DRAFT GRANT CRITERIA AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
(Memo)

Deadline for comments is May 31
The Grant Committee of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF) has released a draft of its fiscal year 2014 grant criteria for public comment. The IEJF distributes funds allocated by the Illinois General Assembly to non-profit organizations that provide civil legal aid to low-income families, seniors and veterans throughout the state.  [ read more ]



LEGAL NONPROFITS SEE DROP IN GRANTS
(Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - January 29, 2013)

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Grants cut by 20% due to state budget woes
The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF) awards grants to 14 organization providing civil legal services to low-income residents statewide. Grants cut by 20% due to state budget woes.  [ read more ]



MORE PEOPLE GO TO COURT WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
(Chicago Daily Law Bulletin- August 21, 2012)

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GROUPS COPE WITH LESS MONEY, STAFF THIS YEAR
(Chicago Daily Law Bulletin- August 16, 2012)

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LEGAL AID GROUPS REPORT LOWER LEVEL OF FUNDING, GREATER NEED
(Chicago Daily Bulletin- July 17, 2012)

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CIVIL LEGAL AID CUT 20% IN STATE BUDGET
(Press Release - June 13, 2012)

Despite recent study demonstrating economic benefit to Illinois
The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF) reports that the state appropriation for civil legal aid was cut 20% from $1.75 million to $1.4 million in the budget recently passed by the General Assembly. The appropriation was slashed 50% from $3.5 million in 2010.  [ read more ]



Civil Legal Aid Programs Measure Their Impact
(Press Release - May 24, 2012)

Study Shows Economic Benefits of Civil Legal Aid
The Chicago Bar Foundation and the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation released a report today to inform policymakers and other stakeholders about the tangible economic benefits of legal aid.

The report, Legal Aid in Illinois: Selected Social and Economic Benefits by the Social IMPACT Research Center, provides a snapshot of the economic return legal aid providers produce for their low-income clients and other Illinoisans.  [ read more ]



ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION DRAFT GRANT CRITERIA AVAILABLE
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
(Memo - April 30, 2012)

Deadline for comments is May 31
The Grant Committee of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF) has released a draft of its fiscal year 2013 grant criteria for public comment. The IEJF distributes funds allocated by the Illinois General Assembly to non-profit organizations that provide civil legal aid to low-income families, seniors and veterans throughout the state.   [ read more ]



ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO 17 ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS STATEWIDE
(Press Release - January 3, 2012)

IEJF Funding Critical as Federal Support for Legal Aid is Slashed
The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF) announced today that it has awarded over $1.66 million in grants to 17 not-for-profit organizations that provide legal representation, information and advice to low-income residents facing critical legal challenges throughout the state. The grants range in scope from funding for web-based legal information resources and telephone advice hotlines to mediation and full-scale litigation. The IEJF also supports legal aid programs that partner with county courthouses, public libraries and community-based social service organizations to offer help where and when people need it, and to develop solutions to life problems, not just legal problems.   [ read more ]



ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION ELECTS OFFICERS FOR FY 2012
(Press Release - January 3, 2012)

Two New Members Join Board
The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF), the not-for-profit entity responsible for distributing and monitoring the state appropriation for civil legal aid for low-income families and individuals, announces its leadership team for fiscal year 2012. [ read more ]

GRANT AWARDED FOR IMMIGRATION DETENTION PROJECT
(The Saluki Times - January 11, 2011)

The Southern Illinois University School of Law recently received a grant to continue its work with detained immigrants. The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation is providing the law school’s Immigration Detention Project $1,700 to defray costs associated with providing legal information to immigration detainees at the Tri-County Detention Center in Ullin. Volunteer law school students, faculty and when needed, translators, visit the detention center to interview detainees and asses their legal needs.  [ read more ]

STATE LEGAL AID GROUPS AWARDED $1.66M IN GRANTS
(Law Bulletin article - January 7, 2011)

Sixteen legal aid agencies around the state have been awarded grants from the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation to provide services ranging from legal-assistance hotlines and online legal resources, to help for low-income residents facing foreclosure proceedings and representation of victims of domestic violence.  [ read more ]



ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO 16 ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS STATEWIDE
(Press Release - January 4, 2011)

3 new projects funded in effort to diversify and broaden impact despite level funding
The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF) announced today that it has awarded over $1.66 million in grants to 16 not-for-profit organizations that provide legal representation, information and advice to low-income residents facing critical legal challenges throughout the state. The grants range in scope from funding for web-based legal information resources and telephone advice hotlines to mediation and full-scale litigation. The IEJF also supports legal aid programs that partner with county courthouses, public libraries and community-based social service organizations to offer help where and when people need it, and to develop solutions to life problems, not just legal problems.   [ read more ]



ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION ELECTS OFFICERS FOR FY 2011
(Press Release - September 1, 2010)

Three New Members Join Board
The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF), the not-for-profit entity responsible for distributing and monitoring the state appropriation for civil legal aid for low-income families and individuals, announces its leadership team for fiscal year 2011.   [ read more ]



ILLINOIS EQUAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION GRANT CRITERIA AVAILABLE
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
(Press Release - April 8, 2010)

Deadline for comments is May 21
The Board of Directors of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation (IEJF) has released a draft of its fiscal year 2011 grant criteria for public comment. The IEJF distributes funds allocated by the Illinois General Assembly to non-profit organizations that provide civil legal aid to low-income families, seniors and veterans throughout the state.   [ read more ]



COMMUNITY USES SITE TO APPEAL TO GOVERNOR
(Chicago Daily Law Bulletin - March 8, 2010)

In the days before Gov. Patrick J. Quinn kicks off the state's budget process with the unveiling of his spending plan, Leslie Corbett, executive director of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, has been hoping to go viral with a message to the governor: No more cuts in funding to legal aid providers - please.   [ read more ]



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