $50,000
Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education $24,500
NO/AIDS Task Force dba CrescentCare $22,750
The Advocacy Center $53,750
The Ella Project $12,000
General Appropriation $500,000
Grantee Board & Staff Training $4,000
Jock Scott Community Partnership Panel Grants $90,000
Kids’ Chance Scholarships $27,000
Lagniappe Law Lab $125,000
Louisiana Appleseed $150,000
Oral Histories $500
Pro Hac Vice $119,000
Speak Out for Justice! Focus On Civil Legal Aid $10,000
Access to Justice Commission $45,000
Access to Justice Fund Grants $40,000
ACADIANA $1,370,854
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation $1,118,341
Catholic Charities - Diocese of Baton Rouge $41,917
Chez Hope, Inc. $60,000
Faith House, Inc. $36,000
Frontline Legal Services, Inc. $50,000
Lafayette Bar Foundation $64,596
BAYOU REGION $2,374,834
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation (St. Mary Parish only) $1,118,341
Catholic Charities - Diocese of Baton Rouge $41,917
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans $36,917
Chez Hope, Inc. $60,000
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes only) $1,081,659
The Haven, Inc. $36,000
CAPITAL AREA $1,420,227
Baton Rouge Children's Advocacy Center $18,000
Baton Rouge Bar Foundation $81,651
Catholic Charities - Diocese of Baton Rouge $41,917
Chez Hope, Inc. $60,000
Frontline Legal Services, Inc. $50,000
Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana $50,000
Metro Centers for Community Advocacy $37,000
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services $1,081,659
CENTRAL AREA $1,459,445
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation $1,118,341
Beauregard Community Concerns $36,000
Catholic Charities - Diocese of Baton Rouge $41,917
Catholic Charities of North Louisiana $26,916
Central Louisiana Pro Bono Project, Inc $37,271
D.A.R.T. (Domestic Abuse Resistance Team) $36,000
Faith House, Inc. $36,000
Family Justice Center of Central Louisiana $37,500
Project Celebration, Inc. $35,000
The Wellspring Alliance For Families $54,500
GREATER NEW ORLEANS $1,535,214
Catholic Charities - Diocese of Baton Rouge $41,917
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans $36,917
Family Violence Program of St. Bernard $20,000
First Grace Community Alliance $15,000
Frontline Legal Services, Inc. $50,000
Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana $50,000
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights $40,750
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law $18,000
Metro Centers for Community Advocacy $37,000
Project SAVE, a program of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans $40,000
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services $1,081,659
The Pro Bono Project $103,971
NORTHEAST $1,299,674
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation $1,118,341
Catholic Charities - Diocese of Baton Rouge $41,917
Catholic Charities of North Louisiana $26,916
D.A.R.T. (Domestic Abuse Resistance Team) $36,000
T.E.A.M.S. Training, Education and Mediation for Students $22,000
The Wellspring Alliance for Families $54,500
NORTHSHORE $1,379,047
Baton Rouge Bar Foundation $81,651
Catholic Charities - Diocese of Baton Rouge $41,917
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans $36,917
Frontline Legal Services, Inc. $50,000
Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana $50,000
Safe Harbor $16,000
Southeast Louisiana Legal Services $1,081,659
Southeast Spouse Abuse Program dba Southeast Advocates for Family Empowerment (SAFE) $16,000
The Pro Bono Project $103,971
Youth Service Bureau of St. Tammany $24,500
NORTHWEST $1,248,268
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation $1,118,341
Catholic Charities of North Louisiana $26,916
Project Celebration, Inc. $35,000
Shreveport Bar Foundation $46,011
T.E.A.M.S. Training, Education and Mediation for Students $22,000
SOUTHWEST $1,253,841
Acadiana Legal Service Corporation $1,118,341
Beauregard Community Concerns $36,000
Jeff Davis Communities Against Domestic Abuse $20,000
Oasis A Safe Haven for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence $20,000
Southwest Louisiana Bar Foundation $34,500
Southwest Louisiana Law Center $25,000
