The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation provides grants for Telephone Advice & Referral Services.
Donor Name: Illinois Equal Justice Foundation
State: Illinois
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/01/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Illinois Equal Justice Foundation makes grants to provide legal advice and referral services in civil matters to Illinois residents via statewide legal services hotlines.
- A statewide legal services hotline is an Illinois-based not-for-profit organization that:
- Provides callers with general information on how to use the legal system;
- Offers free legal advice and self-help materials to low-income callers;
- Refers low-income callers to appropriate civil legal services providers.
- Provides coordinated intake and referral services.
Grant Period
The grant period will be 06/01/2024 – 05/31/2025.
Use of Grant Funds
Grants will be made to support the operating expenses of legal services hotlines. These operating expenses include staff salaries and benefits, as well as other costs directly related to providing advice and referral services to callers, including technological infrastructure costs or maintenance.
Eligibility Criteria
In the Telephone Advice and Referral Services category, the IEJF will only consider applications from Illinois-based not-for-profit organizations that:
- Provide free legal advice and referral services to low-income persons.
- Use licensed attorneys to provide or supervise legal services to callers.
- Provide legal advice and referral services throughout the State of Illinois.
In the Telephone Advice and Referral Services category, the IEJF will not make grants to support the client screening and intake systems of individual legal services programs if they do not provide direct service in the form of legal advice, brief services and/or referral.
For more information, visit IEJF.
