Law Foundation Grants Approved | August 2020

 

August 2020

Outlined below is a list of grants adjudicated at the June 20, 2020 Board of Governors meeting.

Funding totalling $5,750,000 was approved for the following 28 continuing and on-track programs:

$2,470,000           
BC Courthouse Library Society

Operating Grant

$390,000              
Greater Vancouver Law Students’

Legal Advice Society Law Students Legal Advice Program

$315,000               
Disability Alliance BC Society

Advocacy Access Appeals Program and Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) Advocacy Program

$190,000
Archway Community Services

Regional Community Legal Advocacy Program

$190,000
Ecojustice Canada Society

BC Litigation Program

$190,000
Kettle Friendship Society

Mental Health Legal Advocacy Program

$190,000
Together Against Poverty Society

Legal Advocacy Program

$140,000
MPA — Motivation, Power & Achievement Society

MPA Court Services Program — Vancouver

$130,000
Archway Community Services

Legal Advocacy Program

$100,000               
Nelson Cares Society

The Advocacy Centre — Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Active Support Against Poverty

Legal Advocacy Program

$95,000
Chimo Community Services Society

Outreach & Advocacy Program

$95,000
Contact Women’s Group Society

Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Fort St. John Women’s

Resource Society Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Kamloops and District

Elizabeth Fry Society Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society

Family Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society

Poverty Law Legal Advocacy Program

$95,000
M.O.S.A.I.C.           

Legal Advocacy Program

$95,000
Nicola Valley Community Justice Services Society      

Nicola Valley Advocacy Centre Program

$95,000
Opportunities Career Services Society

Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Penticton and Area Access Society

Poverty Law Advocacy Program

$95,000
Port Alberni Friendship Center

Outreach Legal Advocacy Program

$85,000
South Peace Community Resources Society

Outreach Legal Advocacy Program

$75,000 
Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch

Rural Education and Access to Lawyers Initiative (REAL) Program

$55,000 
Social Health & Economic Development Society of Bella Coola

Bella Coola Legal Advocacy Program

$50,000
Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters

Fostering National A2J Coordination Program

$25,000 
Provincial Court of British Columbia

Provincial Court Judicial Internship Circuit Court Program

$15,000 
Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch

Access to Justice Week (A2J Week) Program 

Funding totalling $480,000 was approved for the Major Projects Initiative:

$250,000              
BC Courthouse Library Society          

Abbotsford Courthouse Library Implementation

$230,000              
Access to Justice BC            

Access to Justice (A2J) Service Innovation Lab