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Nonprofit Partner Spotlight: the Pennsylvania Health Law Project
WEB2023 marks the Pennsylvania Health Law Project’s 30th anniversary as a nonprofit! PHLP is so excited to celebrate this milestone with the community. For 30 years, PHLP has been standing with vulnerable Pennsylvanians and helping them access one of the basic necessities of life: health care. During the last three decades, PHLP has …
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A Comprehensive Approach to Equal Access to Justice
WEBBy Leslie E. John, partner at Ballard Spahr LLP, and president of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. This January marks the start of not only a new year but a new decade. As I look towards 2020, and my second year as the President of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, I am acutely aware that the aspiration of providing equal access to …
Pennsylvania Health Law Project Philadelphia Bar Foundation
WEBPhiladelphia Bar Foundation Grant Impact The Philadlephia Bar Foundation is committed to providing justice and accessible legal aid to all members of the Philadelphia region. The Bar Foundation's grant provides general operational support to the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, which provides the organization with flexibility when responding to emerging …
The Importance of our Voices and our Votes
WEBBy Leslie E. John, Partner at Ballard Spahr and President of the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. The late civil rights champion and Georgia Congressman John Lewis said, “The right to vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument in a democratic society. We must use it.” The upcoming election …
Nonprofit Partner Spotlight: The Mazzoni Center
WEBMazzoni Center, one of our Nonprofit Partners, is a multi-service, community-based provider that assists the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) communities with quality comprehensive health and wellness services. They have been aiding these communities for over 40 years, and work to preserve the dignity …
2019 Award Recipient: Linda Peyton Philadelphia Bar Foundation
WEBLinda Peyton is the Executive Director at Legal Clinic for the Disabled. Our nonprofit partner Legal Clinic for the Disabled (LCD) provides free legal services to low-income people with physical disabilities and deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the five-county Philadelphia region. LCD’s team of in-house attorneys and dedicated core of volunteer attorneys …
Philadelphia Legal Assistance Philadelphia Bar Foundation
WEBThe Custody and Support Assistance Clinic, Inc. (CASAC): Provides advice and pro se assistance to low-income families with custody matters. The clinic is operated by University of Pennsylvania law students at PLA. To make an appointment, applicants should call 215-981-3838 on Mondays or Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Legal Clinic for the Disabled (LCD) Philadelphia Bar Foundation
WEBThe Philadelphia Bar Foundation and Legal Clinic for the Disabled share the belief that justice should be accessible to all members of the Philadelphia community. The unrestricted funding from the Bar Foundation's grant allows LCD to respond to urgent legal needs, as well as providing general operational support. Additionaly, receiving a grant
Rasheen Davis Merritt, Esq. Philadelphia Bar Foundation
WEBRasheen Davis Merritt joined the Board of Trustees in 2022. Rasheen is Director and Assistant General Counsel at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where her practice focuses primarily on healthcare, general litigation, labor and employment matters, patient safety, and other healthcare-related legal matters. Prior to joining the Office of General …
Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) Philadelphia Bar Foundation
WEBPhiladelphia Bar Foundation Grant Impact The Homeless Advocacy Project (HAP) was created through efforts by the Philadelphia Bar Foundation, the Philadelphia Bar Association, and the former Philadelphia Bar Association Problems of the Homeless Committee in 1990 with HAP's first Annual April Benefit. The organization was started by …
Nonprofit Partner Spotlight: Women's Law Project
WEBWLP was a founding member of this campaign that includes 55 local, state, and national organizations working together to make improvements on women’s health and economic security in Pennsylvania. Recently, WLP has been working on litigation involving women seeking equal treatment and housing practices while incarcerated at Berks …
CLS Reaches $568,000 Settlement for Underpaid Home Health …
WEBOn November 1, Judge Timothy R. Rice issued an order granting the final approval for the settlement agreement of $568,000 for a claim brought by Jenifer Santiago Rivera on behalf of 268 home health aides against their employer, Vital Support Home Health Care Agency, Inc. (VSHHA). The lawsuit claimed that employees worked …
Nonprofit Partner Spotlight: Face to Face Legal Center
WEBIn Germantown, over 26% of residents live in deep poverty. Our nonprofit partner Face to Face Germantown was established with the goal of offering assistance and hope to those in Germantown who have been neglected by society. Face to Face opens their doors to the homeless, those struggling with mental illness and addiction, the …
Justice Matters: Identities and Issues Facing Our Transgender …
WEBAs we celebrate Pride Month, please join us for the first of a two-part Justice Matters series on transgender rights and issues. This first session will be held virtually via Zoom on June 27th, 2023 from 4 PM-5:15 PM in collaboration with TransWork and moderated by the Mazzoni Center. Our panelists will introduce and explain concepts and terminology …
Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project Gives Client a Financial …
WEBMs. S. sought help at Philadelphia Legal Assistance with her debts so that she could obtain suitable housing for her family of 5. She was living in a rental property when her 7-year-old daughter witnessed a murder in front of their home and was, understandably, traumatized by what she had seen. Ms. S. wanted to move her family to …
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Bar Foundation
WEBPhiladelphia Bar Foundation Grant Impact Founded in 1988, the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania is still the nation’s only independent public-interest law firm dedicated exclusively to people living HIV and AIDS. The organization serves all of Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey from its offices in Philadelphia and Camden County, NJ. Grant …
SeniorLAW Center (SLC) Philadelphia Bar Foundation
WEBThe Philadelphia Bar Foundation and the SeniorLAW Center (SLC) share the desire to make justice accessible for all members of the Philadelphia area. The Philadelphia Bar Foundation is one of the few foundations that gives general operating unrestricted grants, which allow SLC to direct the Bar Foundation’s grant to support emerging areas of
Nationalities Service Center Legal Services
WEBPhiladelphia Bar Foundation Grant Impact Nearly 5,000 individuals from 120 countries come through Nationalities Service Center (NSC)'s doors each year seeking the organizations wide range of trauma-informed progams services and legal interventions designed to afford them access to a life of wholeness, healing, and promise. NSC's legal …
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